Week 9 story

Exiled from a loss

We flash back to the beginning of the year to the final tournament of the year. Oklahoma State was playing Oklahoma in the big 12 championship and they decided to put a little wager on the results of the game. A couple of the players made a bet that whoever lost the game would have to sit out the next year until they were released from their bet they made with each other. This was a very risky bet as it meant that one of the teams would not be able to play a competition for a full 12 months. While they knew what the consequences would be they still decided to go on with the bet.

While the game was going on both teams became really nervous when it got down to the end. It was the fourth quarter and Oklahoma was known to find a way to pull it out in the waining minutes. Oklahoma State was also known to be very bad at holding on to a lead when they knew they needed to win and this was going to be no different story. The quarter back for Oklahoma state had the ball with three minutes left in the game and decided that it would finally be his time to win it all for his team. However, the Oklahoma defense had something very different in mind.

On the final drive the Oklahoma state quarterback was starting to make a nice move down the field with his team and the Oklahoma crowd started to get a little nervous. The Oklahoma State offense was on the Oklahoma 25 yard line but this is where the play of the game happens. The Oklahoma State quarterback tries to throw a quick slant route to their talented receiver but the middle linebacker jumps the route and intercepts the pass. The middle linebacker takes the ball back all the way to the end zone to put Oklahoma back on top to win the game.

After the game you could tell the Oklahoma state team knew what was going to happen as they would be prohibited from playing for a full year but they should of never bet against a team they knew they would lose to.

Middle linebacker winning the game

Authors note: I wrote about how the pandavas were sent into exile after Yudhisthira made a bet against Shakuni that sent all of them into exile after he lost his gambling bet. they were in exile for 12 months just like Oklahoma State would be. 

Week 9 reading: Part B

The Five Tall Sons of Pandu

The story is the same as it describes the life of Pandu and his five sons that he is father too. Once Pandu dies his blind brother Dhritarashtra takes over but is know to hate his cousins sons. Karna challenges Arjuna, one of pandu's sons to an archery duel as both are great at the act. Drupadi is the king of Panchala and he has a daughter thats name is Princess Draupadi. Arjuna disguised as a hermit is able to win the contest after draupadi says that she will not marry a low born husband and thus allowing Arjuna to win Draupadi. In this story however instead of having to share his wife with the five other Pandavas he must give his wife to Yudhishthira as this is a big change in the story. Through all this Yudhisthira becomes king and takes over the land of the Yumanu river. Dorydhana gets jealous of Yudhisthira new found kingdom and decides to trick him into a bet. He loses a gambling match against the famous gambler Shakuni, he loses his family and his freedom through this bet and they are sent into exile. They are sent into exile without Draupadi but after she is mistreated back at home she uses his one wish to go into exile with the Pandavas. They had to spend 12 years in exile and then 1 year in a disguise. They spend their year of disguise in the court of king Virata. Duryodhana is up to plans again and steals King Virata cattle. Arjuna and his brothers get together to win back their cattle with their special weapons thus revealing who they really are to the king. They win back their cattle for the King and realize it is now time to win back their kingdom.

Princess Draupadi

The five tall sons of Pandu, Wilson, http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2014/05/guides-guide-wilson-mahabharata.html

Week 9 Reading: Part A

This shows where the dynasty started and how Bharata was first to to pass down the crown to Vichitravirya who had two sons. These two sons names were Dhritarashtra and Pandu. Panda ends up becoming the new king and has 5 sons that all end up running in a pack. Their name were the Pandavas and are said to be the sons of gods. After Pandu dies the new king is Dhritarashtra. Vidura is helps the pandavas escape the death set up by Duryodhana but they end up escaping by going through a secret tunnel. The Pandavas have a set of different battles against different demons that lose along the way. As they travel they go to fight for the hand of the beautiful Draupadi and it comes down to the end but Arjuna wins the contest and the hand of Draupadi. He must share his wife with his 4 other brothers. The Pandavas take over half of Dhritarashtra kingdom that he passed over. After this Arjuna sent himself into exile. We move on to Yudhishthira and his story of how he is an obsessive gambler. Shakuni is a very skilled gambler and the two go into a gambling match of dice for very high stakes. His loses are very consequential and it forces the pandavas into exile. When the pandavas are in to exile Yudhishthira sends them with a  copper pot that is able to provide them with food for their time in exile.

Burning forest

Mahabharata: the princes of elephant city       http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/search/label/Guide%3A%20Kincaid.%20Mahabharata