Reading Notes: Mahabharata Movie, Part F

Dushasan was pulling on the garments of Draupadi to humiliate her just as he did to her five husbands, the Pandavas. Draupadi looked to her husbands for help but none did. Therefore, Draupadi prayed to Krishna and he answered her prayer as to there was no end to her garments that Dushasan was pulling at. The Pandavas left Hastinapur with rage in their eyes. They wanted revenge on their cousins. The Kauravas sent the Pandavas an invitation to gamble and the Pandavas agreed to it even though they knew what was at stake. The Pandavas lost and were sent into exile for 13 years. While in the forest, Krishna visited them and saw the terrible condition that they were in to which he blamed himself for this happening. Krishna promised his support when the time came for revenge against the Kauravas. The brothers face many difficulties in the forest like fighting Kirmira and barely not having enough food and resources to survive. A wise sage came and visited them in the forest and told Arjun that he has to acquire Indra and Shiva's celestial weapons to win the war. In order to do so, Arjun paid his respect to Shiva to gain grace from him. As Arjun is paying his respect, he encounters and even fights Shiva to which Shiva grants him his mighty weapon. Next, Arjun meets Indra who invites him to Indralok. Arjun was not happy in Indralok because he missed his brothers and wife. In Indralok, there is a beautiful woman named Urvashi. Urvashi was attracted to Arjun and confessed her love for him. He did not feel the same way so she put a curse on him saying that he would not desire any women. While Arjun was in Indralok, his brothers were paying respect to the gods to which Bhim meets Hanuman.

Bibliography: Mahabharata by Epified (link)

Krishna visits the Pandavas and Draupadi in the forest. Source: Wikimedia Commons.