Reading Notes: Mahabharata Part D

Yudhistira obviously still cares for his family. It's good to see that he is not blinded by jealousy unlike the Kaurvaras. This story seems to be founded on that distinction. He is almost Rama like in this way but Krishna would easily be Rama's equal because of course they are the same person.

Duroyhana's arrogance is a very important characteristic and it can be seen again with him thinking he can imprison Krishna. Karna's story is especially intriguing as he has ties to both sides but thinks he owes some loyalty to the Kaurvaras. This is misplaced and is only serving to hide his real agenda against Arjuna. Or so I believe.

Krishna’s power as a god with both of his transformations to the actual multidimensional god is much different from the characteristics of Rama. It is interesting to see that Krishna seems to have more of a connection with Vishnu than Rama did. The war between family is hard to read, I don’t want Bhishma to die or for him to kill any of the Pandavas. Karma being brought up for the first time is interesting as it hadn’t been mentioned in the Ramayana. Reading about their tradition with the caste system is very interesting because they believe they must do something just because of who they were born to.

Arjuna kills Karna

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Bibliography:

The Mahabharata by R.K. Narayan