Reading Notes: Mahabharata

How the Princes Learned to Shoot by Sister Nivedita

  • Pandavas and Kauravas playing ball, when it goes down a well. a brahmin uses a spell to retreat the ball by making grass turn into chained darts. He also uses a spell to bring his ring back to him, using an arrow that shoots right back at him with the ring on it
  • boys tell Bhishma, and Drona explains he was outcasted by a friend named Drupada, King of Panchala, and wants revenge
  • Bhishma agrees to let him train the boys
  • they have to swear they'll help him after he has taught them
  • Arjuna becomes his favorite, and Karna because the rival
  • boy named Ekalavya tries to join but is rejected, he goes to the forest and learns archery, he shoots seven arrows into mouth of dog
  • Demands he it Drona's pupil and Drona demands his right thumb as his sacrifice. He does it and loses his archery skill
  • Drona tests the boys and asks them what they see on top of a tree. None say right except Arjuna, he sees a bird. He shoots it and becomes the best pupil
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