Sawan presents Mahabharata For Kids – 151 Episodes Of The Mahabharata. Read with your kids and inspire them to dream big and be disciplined.📚😍
In Ekachakrapura, the Pandavas lived in the house of a Brahmana and went out as mendicants, begging food from other households. Whatever they got, half was given to Bhima and the rest shared by the others. One day, they heard their landlord and his family lamenting. It seemed that a cruel demon, Bakasura, living in […]
Through the forest the Pandavas made their way to Ekachakrapura. Bhima watched over them when they slept. A demon named Hidimb lived in the forest, grabbing and eating all passers-by. He had a sister, Hidimba, who could change herself into a beautiful form. He would send her to look for his victims. One day, she
Purochana waited and watched, thinking the Pandavas knew nothing. The Pandavas spent the daytime hunting in the forest, but actually they were coming to know the routes in the forest very well. They kept watch at night. They watched for signs and knew when the time was right to act. Kunti gave a feast that
Duryodhana envied Bhima’s strength, Arjuna’s skill and the love of the people for Yudhishthira and the Pandavas. Dhritarashtra, blind and weak-willed, favoured Duryodhana even when he knew that what he said or did was wrong. Shakuni and Karna gave Duryodhana evil and bad advice. Duryodhana laid a plot with his brothers, maternal uncle Shakuni and
Once the pupils were fully trained; it was time for Drona to ask for his guru-dakshina, the right of the teacher to demand a payment from his students. Drona asked for the capture of his old enemy, King Drupada. The Pandavas carried out the mission successfully and presented Drupada as a captive before Drona, who
The Pandavas and the sons of Dhritarashtra learnt the use of arms and archery first from Kripacharya and then from Drona. A public display of their expertise was held. Arjuna showed his skill in using all the arms, especially in archery. This again caused Duryodhana’s envy to flare up. Suddenly, there was a new entrant
In the forest near Hastinapura lived a Nishadha tribe, peace-loving and brave boatmen. They were considered of a class that could not mix with others. Their chief’s son was Ekalavya. Ekalavya enjoyed archery. He asked to be taken as Drona’s pupil. Drona refused his request. Ekalavya, however, made a figure of Drona with mud and,
When Drona was teaching the Pandavas and the Kauravas, he was also teaching his own son, Ashwatthama. Arjuna learnt all his own lessons, and then attended carefully to whatever Ashwatthama was taught. He became an expert in the use of the sword, mace, spear and the bow and arrow, and could fight with equal ease
Drona went to stay with his brother-in-law Kripacharya at Hastinapura. One day, he saw that a ball and Yudhishthira’s ring had fallen into a well and the Pandavas couldn’t get them out. He took a blade of grass, and reciting mantras, shot it like an arrow at the ball. He followed it up with more
Drona, the son of Bharadwaja, had studied along with Drupada, the future king of Panchala. He was expert not only in the scriptures but also in archery. Drupada often said that he would give half his kingdom to his friend Drona. Later, Drona married Kripacharya’s sister and had a son, Ashwatthama. Drona went to Parashurama
The five Pandavas and the hundred sons of Dhritarashtra grew up studying and playing together. Kripacharya taught them the arts of war. Bhima was the strongest and most powerful among the boys and bullied the others quite often. Duryodhana disliked Bhima and was becoming more and more jealous of Yudhishthira. Pandu had been made the
The news of the death of Pandu and Madri spread through the forest and the kingdom till it reached the palace at Hastinapura. Yudhishthira was sixteen years old at the time. Vyasa, who was the father of Dhritarashtra, Pandu and Vidura, and all the royal personages, including Bhishma, Vidura, Dhritarashtra and the old Queen Mother,
Kunti’s swayamvara was held when she was older and she married King Pandu. She went with him to Hastinapura, the capital of his kingdom. Pandu also married Madri, the sister of King Shalya of Madra. The custom was to make friends with different kings through marriage. Once Pandu was out hunting. He killed a male
Krishna’s grandfather had a beautiful little daughter, Pritha. His cousin, Kuntibhoja, was childless, so he adopted Pritha and called her Kunti. She was good-natured and cared for guests very well. Her conduct pleased Sage Durvasa, who came there once. He gave her a mantra by which she could request any god to give her a
Dhritarashtra and Pandu were trained in the scriptures and in warfare. Dhritarashtra was immensely strong. But he could not be made the king because he was blind. He became bitter at this. His marriage was to be arranged, so his mother, Satyavati, sent Bhishma to Gandhara. The princess of Gandhara, Gandhari, had received a boon
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