*P1 Mahabharata Bk 2 Yudhishthira -Construction of Palace
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Post by Anne Terri on Feb 19, 2017 5:44:28 GMT 1
P1 Mahabharata Bk 2 Yudhishthira -Construction of Palace
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The Mahabharata Book 2 Sabha Parva -
Kisari Mohan Ganguli, tr. [1883-1896]
The Sabha Parva- Sub Parvas - Descriptions
“God / Brahman Speaking To Anne Terri Through The Holy Spirit: As the Mahabharata contains many Parvas and Sub-Parvas, I have Asked Anne to move forward to Book 2 -The Sabha Parva, and make a painting to depict the construction of the palace for Yudhishthira and his brothers. Links are provided below to these sections within Our Library, so that if you choose you may read this in detail.
AMEN”
Sabha Parva has 10 sub-parvas and a total of 81 sections-The following is the first of the sub-parvas
1. Sabhakriya Parva (Sections I-IV 1-4)
The first parva of second book describes the construction of palace for Yudhishthira and his brothers, then the finished palace. Sages and kings are invited to celebrate the completion of palace.
Section I Sabhakriya Parva
Section II continued
Section III continued
Section IV continued
1. Sabhakriya Parva (Sections I-IV 1-4)
The first parva of second book describes the construction of palace for Yudhishthira and his brothers, then the finished palace. Sages and kings are invited to celebrate the completion of palace.
Section I Sabhakriya Parva
Section II continued
Section III continued
Section IV continued
YUDHISHTHIRA AND HIS BROTHERS
In the Hindu epic Mahabharata,Yudhishthira (Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर, yudhiṣṭhira) was the eldest son of King Pandu and Queen Kunti and the king of Indraprastha and later of Hastinapura (Kuru). He was the leader of the successful Pandava side in the Kurukshetra War. At the end of the epic, he ascended to heaven.
By the description of Vyasa and Krishna, the king was fair and lotus-eyed, with a long and stout nose, tall and strong but humble like any other citizen.
As the child was born the sages and the deities predicted that he would be the most virtuous, honest and truthful king of all times.
Yudhishthira's four younger brothers were Bhima, (born by invoking Vayu); Arjuna, (born by invoking Indra); and the twins Nakula and Sahadeva, (born to Pandu's second wife Madri by invoking the Ashwini Gods). If Karna, the son of Kunti born before her marriage by invoking Surya is counted, Yudhishthira would be the second-eldest of Kunti's children.
Yudhishthira was trained in religion, science, administration and military arts by the Kuru preceptors, Kripa and Drona. Specifically, he became a master in using the spear and war chariot. It is said that his spear was so strong that it could penetrate a stone wall as though it were a piece of paper. His chariot always flew at a 4 finger distance above the ground due to his piety.
Read More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yudhishthira
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Quora Answer to what is the design of the Palace of Illusions;
It is difficult to find and notes within The Mahabharata as to what the palace actually looked like. Know that Yudhishthira being the oldest of the Pandavas, he led them in making efforts to create an entirely new city by burning the thick Khandava Forest. Krishna was the chief planner as usual and Arjuna was simply following his orders by shooting his fire arrows and making the forest a habitable place. The forest contained demons and agents of darkness and in the act of cleaning the area, Arjuna freed the area from demons as well. Maya (also known as Maya Danav or simply Mayasur) was one such demon who was a master craftsman, a builder and an engineer par excellence. He was spared as he offered his services to them (Krishna and Pandavas).
Although there is no description of the design of the palace but whatever I have read suggest that Maya created a huge palace for the Pandavas. He constructed a fabulous palace hall for Arjuna's elder brother, king Yudhisthira, at Indraprastha, which came to be known as the Mayasabha. It was the central area of the palace. It had many specialties such as highly reflective floors that were easily mistaken as the surface of a pool of still water. There was also at least one pool of water, the surface of which mimicked a decorated floor, into which Duryodhana fell, and was subsequently taunted and humiliated by Draupadi.
There was nothing Mayaavi (magical) about the palace, with an expert arrangement of optical illusions, the palace was engineered to appear magical
Atul Kumar Mishra
It is difficult to find and notes within The Mahabharata as to what the palace actually looked like. Know that Yudhishthira being the oldest of the Pandavas, he led them in making efforts to create an entirely new city by burning the thick Khandava Forest. Krishna was the chief planner as usual and Arjuna was simply following his orders by shooting his fire arrows and making the forest a habitable place. The forest contained demons and agents of darkness and in the act of cleaning the area, Arjuna freed the area from demons as well. Maya (also known as Maya Danav or simply Mayasur) was one such demon who was a master craftsman, a builder and an engineer par excellence. He was spared as he offered his services to them (Krishna and Pandavas).
Although there is no description of the design of the palace but whatever I have read suggest that Maya created a huge palace for the Pandavas. He constructed a fabulous palace hall for Arjuna's elder brother, king Yudhisthira, at Indraprastha, which came to be known as the Mayasabha. It was the central area of the palace. It had many specialties such as highly reflective floors that were easily mistaken as the surface of a pool of still water. There was also at least one pool of water, the surface of which mimicked a decorated floor, into which Duryodhana fell, and was subsequently taunted and humiliated by Draupadi.
There was nothing Mayaavi (magical) about the palace, with an expert arrangement of optical illusions, the palace was engineered to appear magical
Atul Kumar Mishra