- Reading the introduction gave me more appreciation for the one scene where there is a woman and five men's charred remains found in the house. In the Sanskrit version, they are tricked in there by the Pandavas and are left for dead simply for being members of a lower caste. I appreciate how Narayan sidestepped the issue and simply said they must have wandered in accidentally.
- I just wish they would all get along now. I hate seeing how much more the fights keep escalating. Duryodhana should have been happy that they were going to have their own separate kingdom, but I suppose he would never have been happy that they were supposedly doing better than he was.
- Yudhishthira has a serious gambling problem. Sakuni's rigging of the dice was wrong (and his explanation for why it wasn't wrong was silly. It's not skill that allows you to rig dice.), but Yudhishthira could have stopped at any time. He was only obligated to play one round.
- I keep losing sympathy for Duryodhana. That's just mean to treat Draupadi like that. At worst, she laughed at you. At best, she had absolutely nothing to do with your conflict with the Pandavas.
- Seriously, Yudhishthira? Did you really have to go back and play again? All your brothers even told you this is a terrible and stupid idea!
- Bhima and Arjuna make good points about not remaining in exile the whole time, but I appreciate Yudhishthira's wanting to keep his vow. I wonder what they'll choose in the end.
- Also Arjuna's "blessing" thing is kind of funny. Wait 13 years while women scoff at you but don't worry it'll actually pay off in the end.
Draupadi's never ending robe. Web Source.
Bibliography: R.K. Narayan. Mahabharata. Reading Guide.
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