Mahabharat: Re-told in 36 Tweets

By admin -
0
Mahabharat: Re-told in 36 Tweets

Re-owned Mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik tweeted the entire Mahabharata in 36 tweets. The Legend of Mahabharata (in #Jaya) that is typically contained in 18 chapters and 1 lakh verses are re-told in a mere 36 tweets.

1.  01/36 Prince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex & inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwoman. #Jaya

2.   02/36 Fisherwoman Satyavati’s sons die childless. Poet Vyasa is called to impregnate the 2 widows who beget 2 sons: 1 blind & 1 pale #Jaya

3.  03/36 Pale younger Pandu gets crown, 2 wives and curse of death if he touches a woman. Effectively childless, he withdraws to forest #Jaya

4.  04/36 Blind elder Dhritarashtra becomes regent and clings to throne. He gets a wife Gandhari who blindfolds herself #Jaya

5.  05/36 Pandu’s 1st wife Kunti uses a mantra and compels 3 gods to give her 3 sons. Same mantra gets 2nd wife Madri twin sons #Jaya

6.  06/36 Impatient and frustrated Gandhari strikes pregnant belly. Out comes a ball of flesh that Vyasa transforms into 100 sons #Jaya

7.  07/36 Dhritarashtra’s 100 Kauravs raised in palace. Pandu’s 5 Pandavs raised in forest. Pandu dies soon after. Madri kills herself #Jaya

8.  08/36 Orphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs. Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutor #Jaya

9.  09/36 As tuition fee for martial training Drona demands half of Panchala kingdom to settle an old score. Pandavs make it happen #Jaya

10.  10/36 Blind uncle gifts triumphant Pandavs a (lac) palace. Kauravs set it aflame. Pandavs escape bid on life and hide in forest #Jaya

11.  11/36 In forest mighty PandavBhim kills barbarian Baka& Hidimba and marries their sister Hidimbi who begets a son Ghatotkacha#Jaya

12.  12/36 Panchala-king Drupada hopes to avenge division of his kingdom through daughter Draupadi and sons Shikhandi and Dhristadhyumna#Jaya

13.  13/36 Talented charitable Karna disqualified from archery contest at Panchala as he is charioteer’s foster son, unworthy of princess #Jaya

14.  14/36 Archer PandavArjun disguised as priest wins contest; wins Draupadi; shares her with brothers on mother’s orders #Jaya

15.  15/36 Pandavs meet and befriend their cousin Krishna at Panchala archery contest. Receive support on revealing true identity. #Jaya

16.  16/36 With Krishna as friend and Draupada as father-in-law, Pandavs boldly return to Hastinapur and claim their father’s inheritance #Jaya

17.  17/36 Kingdom divided. Pandavs get the forest of Khandava, which they burn and clear to build fabulous city of Indraprastha#Jaya

18.  18/36 Arjun, exiled for intruding Draupadi’s privacy, travels, meets and marries Uloopi, Chitrangada and Krishna’s sister, Subhadra # Jaya

19.  19/36 Guided by Krishna, Bhim kills mighty Jarasandha in duel. Impressed, all kings attend eldest PandavYudhishtir’s coronation # Jaya

20.  20/36 Jealous KauravDuryodhan invites Pandavs to gamble. Yudhishtir loses kingdom, himself, brothers and common wife Draupadi#Jaya

21.  21/36 Jubilant KauravDushasan tries disrobing haughty Draupadi to humiliate Pandavs but she is rescued by Krishna’s miracle #Jaya

22.  22/36 Draupadi swears to tie hair after washing it in Dushasan’s blood. Unnerved Kauravs grant Pandavs 1 more game to win back kingdom #Jaya

23.  23/36 Pandavs lose. Exiled in forest for 13 years. Final year as servants: humiliation as well as lesson in humility #Jaya

24,  24/36 Exile over. Kauravs refuse to return Pandav land. Peace efforts fail. Pandavs declare war with 7 armies. Kauravs have 11. #Jaya

25.  25/36 Armies meet at Kurukshetra. Before war, Arjun loses confidence. Krishna gives him perspective (Bhagavad Gita). 18-day war starts #Jaya

26.  26/36 Bhisma can choose hour of death; blocks victory; lowers bow before transsexual Shikhandi; pinned to ground by Arjun’s arrows #Jaya

27.  27/36 Drona is next commander; ruthlessly breaks all rules of war; fights at night; gets Abhimanyu and Ghatotkacha killed #Jaya

28.  28/36 False rumours that his son (or elephant) Ashwatthama is dead makes Drona lower his bow; Dhristadhyumna beheads him #Jaya

29.  29/36 Karna leads Kauravs despite knowing he is Kunti’s illegitimate abandoned firstborn. Ignorant Pandavs mock his low status #Jaya

30.  30/36 On Krishna’s advice, Arjun kills unarmed Karna as latter tries to pull out chariot wheel stuck in mud; consumed by guilt later #Jaya

31.  31/36 Bhim kills all Kauravs; drinks Dushasan’s blood; washes & ties Draupadi’s hair; unlawfully strikes Duryodhan fatally on thigh #Jaya

32.  32/36 The Pandavs celebrate victory. Ashwatthama sets aflame battle camp at night and kills Draupadi’s 5 sons & 2 bros as they sleep #Jaya

33.  33/36 Yudhishtir crowned king. Only surviving heir alive is Abhimanyu’s unborn son, Parikshit. Mother, uncle, aunt go to forest to die #Jaya

34.  34/36 After a long successful reign, Yudhishtir learns of Krishna’s death and renounces kingdom #Jaya

35.  35/36 Pandavs& Draupadi travel to mountains. All fall to their deaths except Yudhishtir who is granted access to paradise #Jaya

36.  36/36 Yudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise! He is furious until he realises: as long as he clings to rage, heaven can never be his #Jaya

By: Archa Dave

Rate this post

NOTE:We inform you that we are not owner of any of the products, images or any other products displaying on our website. But all the articles are written by us and we owned them. If you found any image or product that found under your copyrights then please feel free to CONTACT US. We will remove that image or product as soon as possible. All the images are collected from Google.

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR