Mahabharata Episode 21: The Exile

The Stories of Mahabharata

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🗓️ 7 April 2015

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

The Sun God and Yudhistira

The Pandavas go into exile as per the conditions of the game. The Sun god gifts Yudhistira with the magic bowl to feed his followers. Upset by Vidura's harsh comments Dhritarashtra banishes him. But he couldn't live without him either. So he calls Vidura back to the palace. Rishi Maitreya visits Hastinapura and curses Duryodhana for his arrogance.

Listen to this episode which marks the beginning of the third chapter of the Mahabharata – The Vana Parva or The Forest Chapter.

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0:00.0	The stories of Mohabharata.
0:20.0	Welcome dear friends to another episode of the stories of Mahabharata.
0:26.4	In the last episode we heard how the Pandavas were defeated again by Shakuni
0:31.6	in the second game of dice.
0:34.2	As losers, the Pandavas had to go into exile for 12 years, followed by one year in hiding. Oh, The Pandavas left the city of Hastinapur and prepared to travel north.
1:11.4	But they were stopped by thousands of citizens of Astonapur.
1:14.0	Where are you going? Leaving us with these evil kow-over princes?
1:19.0	They asked. You are the most pious and righteous rulers one could wish for.
1:25.0	Take us along. We want to leave us inapura and come with you.
1:30.0	Yiddish Tierra was overwhelmed with emotion with a heavy voice he said
1:36.9	we are honored and blessed to receive so much love and affection from you
1:42.2	we are grateful for the compassion you
1:44.7	showered on us, but please listen to me. Our dearest relatives, our grandfather Bishma, King Drithra-Astra, Uncle, Vidura and our mother
1:57.2	Kunti are all grief-stricken. They need your support more than we do.
2:03.0	Please, do us a favour.
2:06.0	Go back to Astinapur and look after them.
2:09.0	We entrust their welfare to you.
2:12.0	The crowd realized that the Pandavas would never go back on their
2:16.2	word. The bade farewell to them and went back to Hastinapur with a heavy hurt.
2:26.8	The Pandavas mounted their chariot
2:29.0	and moved away from the city.
2:31.4	By dusk, they arrived at the bank of the river Ganges.
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