Mahabharata in 36 Tweets
While I disagree with some of Devadutji’s point of view on Hinduism, his creativity is really something to be admired! Loved this rendition of Mahabharata. Quite the contrast to Vyasa’s 1 Lakh Verses I must say
Twitter links from http://www.storypick.com/story-mahabharata-beautifully-retold-just-36-tweets/
01/36 Prince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex & inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwoman. #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
02/36 Fisherwoman Satyavati’s sons die childless. Poet Vyasa is called to impregnate the 2 widows who beget 2 sons: 1 blind & 1 pale #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
03/36 Pale younger Pandu gets crown, 2 wives and curse of death if he touches a woman. Effectively childless, he withdraws to forest #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
04/36 Blind elder Dhritarashtra becomes regent and clings to throne. He gets a wife Gandhari who blindfolds herself #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
05/36 Pandu’s 1st wife Kunti uses a mantra and compels 3 gods to give her 3 sons. Same mantra gets 2nd wife Madri twin sons #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
06/36 Impatient and frustrated Gandhari strikes pregnant belly. Out comes a ball of flesh that Vyasa transforms into 100 sons #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
07/36 Dhritarashtra’s 100 Kauravs raised in palace. Pandu’s 5 Pandavs raised in forest. Pandu dies soon after. Madri kills herself #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
08/36 Orphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs. Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutor #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
09/36 As tuition fee for martial training Drona demands half of Panchala kingdom to settle an old score. Pandavs make it happen #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
10/36 Blind uncle gifts triumphant Pandavs a (lac) palace. Kauravs set it aflame. Pandavs escape bid on life and hide in forest #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
11/36 In forest mighty Pandav Bhim kills barbarian Baka & Hidimba and marries their sister Hidimbi who begets a son Ghatotkacha #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
12/36 Panchala-king Drupada hopes to avenge division of his kingdom through daughter Draupadi and sons Shikhandi and Dhristadhyumna #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
13/36 Talented charitable Karna disqualified from archery contest at Panchala as he is charioteer’s foster son, unworthy of princess #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
14/36 Archer Pandav Arjun disguised as priest wins contest; wins Draupadi; shares her with brothers on mother’s orders #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
15/36 Pandavs meet and befriend their cousin Krishna at Panchala archery contest. Receive support on revealing true identity. #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
16/36 With Krishna as friend and Draupada as father-in-law, Pandavs boldly return to Hastinapur and claim their father’s inheritance #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
17/36 Kingdom divided. Pandavs get the forest of Khandava, which they burn and clear to build fabulous city of Indraprastha #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
18/36 Arjun, exiled for intruding Draupadi’s privacy, travels, meets and marries Uloopi, Chitrangada and Krishna’s sister, Subhadra # Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
19/36 Guided by Krishna, Bhim kills mighty Jarasandha in duel. Impressed, all kings attend eldest Pandav Yudhishtir’s coronation # Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
20/36 Jealous Kaurav Duryodhan invites Pandavs to gamble. Yudhishtir loses kingdom, himself, brothers and common wife Draupadi #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
21/36 Jubilant Kaurav Dushasan tries disrobing haughty Draupadi to humiliate Pandavs but she is rescued by Krishna’s miracle #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
22/36 Draupadi swears to tie hair after washing it in Dushasan’s blood. Unnerved Kauravs grant Pandavs 1 more game to win back kingdom #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
23/36 Pandavs lose. Exiled in forest for 13 years. Final year as servants: humiliation as well as lesson in humility #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
24/36 Exile over. Kauravs refuse to return Pandav land. Peace efforts fail. Pandavs declare war with 7 armies. Kauravs have 11. #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
25/36 Armies meet at Kurukshetra. Before war, Arjun loses confidence. Krishna gives him perspective (Bhagavad Gita). 18-day war starts #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
26/36 Bhisma can choose hour of death; blocks victory; lowers bow before transsexual Shikhandi; pinned to ground by Arjun’s arrows #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
27/36 Drona is next commander; ruthlessly breaks all rules of war; fights at night; gets Abhimanyu and Ghatotkacha killed #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
28/36 False rumours that his son (or elephant) Ashwatthama is dead makes Drona lower his bow; Dhristadhyumna beheads him #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
29/36 Karna leads Kauravs despite knowing he is Kunti’s illegitimate abandoned firstborn. Ignorant Pandavs mock his low status #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
30/36 On Krishna’s advice, Arjun kills unarmed Karna as latter tries to pull out chariot wheel stuck in mud; consumed by guilt later #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
31/36 Bhim kills all Kauravs; drinks Dushasan’s blood; washes & ties Draupadi’s hair; unlawfully strikes Duryodhan fatally on thigh #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
32/36 The Pandavs celebrate victory. Ashwatthama sets aflame battle camp at night and kills Draupadi’s 5 sons & 2 bros as they sleep #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
33/36 Yudhishtir crowned king. Only surviving heir alive is Abhimanyu’s unborn son, Parikshit. Mother, uncle, aunt go to forest to die #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
34/36 After a long successful reign, Yudhishtir learns of Krishna’s death and renounces kingdom #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
35/36 Pandavs & Draupadi travel to mountains. All fall to their deaths except Yudhishtir who is granted access to paradise #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
36/36 Yudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise! He is furious until he realises: as long as he clings to rage, heaven can never be his #Jaya
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
#Jaya Ho!
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
For a more detailed retelling of the Mahabharata #Jaya visit http://t.co/Cqlw5CxHaD
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) March 27, 2014
