Welcome and thank u for the forceful thoughts written with in depth. If Perusal wills so it will be. Thanks again. K. Rajaram IRS 21524
On Tue, May 21, 2024, 2:55 PM 'Bala N. Aiyer' via KeralaIyers < [email protected]> wrote: > If you have Mahabharata in 10 Pages, I would like to receive a copy of > that text, please. > Also, such short explanation of the each of the four Vedas (The Karma & > Brahmana part) and also brief texts on the important 12 Upanishads, each in > 8 to 12 pages, a 12 page brief text of Srimad Bhagavad Gita complete are > also necessary to educate our Next Generation. > > Also, when you post your articles, please tell some of the members, who > try to write un-parliamentary abusive words, like a street battle, washing > off their dirty linen, not to write like that. If they don't like it, they > can keep silent or write their own texts in full, with their own authority. > > Thank you for your great service. > > Bala N. Aiyer > > > On Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 10:59:12 AM CDT, Rajaram Krishnamurthy < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > CULTURAL QA 05202421 > > Q What is a brief summary of the full story of Mahabharatha? > > KR 10 pages brief Mahabhartham without the JAYA and Maha might > not have been known to many old people of the congregations and so a yeoman > service is a glorified service rendered sir. clap clap. > > 2 Mahabharatham so brief: Mahabharata Summary (3 pages) > > Ugraśravas the Suta begins telling a story to some Brahmin seers led by > Śaunaka. He says it’s called the Mahabharata and that it’s full of heroes > and seers performing amazing feats. Ugraśravas heard that a great seer > named Vyasa first compiled the Mahabharata, and he begins narrating the > story of what Vyasa’s assistant, Vaiśampayana, told to Janamejaya while > Janamejaya was in the middle of conducting a snake sacrifice. > > 2 Vaiśampayana begins telling the story of the Kuru lineage, of which > Janamejaya himself is a member. Some of the most important members of this > lineage are the Pandavas, a group of five brothers who each achieve fame in > their own way: Yudhishthira, Arjuna, Bhima, and the twins Nakula and > Sahadeva. Another major branch of the family is called the Kauravas, and it > includes Dhritarashtra, who has 100 sons, the eldest and most notable of > whom is Duryodhana. > > 3 A rivalry between the Pandavas and the Kauravas begins early in > life, with Duryodhana at one point scheming to try to kill his cousins. > Later, with the help of an advisor named Śakuni, Duryodhana gets the idea > that since he can’t defeat the Pandavas in battle, he’ll steal the Pandava > kingdom for himself by tricking Yudhishthira into a gambling match. Many of > Dhritarashtra’s other advisors, like Vidura, tell him that it isn’t wise to > let Duryodhana go through with this plan, but Dhritarashtra allows him to > do so anyways. > > 4 Yudhishthira loses the gambling competition and has to give away > everything, including his own freedom, his entire kingdom of Hastinapura, > and his wife Draupadi (whom he shares with the other four Pandava > brothers). Eventually, Duryodhana agrees to release the Pandavas and > Draupadi from bondage, but they have to go into exile for 12 years and then > spend a 13th year in disguise in a city. > > > > After the end of the Pandava exile, tensions between them and the Kauravas > flare up again, as the Pandavas resent the loss of their kingdom and the > way that Duryodhana treated their wife, Draupadi, as a slave. Meanwhile, > the Kauravas keep encroaching on Pandava territory. Ultimately, the > Kauravas and the Pandavas fight a massive war for the succession of the > Kuru lineage that results in the deaths of over 1.6 trillion people. During > preparations for the war, Arjuna secures the help of Krishna, a strong and > virtuous incarnation of the god Vishnu, who, despite vowing not to fight, > seems to assure victory for whichever side he’s on. Krishna agrees to be > Arjuna’s charioteer. > > 5 The actual fighting, which lasts 18 days, involves great heroes on > each side performing amazing feats of military prowess, sometimes using > powerful celestial weapons and killing many nameless soldiers and some > famous heroes as well. Duryodhana heads the Pandava forces, appointing a > series of commanders that inevitably fall