Reading Notes: Mahabharata, Part A
Mahabharata: the epic story of love, heros, villains, war, and importantly, a culture of India. Source: Wikipedia . Episode 1 - Shantanu the Unfortunate King Shantanu of Hastinapur fell in love with river goddess, Ganga, and asked her to marry him. Ganga said yes but made Shantanu promise her that he would never question her decisions. And so Shantanu said nothing as Queen Ganga killed each and every one of their newborn children. Finally one day, Shantanu could no longer bear Ganga's killings, so he interfered with her attempt to kill their eighth son, Devavrat. Ganga explained to him that all of the children she killed were celestial beings and she meant to end their mortality by drowning them in the river. Since Shantanu disregarded Ganga's wishes to never be questioned, Ganga left him and took their only son. Episode 2 - Devavrat returns Sixteen years after Ganga left him, Shantanu was strolling alongside the river when he noticed a young archer had tamed the riv...