Reading Notes: Mahabharata, Part B

 

Image source: The Disrobing of Draupadi

Reading Notes: 

• Draupadi called Karana "just a charioteer" in front of everyone at her swayamvara. 
• Draupadi had to marry all five of the Pandavas because Kunti asked her sons to 'share the alms' and could not take her words back. 
• Arjuna elopes with Subhadra- Krishna & Balrama's sister. Subhadra was to be married to Duryodhana. 
• Draupadi often taunts Duryodhana in the book saying things like, "he sees no better than his father."
• Shakuni won both the dice games between him and Yudhishtra. 
• Yudhishtra gambled himself, his brothers, and even Draupadi. Bhima promised to break Duryodhana's thigh. 

Source: Tiny Tales from the Mahabharata by Laura Gibbs