in battle to the Pandavas. > Meanwhile, Yudhishthira leads the Pandavas and their allies with a steady > hand. At the end of each day, the messenger Samajaya recounts what happened > to the blind king Dhritarashtra, who laments the many losses his army > suffers each day. Perhaps the most significant portion of the battle is the > Bhagavadgita, a section of the poem where Arjuna has doubts about whether > or not it’s right to fight, and Krishna gives a famous speech that touches > on many topics of morality and spirituality. Arjuna ultimately goes on to > become perhaps the fiercest warrior on the battlefield with his trusty bow > and with Krishna driving his chariot. > > 6 Near the end of the war, when the Pandavas have defeated almost all > of their enemies, Aśvatthaman (son of the dead Kaurava commander Drona) > prays to Śiva and conducts a deadly night raid that kills most of the > remaining Pandava army while the five brothers are away. Still, even this > is not enough to change the outcome of the war, and the Pandavas take back > their kingdom in Hastinapura, where Yudhishthira is reinstalled as king. > > 7 After the war, the survivors continue to live out the rest of their > lives, with Dhritarashtra reconciling with the Pandavas before ultimately > dying in a hermitage. To commemorate the occasion of regaining his kingdom, > Yudhishthira conducts a horse ceremony, allowing a horse to roam across his > entire kingdom under Arjuna’s protection before finally sacrificing it. > > 8 Eventually, it comes time for the Pandavas and Draupadi to go on > one last journey. As they walk, they each fall down dead, one by one. > Yudhishthira, the last one standing, is allowed to enter the heaven of the > god Indra while keeping his mortal body. When Yudhishthira arrives, he’s > shocked to find Duryodhana on a throne and his old allies all being > tortured. He fears he’s dreaming until, at last, Indra appears, dispelling > the illusion and telling him that it’s a king’s fate to go to hell before > reaching heaven and that in fact, he and his allies are allowed to live in > heaven for their good deeds on earth. > > 9 The frame story ends with Ugraśravas repeating that the > Mahabharata is a tale about victory and that just hearing it or telling it > brings good luck. He offers a hymn that people can say every morning to try > to get closer to perfection. KR IRS 21524 22524 > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: *'gopala krishnan' via iyer123* <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 at 09:07 > Subject: [iyer123] CULTURAL QA 05-2024-21 > To: Patty Thatha <[email protected]>, Kerala Iyer < > [email protected]>, Iyer <[email protected]> > > > *CULTURAL QA 05-2024-21* > > *The below QA is from Quora digest to me on 21-05-2024.* > > *.Compiled **and posted by R. Gopala krishnan, on 21-05-2024* > > Q What is a brief summary of the full story of Mahabharatha? > > A Ánush Gudimetlá, Reading the BORI > Mahbharata(2022-present)Updated 2y > > It is quite hard since Mahabharata is full of interconnected and > interwoven stories. I will give the briefest summary. > > There was a king named Shantanu and he had Ganga as his wife. They had a > son, whose name was Devavrata. He became a good prince. > > My addition- After the birth of Devarata, Ganga left king Santhanu > according to the agreed marriage condition by king Santhanu with Ganga. > > Years passed. One day Shantanu fell in love with Satyavati. Shantanu asked > Satyavati’s father whether he can marry her. He agrees but on one condition > - The person to inherit the throne shouldn’t be Devavrata and it should be > Satyavati’s children to inherit it. > > Shantanu, however, didn’t like this and he declines. But Devavrata, on > coming to know this, went to Satyavati’s residence ,met her father, and > took a vow that he would remain celibate throughout his life and will > remain bound to the throne.Because of this vow he took, Devavrata came to > be known as Bhishma, one of the most wisest and most powerful characters in > Mahabharata. > > Then Satyavati and Shantanu marry, and give birth to 2 children, named > Chitrangada and Vichitravirya. Chitrangada should inherit the throne, but > he dies in the battle with Gandharvas. > > Then Vichitravirya becomes the ruler and he marries two women named Ambika > and Ambalika. But before they