Kunti has a secret in her past.
She was gorgeous and wise. She was given a gift to speak to a god. She chooses the sun god to test the gift. The god embraced her and when he left a child was left in her arms. Since she was unmarried she decided to put the boy in a basket. She placed the basket in the river and said bye to her son.
Pandu made a mistake when hunting. He shot a hermit couple who were making love and the hermit cursed him saying he would die when he became intimate with a woman. Pandu told people he would not return to the palace.
Kunti told Pandu she could call gods and have children. Pandu was overjoyed and told her to start immediately. They had five children total. Kunti returned and found Pandu dead after a moment of passion. Kunti took the children to the palace. Kunti was everything to the children.
Arjuna was taught the divine weapons. He was the only one of the Pandevas. Arjuna was mad that this student was taught by drona. Drona suppressed justice and justice. He then made the poor boy cut of his right thumb. This therefore ended the poor boys chance of being the best archer the world ever saw.
This story was also different than the Mahabharata than I read for class. I however like the change. I can see the artists creative side and I liked having a visual to aid in viewing the story. The only thing is that it is just looking at hand drawn images instead of being a movie.
(Arjuna. Source: Wikipedia)
Bibliography: Title: The Mahabharata: Karmic Revolution Author: Epified TV (India) Year: 2015-2016 Epified Mahabharata
This is where part B starts. Feel free to watch episodes 9-17.
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