PDE Mahabharata: Life in the Forest
Source. Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
The Pandavas were understandably concerned about having to live in the forest. Yudhishthira discusses all the potential perils of the forest to the brahmins and one of them told him that he should call upon the sun god for aid. He did and Surya appeared and gave him a copper pot that always had food available for them.
PDE Mahabharata: Arjuna and Shiva
Source. Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists by Sister Nivedita (1914)
Arjuna is told he needs to be the one to go up the mountain are receive a vision from the Great God. One day while up there, he was performing his morning worship. A boar came at him seeking to slay him. He shot his arrow at the boar but someone else's arrow got there first. He was angry at the person who shot it because he believed the boar to belong to him. He turns his arrow on the man who shot it and shoots but none of his arrows have any effect on him. So he says they should wrestle but that doesn't work either. Finally he realizes this is the Great God when he throws a garland of flowers at the image of the Great God and it appears on the person's neck immediately. He is given the divide bow and told not to use it until it is a last resort and not to use it against "feeble foes."
PDE Mahabharata: Bhima and Hanuman
Hanuman is back! Here he has an encounter with Bhima which is crazy because they are actually half-bothers. They talk for quite a while, Hanuman tells Bhima about his adventures with Rama, the duties of different castes, in the "first-age" there is no need to perform any religious act, he shows Bhima his true larger form, and many other things! When it was time to depart from each other they hugged each other a lot.
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| Statue of Hanuman Source: Hanuman Image |
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