Epics of India - MLLL 4993-996

Author's Notes This story focuses on the events that happened during the conflict of the Pandavas and the Kauravas. The main battles can be seen in this story 1 . I found that the fighting in this war was primarily focused around where the generals were fighting, and less so about the actual infantry on the ground. One particular sentence inspired me to write this story, "Terrible were the omens, for headless men rose up and fought against one another". The concept of the dead fighting each other while a horrific war was happening was something that I wanted to elaborate on further. The Undying Battle An ancient prophecy of old once spoke of the days to come, of a great horror and darkness that would befall upon the world. The prophecy read:   A day will come when the bonds of blood will break.   Mothers' sons locked in celestial conflict.   Endless darkness will fall upon the sky,   and a disease will inflict those already gone... I awake again to...

Pandavas' Exile One of the main components of this reading was chronicling the time that the Pandavas brothers and Draupadi spent in exile. Overall, there are many comparisons from this section of the Mahabharata to the Ramayana. Draupadi was captured much like Sita, albeit for a much shorter amount of time. There were many encounters with Brahmin, each giving the Pandavas a celestial weapon, such as Rama receiving the celestial bows and arrows. The War The other main component of this reading was the war that forms between the Pandavas and their cousins the Kauravas. This section was much different in my opinion due to the large amount of interweaving between the characters. Mainly they were all related, fighting within their family because of the thirst for power. The Pandavas and the Kauravas were both related to the Gods and though these relations the war was influenced by the Gods as well as the armies on the front lines. Story Idea In the story The Battle Begins ther...