Hari Om Parents,
We started our class with 3 OM's followed by Sahana Vavatu, Vakratunda, Saraswathi namasthubyam, Bhudhir balam and Gurur Brahma. These will be our opening shlokas for the rest of the year and the goal is for the kids will memorize them as we continue practicing them. These shlokas are in our My Prayers book.
The Mahabharata continues - As Pandu now cannot sire children, he is extremely worried. He talks to Kunti about his predicament and she tells him about her boon from Sage Durvasa, which fills Pandu with joy. On his instruction, she invokes the Lord of Dharma, and Yudhishtra, the one who is ever truthful and just, is born. One year later, Vayu is invoked and Bheema, who is extremely strong, is born. That same day, Duryodhana is born to Gandhari. Hastinapur witnesses many ill omens on his birth and Dhirtarashtra ignores advice to abandon the child. Later on, Kunti invokes Indra and Arjuna, who is an excellent archer, is born. Kunti teaches the mantra to Madri, who invokes the Ashwini Kumars. Nakul and Sahadeva, who are adept in horse riding, religion, administration, astrology, axe fighting are born. These are the 5 Pandavas. Duryodhana along with his 99 brothers and a sister are the Kauravas.
A few years pass by, and the young princes get their education from the sages in the forest. One day, Pandu lovingly looks at Madri and is met with death. Madri also decides to jump into the fire as she considers herself to be blamed for Pandu’s death. Following this, Kunti decides to go back to Hastinapura along with the boys.
We then proceeded to the temple hall for our House Inaugural activities. We had a blissful activity of building a Rath with Lord Jagannath and taking the Tath around our temple accompanied by music, dance and chanting . It was a divine experience enjoyed by all!
