Adventuring in Indian Epics

Yudhishthira with a dog as a chariot to heaven arrives in his March to Mount Meru Biography- Tales of Yudhishthira: Justice for the Pandava Yudhishthira was the last one standing. During their journey to Mount Meru one by one the Pandavas began to fall starting with Draupadi and Bhima begin the last to fall after Yudhishthira. He sees a flying chariot approaching him and the dog. God Indra offers to take him to heaven but he refuses to go without his brothers and wife. After Indra assures him they are already in heaven, Yudhishthira than says he wants the dog to accompany him since he can't leave the loyal dog behind. Indra is outraged but he insists that the dog reveals himself as god Yuma who was testing Yudhishthira again because of this he is allowed to enter heaven in his human form and Indra chariot. When he arrives in heaven Duryodhana is there. He also notices his brothers and wife are not there. He is asked to be taken to them. He is taken to a foul place of rottin...

Gandhari Biography:    Gandhari: A Mother Blinded by Love: Volume 44 Gandhari is the daughter of King Subala of Gandhara. She marries Dhritarashtra. the king of Hastinapura. However the king is is blind. This does not stop Gandhari from marring him though instead of running away she blindfolds herself to show her devotion to him and they both marry. She is blessed by Lord Shiva to have 100 sons. When Gandhari gives birth she gives it to a shapeless lump. Vyasa says he will help her so he puts the lump into 100 jars and there her sons are all born. However, there is something off about them. When the Kauravas and Pandavas are playing dice and Draupadi has had enough and begins to put a curse of them, Gandhari stops her fearing the worst and urges Dhritarashtra to give them back their winnings. Before the war begins, Gandhari foresees that Bhima will kill her son so she urges Duryodhana to seek peace. She cannot bless her son's side in war as she can only bless the righte...

Clever Hare with the King of Elephants  The Hare in the Moon  Bibliography:  This is a Indian folk story about why one sees a hare in the moon and how the small hare outwitted the big elephant. There was a colony of hares living peacefully by the lake but one day that peace was interrupted by a herd of elephants. The elephants stomped on some of the poor hares causing them to die. Those who survived saw danger living with the elephants and therefore with great despair they had to leave their home. Well, almost all left. One brave hare stayed behind, the hare did not like witnessing those of his colony get crushed or shooed from their home by the elephants. So he came up with a plan to get rid of them. When he saw the leader of the heard go to lake, he took his opportunity. He told the elephant he should fear the moon as he had just stomped and dirtied the water from the lake water as the moon guarded it and the moon was fearless on whoever stepped on the lake. ...

Flying For the First Time Scared, afraid, nervous, excited I was feeling all emotions right now. I was sitting in the passenger's seat of the car looking out the window, unsure of what was to come. "Remember, take of all metal when going through security. Oh also make sure your only carrying one carry on okay." "Hey don't be so nervous everything is going to be alright you won't even feel it. Plus if you get scared you can go to sleep." I tried to focus on my sister's words but I was too overwhelmed in my own thoughts to really pay any attention. I have always been very scared of heights. Once I bent one of my favorite rings on a rollercoaster ride. I was holding so tight to the rail that my ring got bent. I took so many tries to get it off my ringer. Now thinking about being way up high in the air made me extra nervous but my love for traveling was what kept me from not forcing my sister to turn the car around. It also didn't help that I w...

Women's Eye  Careful When Looking into a Mirror Look in the mirror. Oh! But don't look too close...because if you're not careful, you will be met with the worst. Curiosity got the best of you. What di you see? Look into your pupil. Closer..Closer..Closer. Legend says that when you look too close--Death will be the one you meet.  Man in the Eye  Pupil. Tiny man. Death? Or Not.  Author's Note: Both stories were inspired by the fable The Man in the Eye from the book Indian Fables and Folklore by Shovona Devi. The story is told in a poetic way and talks about how there is a small tiny man in our pupils. Some belief it to be death but it is mostly those who are very gullible. It is up to you if you believe or not. 

Casino Dice  A Gambler's Fate  I had it all---gold, silver, a kingdom, horses, a tight family, and a beautiful wife. But my misfortune came when I met the game of dice. Game after game I began to lose it all. Now I've forced my family to live in a forest for thirteen years all because of my addiction to the game.  Game of Dice Dice rolls. Goodbye, all I've known.  Author's note: Both stories were inspired by Yudhishthir's and Shakuni's game of dice in which Yudhishthir loses everything in the game and therefore the Pandavas have to live in exile for thirteen years

Exile of the Pandavas Bibliography: The Mahabharata: Karmic Revolution by Epified TV (India) (Part E-F) Pandavas of Exile  Dushasan and Duryodan knew that the Pandavas were filled with anger and desire for revenge against them because they did not want to deal with their revenge tactics and prevent them in the future they planned another plan to get rid of the Pandavas for good--- another game of dice. Their plan was to play another game of dice with them betting their kingdom taking it from them and therefore, leaving them homeless and forcing them to go on 13 years of exile. The plan sounded perfect and the word was quickly sent to the Pandavas. Yudhishthira couldn't say no to a game of dice so he accepted the offer. However, that decision was quickly regretted after he lost the kingdom too and therefore caused Daurpadi and his brothers together with him to be exiled for 13 years. Their people stayed loyal to them and did not want to stay with the Kauravas so they j...