Bhima and Hidimba: I really liked this story. A rakshasa woman named Hidimba approaches Bhima and wants him for a husband. She knows that her brother wants to eat them and she tries to save them. Bhima refuses to run and Hidimba's brother finds them and threatens to kill her but Bhima won't let him. I like how Bhima refuses to let the evil brother kill Hidimba even though he just met her. He shows his bravery and fights for her and his family.
The Story of Nalayani: This story shows how Nalayani became reincarnated as Drupadi and became the wife of five husbands. I like how she ended up with five husbands due to the fact that her original husband left her unsatisfied. She prayed for a husband five times and ended up with five husbands and her main concern was that she would be similar to a prostitute. She ended up asking for her virginity to be new to each husband.
Arjuna and Chitrangada: Chitra was raised to pretend to be a male. She seemed fairly content in this until she ran into Arjuna. As soon as she ran into Arjuna, she was no longer content with pretending and she immediately went home and put on all things feminine. She wore a dress and jewelry.
Maya's Palace: In this story, Duryodhana goes to the palace of the Pandavas and basically just embarrasses himself completely. He mistakes water for land and land for water. He mistakes open doors for closed one and closed doors for open ones. You actually begin to feel a little bad for him because he can't catch a break. The entire story involves his misunderstandings.
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| Duryodhana slips into water. Source: Wikipedia |
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