PDE Mahabharata: The House of Fire
Source. The Indian Heroes by C. A. Kincaid (1921)
Prince Yudhishthira was very wise and noticed that all the tapestries and furniture were soaked in oil and the entirety of the palace and its roof was built only of wood or material that is easily burned. Thankfully Prince Vidura gave Prince Yudhishthira his warning and Prince Vidura repeated the dark words to his family. Prince Vidura sent for a skilled miner who could dig a passage from the floor of the lac palace to the forest outside. The very day that the miner finished his work, the Pandavas escaped but not before Prince Bhima set fire to the guard-house as revenge. The guard and Purochana, the wicked captain both died. The flames were pushed by wind and the lac palace also took fire, killing a low-caste woman and her five sons who were sleeping there. The people of Varanavata awoke and assumed the low-caste woman and her sons were actually Queen Kunti and the Pandavas. The people were very sad about this and grieved their apparent deaths. However, evil Prince Duryodhana and King Dhritarashtra were both happy about this.
PDE Mahabharata: Bhima and Hidimba
Source. Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
The Pandavas traveled through the dangerous forest until they finally found a place that seemed safe to sleep for the night. Bhima stayed awake and watched after them while they slept. While he was watching over them a brother and sister rakshasa smelled them and went to devour them. However, the sister rakshasa thought that Bhima was attractive and wanted to be his wife. She offered to save him and his family if he made her his wife but he said no and then her brother came to attack all of them and attack his sister for trying to foil his plan. Bhima fights him.
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| Bhima fighting Hidimba Source: http://ouocblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/pde-mahabharata-aswatthamans-rage.html |
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