Episode 25 - The continuing adventures of the Pandavas in the forest. The story picks up with Maitreya's curse and angry departure from the court at Hastinapur. Dhrtarastra, apparently tired of all the dire predictions decides it is time for a fight scene, and asks Vidur to tell the story of Bhima and Kirmira. Vidur then recites the battle scene as Bhima kills another Rakshasa.
We then move back to the forest where a meeting of the Pandavas' allies is taking place, Krishna among them. Krishna and Arjun enjoy a brief love fest, telling each other how wonderful they were and such close friends. Draupadi finally gets fed up with it and demands to know why the outrages perpetrated against her have still not been avenged, yet she is surrounded by the greatest heroes on the earth.
She points out that if Krishna were so great as everyone keeps saying, then how did this calamity even take place? Krishna's reply is rather surprising. There is none of the mystical teachings here-- he wasn't far away because he was far from their hearts. He wasn't ever-present and yet directing events towards the final great war. No, none of that. He was just out of town at the time, fighting king Shalva and his flying saucer, and just hadn't heard the news until it was too late!
Next time, Draupadi will turn on her husbands and really let them have it. Stay tuned!
We then move back to the forest where a meeting of the Pandavas' allies is taking place, Krishna among them. Krishna and Arjun enjoy a brief love fest, telling each other how wonderful they were and such close friends. Draupadi finally gets fed up with it and demands to know why the outrages perpetrated against her have still not been avenged, yet she is surrounded by the greatest heroes on the earth.
She points out that if Krishna were so great as everyone keeps saying, then how did this calamity even take place? Krishna's reply is rather surprising. There is none of the mystical teachings here-- he wasn't far away because he was far from their hearts. He wasn't ever-present and yet directing events towards the final great war. No, none of that. He was just out of town at the time, fighting king Shalva and his flying saucer, and just hadn't heard the news until it was too late!
Next time, Draupadi will turn on her husbands and really let them have it. Stay tuned!
Great jobs. Thumbs up!! Excellent podcast. Keep up good work. Waiting for remaining podcasts.
ReplyDeletehmm.. this episode was short but some major elements which are beginning to come to light that led to the final battle at kurukshetre
ReplyDeleteAnyway looking forward to more!
There have been many myths about Goddess Draupadi, many are mis-interpretations, base-less. She is considered to be the grama devetha and kula devatha for many people. There are many shrines for Goddess Draupadi, spread in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. One of the shrines, where She is a Grama-Devatha and Kula-Devatha to many, is located in one of the small villages of Tamil Nadu.
ReplyDeleteThe village is named KONDAL, Mayiladuthurai Taluk, Nagapattinam District, Nidur P.O, Tamil Nadu. There are more details about Goddess and way to the shrine at:
http://blog.thitherwards.com/draupadi/
Draupadi Amman Thunai - May Her blessing be always on you all!!