gave birth to children, Vichitravirya died. > > Satyavati had another son named Vyasa(he is also author of the > Mahabharata). She requests him to grant children to both the women through > the niyoga tradition. > > Then Ambika and Ambalika gave birth to two sons. They were - Dhritarashtra > and Pandu. Dhritarashtra should rightfully have been king after his father > passed, but since he was a blind person, he was disqualified from kingship. > His younger son, Pandu was made the king. > > Pandu ruled his kingdom nicely for a time. However his happiness was short > lived. > > One day he was hunting and he kills a deer. He realizes that the deer is > actually a sage. The sage, then curses him that, he can’t reproduce, and > won’t be able to produce a heir. Upset by this, he handed the empire to > Dhritarashtra and went to the forest with his 2 wives, Kunti and Madri. > > Dhritarashtra was then happy that, now there no longer will be anyone to > claim the throne(Pandu can’t have children), and the next throne will > belong to his sons only. > > But however, there was a loophole — Kunti had a boon from sage Durvasa, > that she could have a child by any god whom she respects without having any > marital affair. She had to chant a mantra with great devotion focusing on a > god of her choice, and that god would come down to Earth and give her a > child. > > Kunti, in the forest, chanted the mantra to 3 gods — Yama, Vayu, and Indra > and bore three sons — Yuddhistira, Bhima, and Arjuna respectively. > > She taught this to Madri too, and Madri chanted mantra to the Ashwini twin > gods, and got two sons - Nakula and Sahadeva. > > These 5 sons are known as Pandavas. > > Another important story to note - When Kunti first had this mantra, she > dedicated it to Surya the sun god to see whether it worked or not. It gave > birth to a boy. This boy is Karna, who is an important character in > Mahabharata. > > But, she was unmarried that time. Hence, Kunti abandoned the newly born > Karna adrift in a basket on the Ganges, in the hope that he finds foster > parents. The basket was discovered and Karna was adopted and raised by > foster Suta parents named Radha and Adhiratha. > > They requests Surya to give Karna the Kavach Kundal, a powerful shield to > protect body. > > __________________________________________________ > > But unfortunately one day, Pandu died. Heart-broken, Madri flung herself > into his funeral pyre and died, leaving Kunti to take care of all 5 boys > alone.She decides to head back to Hastinapura. > > A lot of things had happened in the Hastinapura during all this time. > Dhritarashtra and his wife Gandhari, gave birth to, well, 100 sons and a > daughter. They were all born at almost same time, and not naturally too. > Once Vyasa granted Gandhari a boon, and she requested hundred sons. She > became pregnant, gave birth to flesh, which was cut into hundred and one > pieces by Vyasa, and were incubated in a mud pot. > > Coming back to story now. Kunti arrived at Dhritarashtra’s place. He > allowed them to stay in there. > > The 105 princes grew up together. They were taught lessons under Drona. > Even Karna whom I told before was taught here. > > In all the lessons and departments, the Pandavas outran everyone. > Yuddhistira was the most honest and upright(he was called Dharmaraj), Bhima > was strongest, Arjuna was the best archer, Nakula and Sahadeva were best > horsemen. > > This made the Kauravas, especially Duryodhana very jealous. > > Once, he along with Shakuni and Karna decide to poison Bhima. But Bhima > survives. > > Then after all the education of the princes, there was an event. After > this, Yuddhistira was crowned as the king. > > This was against the will of Duryodhana and Shakuni. So, again they plot a > plan to kill Pandavas. They build a palace made of inflammable material and > invited Pandavas to stay at night.Vidura, the prime minister at Hastinapura > warns Pandavas of this plan. > > That night, Pandavas, before the house was set on fire, escape from that > place.This was the time they understand Duryodhana’s enmity on them.Pandavas > went undercover. One day they heard of Draupadi’s swayamwara.In her > swayamwara, the person had to shoot a bird by looking at its reflection. > > Everyone failed. Then Arjuna who was in disguise shot the target with > precision. Draupadi then