Reading Notes: Mahabharata Part B

The Gambling Match

  • Duryohdhana was in a jealous rage when he saw others being praised for the trump of the Pandavas
  • So he set up a gambling match to prove he is also worthy of praise
  • he went before his father and asked if they could invite the Pandavas - Yudhishthira 
  • the Pandavas agreed despite not knowing how to play and knowing the game may be played unfairly
  • D practiced with his uncle, a renown gambler, to ensure that he wins 
  • when the gambling match started, Duryohdhana asked his uncle to play and they both conspired to play together- one would roll the dice and one would place bets
  • because their team was unstoppable, Yudhishthira lost everything
  • even after lost all of his possessions, money jewelry, chariot, cattle, elephants, slaves, slave girls etc., he bet in Draupadi 
  • Y lost yet again and Draupadi was handed over the Duyrohdhana as a slave

  • When Drupada lost half of his kingdom, he sought to do whatever to grant him a son
  • they held a sacrificial rite
  • a son, dressed in full armor with a bow and diadem, sprung from the fire
  • the son was predicted to destroy Drona and increase the fame of the Panchalas 
  • next came a beautiful girl from the ashes 
  • she was predicted to be the chief of all women 
  • the Kauravas would suffer from her as she accomplishes the decrees of the gods 
  • the son was named Dhrishtadyumna and the girl was named Draupadi

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