Reading Notes: Mahabharata Part A
For this week's reading, I read parts A and B of the Mahabharata, taken from the public domain edition.
For this reading, I chose not to focus on character development (because there were so many), and instead focused on morals.
I found all of the moral lessons that were present in the Mahabharata quite interesting. These included raising a child to not be proud, loyal devotion to a husband, not making unwise vows out of love, and that karma always wins.
It was also shocking how often and how willingly people did favors just to get the chance to fight and kill someone. People would sacrifice their lives, their childrens' lives, and the lives of complete strangers just for revenge. It really seemed like the entirety of part A was about Karma and revenge, and about different sons being too proud and fighting each other, often not even realizing who they were fighting against.
For this reading, I chose not to focus on character development (because there were so many), and instead focused on morals.
I found all of the moral lessons that were present in the Mahabharata quite interesting. These included raising a child to not be proud, loyal devotion to a husband, not making unwise vows out of love, and that karma always wins.
It was also shocking how often and how willingly people did favors just to get the chance to fight and kill someone. People would sacrifice their lives, their childrens' lives, and the lives of complete strangers just for revenge. It really seemed like the entirety of part A was about Karma and revenge, and about different sons being too proud and fighting each other, often not even realizing who they were fighting against.
Image of Bhima and his mace
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