weds Arjuna. > > (One important note- This event is when Krishna first appears in > Mahabharata. Then he becomes friends with Arjuna. Little did Arjuna know > that the man who he was friends with was the parabrahman itself.) > > > > After the event, Arjuna brings Draupadi home. He says, “Mom, look what I > brought home!” > > Kunti misunderstands what Arjuna brings home for a fruit and says, > “Whatever you brought share it among yourself”. > > Now mum had spoken, the was no going back. Draupadi then became the wife > of all the Pandavas. > > Hearing about the person who shot the target at Draupadi’s swayamwara, > Duryodhana realizes that it was Arjuna, since only he could shoot with such > precision. > > Dhritarashtra then comes to know this. He gave them some land. The land > was barren and a wasteland.But, Pandavas turn this barren land into their > beautiful kingdom. This kingdom is called Indraprastha. This kingdom was a > beautiful paradise and prospered under their rule. > > Duryodhana becomes really jealous after seeing their prosperity. He plots > another cunning plan. > > He decides to exploit the weakness and the bad quality of Yuddhistira - > Gambling > and Pachisi, the game of dice. > > He invites Yuddhistira for the game. Duryodhana asks Shakuni to play on > his(duryodhana’s) behalf. > > The game of dice is a game of pure chance and luck. There is no way to > guarantee winning. Shakuni, was a grandmaster of cheating in this game, > > > > Throughout the whole game, Yuddhistira kept losing and Shakuni kept > winning. But Yuddhistira didn’t stop playing, convinced that luck would > turn his way soon(he didn’t know that the game was rigged). > > In each round in the game, both sides had something big at stake - > palaces, territories etc. > > Yuddhistira lost everything. He then staked his 4 brothers, Draupadi, and > himself too.He lost everything. Entire kingdom, his family, himself, and > his beloved wife. > > Then, the Kauravas, dragged Draupadi to the middle of the whole assembly. > In the midst of the assembly, Karna orders Dushasana to disrobe Draupadi in > front of everyone. > > Draupadi prays to Krishna. Krishna then makes the saree of Draupadi > infintely long, saving her. > > Dhritarashtra then sets in, and insists on giving back Pandavas everything. > > Then after all this, Krishna promises Draupadi that he will punish all of > them for insulting her like this. > > After few months, they invited Yuddhistira again. This time, the loser > would have to go on exile for 12 years followed by 1 year of spending in > incognito. If they get caught during this time, they should go on an exile > again. Yuddhistira played again, and… lost again.He, his wife, and all > his brothers go on an exile. > > During this time, Arjuna goes to the heavens to train himself in warfare. > Then in the final year, the Pandavas successfully spend their time in > incognito in the Virata kingdom. > > Yuddhishthira took up employment as a king's counsellor, Bheem worked in > the royal kitchens, Arjuna turned himself into a eunuch and taught the > palace maidens how to sing and dance, Nakula and Sahadeva worked at the > royal stables, and Draupadi became a handmaiden to the queen. > > They weren’t caught. And, they returned to Duryodhana, to reclaim their > land. But Duryodhana refused to give back the kingdom.Yuddhistira asked for > just 5 villages, and Duryodhana refused and said that he won’t give land > that would fit on the needle-head. > > Krishna went on a peace mission and failed.o, there was only one option > left - to declare a war. > > Preparations started from both the sides. The Kauravas gathered a lot of > rulers from throughout the subcontinet. > > Then for the war, both Duryodhana and Arjuna reach Krishna for help. They > both wanted Krishna on their side. Krishna smartly made an offer - one can > have his whole powerful army - the Narayani Sena and the other can have > Krishna himself. But on one condition that, Krishna wouldn’t pickup weapons > in the war and would just be the charioteer. > > > > Duryodhana chose the Narayani Sena, and Arjuna, was happy to have Krishna > himself on his side, even as the charioteer. > > The day of war has come. The war was set at a place called Kurukshetra. > > Just a small time before war, some one hour before, Arjuna asks Krishna to > drive him through the