Reading Notes: Narayan's Mahabarata, Part A

Narayan's Mahabarata is a lot more complex than the Ramayana he wrote. I think this is because there are so many more stories going on in it that it's hard to keep track of all of the characters. 

-Shantanu King of Hastinapura, marries a woman who is actually Ganga and she drowns her children to return them to heaven as Gods.

• He then marries another women, Satyavati. Bishma becomes king after his death.
• Ambika and Ambalika are supposed to sleep with Vyasa and the are repelled by him. Ambika makes her servant insteadm and her servant likes him
• Draupai marries the Pandavas, 5 men: I thought this was an interesting story as in this time it was usually then men who had multiple wives.

  

  (Dhritarashtra and Duryodhana)

Bibliography: The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic, R.K. Narayan