Reading Notes: Mahabharata


House of Fire by Sister Nivedita 
  • Prince Vidura suspects that Prince Duryodhana is setting them up to a trap
  • Pandavas and Queen Kunti reached palace of Varanavata, amazed at its glory and beauty
  • Prince Vidura tells Prince Yudhishthira, who trusts him and realizes it is a trap
  • the palace is covered in oil and the roof is made out of wood
  • they hired a skilled miner to dig a tunnel from the palace to outside in the nearby forest, while pretending to not know what's going on to not alert the guards
  • Captain Purochana is in charge of looking after them and then he is supposed to burn the palace down while they are asleep inside
  • finally the day comes, and Queen Kunti and the Pandavas are able to escape
  • Price Bhima goes back to the palace and sets it on fire, killing Captain Purochana
  • that same night, a mother and five boys came to the palace and asked for food. They were given food and wine, and they fell asleep at the palace. When the palace burned up, they perished, and everyone thought it was Queen Kunti and the Pandavas 
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House of Fire

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