Pranali Patel's Blog

There once was a little girl, Kunti, who was extremely sad. She was sad because she never got anything she wanted even after working so hard for it. She prayed and prayed each night hoping to get her wishes fulfilled but not with an honest heart. She was asking out of greed.  One night she is laying in bed next to her sister and just thinking about why she can’t get a job even after she had applied to so many places.  Kunti closes her eyes and prays “ God, why do you put me through so much even after I do good deeds?”  God replies, “ I am only teaching you things that will help you in your future. I am not punishing you my child. Just wait a little more time and your wishes will come true”  Kunti thought to herself “this gives me hope. I have been waiting so long for a job so I can life properly with my sister”  Kunti and her sister have been on there own for the past five years due to the loss of their parents in a car accident. At th...

The mantra given to Kunti by Durvasa stuck to me the most because I think it was so helpful and effected many people. Whenever she says the mantra she could call any god and they would show up.   The first time Kunti called the Sun god, Surya, she didn’t know what was happening or why she even called him. After the Sun god left she had found a ‘beautiful’ baby in her arms. Since she was not married it was not possible to keep the child so she had to let him go. She put the baby in her basket and let him go in the water hoping he would be safe. Later on in the story Pandu and his two wives went to the forest for some time. In the forest one day Pandu goes hunting and shoots an arrow at a hermit couple who were making love with each other. Before the Hermit died he cursed Pandu that while he is making love he will also die. This shows the concept of Karma again. Now Pandu could not make love to his two wives so he also cannot have children to carry the role in the kingdom. He w...

The concept of Karma is very interesting to me and how a lot of people do believe in it. We see a glimpse of the concept of karma in this part of the story for the baby’s that Goddess Ganga has. King Shantanu of Hastinapur goes through a lot in the first parts of the epics. He first falls in love with the river goddess, Ganga, and wants to marry her. Ganga said yes but she also asked King Shantung to never question anything she does. Just like anyone being in love would do, King Shantanu agreed and they both got married. As King Shantanu and Ganga had children Ganga would keep drowning her babies right after they were born. King Shantanu did not like this at all but had once promised Ganga to never question her any about anything so he followed through. This shows that he stands by his words. All seven kids were drowned by queen Ganga. As the 8th child was born he asked his wife why she did that. This shows that he is a person with care because anyone who cares would worry and be up...