Reading Notes: Mahabharata Tiny Tales pt. i

- why the heck did the queen drown her child?

- oh okay, it was to hurt him because he had objectified her

- she killed 7 children but he stopped her before she killed the 8th

- King Shantanu found love again but could not agree to her father's terms because he promised Devavrata to be the heir

- Devavrata became Bhishma to let his father be happy and he got a boon to chose he death time

- Satyavati had another son from a previous arrangement because she was desperate to get rid of her fish smell

- her son was Vyasa who composed the Mahabharata

- aw poor guy literally is just named "pale"

- Pandu the pale killed a stag that was a rishi that then cursed him to die the same way if he touched another woman again

- Dhritarashtra and his blindfolded wife have a son together to take Pandu's spot

- why does everyone just flee to the forest?

- 101 and one flesh balls? could be a new Disney movie

- Story idea ^ about Gandhari and her children

- Gandhari was pregnant for years until she got sick of it and struck her tummy

- when she did so a ball of flesh popped out

- Vyasa promised her that she would have a ton of children

- he spliced the flesh ball into 100 pieces and placed them in pots saying she would have many sons, but she also wanted a daughter

- he brought a pot and put the small flesh slab into the pot and next thing you know Gandhari is growing 100 sons and 1 daughter

Gandhari sitting on a throne. (Wiki)

Sources used: Arnold, Besant, Devee, Dutt, Ganguli, Kincaid, Macfie, Mackenzie, Nivedita, Seeger, and Tagore.