Eric11235
19 December 2012, 11:21 AM
Vannakam,
In lieu of certain events I have taken it upon myself to reread the Mahabharata in closer detail to fully comprehend a generally dense text.
The first thing I want to mention is the foreshadowing of teh Kauravas and Pandavas in the Astika subparva of the Adi Parva.
Kadru and Vinata are granted boons, Kadru wishes to birth 1000 nagas, and Vinata wishes to birth 2 sons who are greater than all of Kadru's children. The offspring of Vinata is Garuda
The story continues with a bet about Uchaichaisrava and celestial horse, through trickery Kadru wins the bet and Vinata is made her slave. Eventually Garuda intervenes to save his mother.
I believe that while not necessarily contributing directly to the main Bharata storyline this is an integral part of the early subparvas because we get a thematically and structurally similar story to the primary conflict that will take up the rest of the work
I encourage discussion and thoughts on the matter
Namaste
In lieu of certain events I have taken it upon myself to reread the Mahabharata in closer detail to fully comprehend a generally dense text.
The first thing I want to mention is the foreshadowing of teh Kauravas and Pandavas in the Astika subparva of the Adi Parva.
Kadru and Vinata are granted boons, Kadru wishes to birth 1000 nagas, and Vinata wishes to birth 2 sons who are greater than all of Kadru's children. The offspring of Vinata is Garuda
The story continues with a bet about Uchaichaisrava and celestial horse, through trickery Kadru wins the bet and Vinata is made her slave. Eventually Garuda intervenes to save his mother.
I believe that while not necessarily contributing directly to the main Bharata storyline this is an integral part of the early subparvas because we get a thematically and structurally similar story to the primary conflict that will take up the rest of the work
I encourage discussion and thoughts on the matter
Namaste