Reading Notes: The Princes of Elephant City Part B

• Pink = my story elements 
• Character Key Points
• Yudhishthira-King, likes gambling (his loss in gambling ends up making the pandavas spend 13 years in exiles with the last year being in disguise (the other brothers resent him for this) 
• Arjuna-skilled archer (wields the Gandiva bow) and fighter
• Bhima- always has Draupadi's best interest in mind- he rescues her on a regular basis- he is the one most hurt by her death 
• Bhima vows to drink Duhshasana's blood (because he dragged Draupadi by the hair and tried to rip off her clothes, when Yudhishthira lost everyone in a gambling game  and break Duryodhana's thigh (For trying rape Draupadi and for showing her his naked thigh, when Yudhishthira lost everyone in a gambling game)
• Nakula 
• Sahadeva
• "After twelve years in the forest, the Pandavas prepare to spend a year in disguise at the court of King Virata. Yudhishthira has learned the art of gambling by now, so he disguises himself as Kanka, a gambler. Bhima becomes a cook named Ballaba. Arjuna takes the name Brihannala and will be a dancing teacher. Nakula takes the name Granthika and works in the stables, while Sahadeva takes the name Tantripala and becomes a cowherd. Draupadi will be Queen Sudeshna's maid under the name Sairandhri"
• I really enjoy reading the story and having the condensed reading notes because everything is easier to understand that in was in the original story!
• Draupadi's brother = Dhristadyumna
• The deaths of the Pandavas 

1. Draupadi (who sinned by loving one husband, Arjuna, more than the rest) 
2. Sahadeva (who boasted in his wisdom), then Nakula (who boasted in his beauty)
3. Arjuna (who failed in his promise to kill Duryodhana and his army in just a second)
4. Bhima (who boasted in his strength).
5. Yudhishthira gets taken to heaven where through his dedication to his brothers (he gets to save them from hell) 

A statue of an elephant made out of shrubs. Web Source 

The Princes of Elephant City by C. A. Kincaid (1921)