I think it was interesting to see how Duryodhana reacted
when he learned that his cousins were still alive. While Duryodhana was upset that
they won Draupadi as their wife, Dhritarashtra was excited for the cousins that
they won. He wished them a happy life.
One thing that annoyed me was how Dhritarashtra acted, it
seemed like he was really bad at making decisions. I understood that he was
trying to be fair between his sons and his nephews but it was annoying when he
turned his nephews away for his sons.
I still think it is weird that all five of the brothers married
one wife. I thought it was interesting that they were willing to exile one of
the brothers if they thought about her or interrupted another brother while
they were with her. I know that Narada gave them advice on how to handle this
situation. I didn’t think they would actually exile someone but they did exile Arjuna
when he walked in on Draupadi and Yudhishthira.
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| (Draupadi and Pandavas. Image Source: Wikipedia) |
I think my favorite part of the book was when Duryodhana
came back from visiting his cousins and he talks about how he thought they were
making fun of him. I know the palace was made to be confusing, and I thought it
was perfect that he would be the one to get frustrated by the tricks and
illusions.
I find this book to be interesting. I feel that because the
original was so long this one barely has any details. I don’t know if that is
just my feelings about it. For example in the Ramayana I feel like when someone
was exiled there would have been some description about it, but when Arjuna was
exiled there was one line about it.
I am finding this book harder to read also, because I felt
like the number of names thrown at us in the very beginning of the book was
overwhelming. I am really enjoying it though.
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