- One of the episodes randomly had a different voice person, and it was a little interesting haha. I had gotten so used to the male one, that the female one gave me a bit of a shock.
- Yesterday it seemed like they cut out a lot of detail from the Mahabharata, but this time it seemed like there were a lot more stories that I hadn't read in the Narayan version.
- The differing version of why Kunti had an illegitimate son was interesting. Less blame was placed on her because the sage didn't tell her exactly what the mantra would do. In the Narayan version, she was told though and she just wanted to know whether it would work.
- I was very disturbed at the retelling of Gandhari's sons. The putrid lump of flesh being divided into the vats of oil was very weird, not to mention the fact that her sons apparently looked demonic and were the type that only blind parents could love. It definitely seems like they have a bit of a bias towards the Pandavas, which I don't appreciate.
- The story of Ekalavya was very sad too. He worked so hard and he couldn't enjoy any of his hard work because he wasn't a kshatriya. This story really demonstrated a lot of the caste system prejudice that was present back then. It seemed that Narayan glossed over a lot of that in his retelling.
- Personally if I were Arjuna after meeting Ekalavya, I would be inspired to work even harder rather than just being angry that somebody else had beaten him that shouldn't have.
Ekalavya cutting off his thumb and presenting it to Drona. Web Source.
Bibliography: Epified Mahabharata. Web Source.
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