- Poor Karna :( I feel so bad for him because he can never claim his birthright. He doesn't want to betray his "parents" but he could have so much more.
- I'm glad that Duryodhana recognizes Karna's potential! He's more "progressive" than the Pandavas in that sense. I wonder if this attitude is frowned upon actually because of the idea that Karna should have stuck to his assumed class.
- I feel so bad for Drona too! You'd think that one of the best archers in the world would have found some employment, but I can't believe that his friend wouldn't help him! Or that he would be so condescending to him.
- What an elaborate scheme to kill the Pandavas. I get that they don't want people to know that they killed them but sheesh they could have just hired some assassins or something.
- They glossed over this in these videos too! In the original version, they invite some lower class people in and leave them to die so that people will think that they are dead. It's just awful that they would do that, so I'm glad in other versions they remove that.
- Narayan's version didn't really emphasize Bhima all that much. It's cool to hear some of what he did while Arjuna and the others were doing stuff. It seemed like Arjuna was the "hero" of the Pandavas in Narayan's retelling, but this version makes it seem like Bhima's no slouch either.
- Draupadi's birth seems so strange. She's almost an afterthought in the birth of her brother, but then it ends up being her brother that isn't mentioned much later. Although maybe that's just the selective focus and not being able to include everything in the story.
Birth of Draupadi. Web Source.
Bibliography: Epified Mahabharata. Reading Guide.
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