battlefield. Then Arjuna, saw that the people from > the enemy side were none other than his own relatives, his uncles and > cousins and everyone. > > He gets depressed. He says Krishna that he doesn’t want to fight. This was > when Krishna says Arjuna to fight, and why he should fight. This was when, > Krishna reveals Arjuna the wisdom of Bhagavad Gita. > > After listening to Krishna, Arjuna decides to fight and picks up his bow. > > People from both the sides fiercely fight the war. Pandavas, whose army > was much smaller than Kauravas fight courageously. > > The war was 18 days long. Krishna guided Arjuna throughout the course. > > Mighty warriors from both sides were killed. > > After 10 days of the war, Bhishma was defeated. Then 5 days later, Drona > was killed. 2 days later, Karna was killed. > > On the last day, Duryodhana was killed and war ended. > > After the war, Yuddhistira was crowned as king of Hastinapur and > Indraprastha. The Pandavas ruled for 36 years, after which they abdicated > in favour of Abhimanyu's son, Parikshit. > > The Pandavas and Draupadi proceeded on foot to the Himalayas, intending to > live out their last days climbing the slopes heavenwards. One by one, they > fell on this last journey and their spirits ascended to the heavens. Only > Yuddhishtra doesn't fall but enters heaven and then leaves his life. > > Draupadi, Pandavas, and Dharmaraj Yuddhistira ascended to heavens together > > As for Krishna, it ended in tragedy.He and his clan was cursed by mother > of Kauravas Gandhari that, they would fight among themselves and die. She > did this in the sadness that her children died. > > Krishna’s clan Yadava was destroyed.He, then, one day goes to a forest and > lies under a tree. A hunter mistakens him for a deer, and shoots an arrow > at his foot.he hunter asks for forgivence. Krishna forgives him, and leaves > the material body. > > It was after Krishna’s departure that made Yuddhistira gives up throne. > > Vyasa(whom I talked about in the starting) narrated this story to Lord > Ganesha. > > After Yuddhistira, his son Parikshit becomes the ruler. He dies because of > a bite from a naga named Takshasa.Then, Parikshit’s son, Janmejaya, decides > to start a snake sacrifice, Sarpa Satra. > > Just before going on the sacrifice, Vaisampayana, the disciple of Vyasa, > says the epic to Janmejaya.This whole telling, came to be known as the > Mahabharata. > > Thanks for reading! > > ~Ánush Gudimetlá (అనుష్ గుడిమెట్లా) > > EDIT : Thanks to Kavana.N , Sūrya S A (सूर्य.एस्.ए), Mahi Soni, Nischal > R, and Prakhar (प्रखर) sir for pointing the mistakes and/or suggesting > the edits. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iyer123" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/163400225.1688168.1716300420590%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/163400225.1688168.1716300420590%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > On Facebook, please join https://www.facebook.com/groups/keralaiyerstrust > > We are now on Telegram Mobile App also, please join > > Pattars/Kerala Iyers Discussions: https://t.me/PattarsGroup > > Kerala Iyers Trust Decisions only posts : https://t.me/KeralaIyersTrust > > Kerala Iyers Trust Group for Discussions: > https://t.me/KeralaIyersTrustGroup > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "KeralaIyers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/keralaiyers/CAL5XZoqzj4cAFwv4LaA%3DD4XpTn_nfuYu3KLXu%3DLVXmP2M1%3DB%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/keralaiyers/CAL5XZoqzj4cAFwv4LaA%3DD4XpTn_nfuYu3KLXu%3DLVXmP2M1%3DB%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > On Facebook, please join https://www.facebook.com/groups/keralaiyerstrust > > We are now on Telegram Mobile App also, please join > > Pattars/Kerala Iyers Discussions: https://t.me/PattarsGroup > > Kerala Iyers Trust Decisions only posts : https://t.me/KeralaIyersTrust > > Kerala Iyers Trust Group for Discussions: > https://t.me/KeralaIyersTrustGroup > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "KeralaIyers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/keralaiyers/522203925.2203806.1716321305646%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/keralaiyers/522203925.2203806.1716321305646%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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