- Vyasa was the composer of the Mahabharata and a character
- Vedas-everything man should know about heaven and earth
- Vyasa was born from a fish swallowing the semen of a great king.
- Devavrata was born from the Goddess Ganga who had taken human form and married a King. By drowning 7 of her children, she freed gods from their humanly form and allowed a bit of their powers to be absorbed into her 8th son.
- Satyavati-Vyvasa's mother
- Vyasa goes to meditate but will return to Satyavati in times of need if she thinks of him
- King Shantanu wont marry Satyavati because he refuses to make Vyasa heir
- Devavrate becomes Bhishma once he denounces his thrown in to allow his father to marry Satyavati (this was part of the deal Ganga made all along)
- Lady Amba is embarrassed of her rejection and isolation, is told by Shiva that she will reincarnate as a man and defeat Bhishma, who she is hellbent on destroying.
- Dharma, God of justice, was born as Vyasa's son
- Kunti (wife of King Pandu) gives birth Karna, son of Surya, god of the sun.
- Kunti was ashamed of her affairs and sent Karna down the River Aswa in a basket and picked up by a couple who had been wishing for a child for a long time.
- Karna wore celestial earrings and armor that grew as he did.
- King Pandu has a mishap in the woods, killing a brahmin and his wife in deer form, and is told he will die in the arms of one of his wives.
- this causes him to renounce all of his possessions to the brahmins, and went into hiding with his wives.
- Rivalry between the Pandavas and the Kauravas
- Kauravas plot to kill Bhima, but they ironically make him stronger.
- Drona-guru of the cousins
- Pandavas
- Arjuna-warrior
- Yudhishthira-scholar
- Bhima-Club
- Nakula-taming steed
- Sahadeva-swordmans/astronomer
- Karna shows up to the contest and strikes fear into the hearts of Pandavas
Purochan with Pandavas: Wiki Commons
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