Week 5 Reading Diary B - Public Domain Mahabhatra

I am reading in the Public Domain Mahabharata.

For this reading, I'm still having a little bit of trouble keeping up with all the different characters, but I'm really enjoying the content of the stories. I like how the story is more complex and operates on a grander scheme than the Ramayana.

Some of the stories are a bit funny, even though they are probably meant to be a bit more serious. For example, whenever Bhima defeats his enemies, I keep reading it as if it was some sort of WWE match.

I really liked the image of  Anjura using the bow.

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Week 5 - Reading Diary A - Public Domain Mahabharata

I am reading in the Public Domain Mahabhatara. 

So far, I like this epic. I feel like it is a bit more to take in than the Ramayana, as there are a lot more characters and it seems like the story is less linear. I've noticed that the style of story telling in the Mahabhatara is fairly similar to that of the Ramayana, but is a bit more ridiculous in some ways. For example, the story of the mating deer that were actually people, and of the children pulled from the mouth of fish, etc, were different from what I was expecting.

It's a bit more difficult for me to keep track of the characters right now, but I'm looking forward to how the rest of the story unfolds.

Bhima fights the nagas