Reading Notes: Mahabharata, Part B

So I continued with the second part of the reading today. There are a lot of different stories and loads of information. I decided to take notes over the one that I liked the best.

• Vidura is one of my favorite characters from all of the stories
• He is not considered to be eligible for the royal positions
• However, he is still a prince and cares greatly for his family
• I appreciate his loyalty and dedication to his family
• He could be bitter about having a mother that was not a royal
• However, he warns his family of the imminent danger that they were in
• I think the escape from the palace is really cool
• It was an interesting plan to have a miner dig a passage out of the palace
• I was expecting something to possibly go wrong, but it did not
• It was not until the evil captain was burned
• The lac palace went down in flames with the guard house
• I thought the celebration of King Dhritarashtra was premature
• I was really excited to see the big reveal when he finds out that they did not actually die
• It was unfortunate to see the woman and her family died
• However, it is a vital bit of information that sets up for later on in the story

So, I think the House of Fire would be a really awesome story to retell. I think I will alter a few things in my retelling though. I would like to add in more chaos and conflict. There is a really cool opportunity with this story to expand it and make it more detailed. I would possibly like to explore the events that unfold afterwards. 

(A picture of a book on a beach. Source: Flickr)

Bibliography: The Mahabharata, A Summary by John Mandeville Macfie. Source: PDE