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Oct 1, 2023 - Grade 5 (Sunday PM)

Hari Om Parents,
October 1, 2023 -  Class Updates
  1. Kids wrote Likhita japa for the first five minutes.
  2. We started off the class with the chanting of OM three times and opening prayer (Dhyana shloka - Om Saha Navavatu)
  3. Ganesha Pancharatnam -   shloka chanting -  reviewed the first and second verse and learnt the third verse.
  4. Mahabharata
  1. Continuation of Adi parva
    1. After Bheeshma took the vows that he will not inherit the throne of Hastinapura and will never get married, Satyavati's father agreed to get Satyavati married to King Shantanu.
    2. King Shantanu and Satyavati had two sons - Chitraangada and Vichitraveerya
    3. Attached above is the outline of the family tree.
    4. When Chitraangada grew up, he became king of Hastinapura.
    5. There was also a Gandharva named Chitraangada and he called for a duel with Hastinapura's King Chitraangada. The Chitraangada versus Chitraangada fight happened and Hastinapura's King Chitraangada died in the fight.
    6. Naturally, Vichitraveerya was next to the throne and he became King of Hastinapura.
    7. The King of Kashi held a swayamvara for his three daughters - Amba, Ambika, and Ambalika. The Kingdom of Hastinapura did not get an invite for the swayamvara.
    8. Bheeshma, uninvited, went to swayamvara and took the Kashi princesses
    9. King Shalva who came to swayamwara, opposed Bheeshma and got defeated
    10. Bheeshma took the princesses to Hastinapura. 
    11. Amba, the eldest of Kashi princesses disclosed that she is interested in marrying King Shalva and hence was let go.
    12. Amba got rejected by King Shalva - he did not want to accept her because of his defeat to Bheeshma
    13. Amba came back to Hastinapura and got rejected by Vichitraveerya
    14. Amba went to Bheeshma and asked him to marry her. Because of the vow, Bheeshma rejected her
    15. Amba wanted to take revenge on Bheeshma. She did tapas towards Lord Karthikeya. Lord Karthikeya gave her a garland of lotus flowers and told her that the one who wears this garland and fights Bheeshma, will defeat Bheeshma
    16. Amba went to the Guru of Bheeshma, Parashurama and requested him to fight Bheeshma
    17. Bheeshma could not be defeated by Parashurama
    18. Amba did tapas towards Lord Shiva and got a boon that she will be the cause of Bheeshma's death in her next birth. Amba went into the fire from the tapas.
    19. Vichitraveerya after marrying Ambika and Ambalika, died without having any heirs
    20. With the blessing of Vyasa ji, Ambika, Ambalika and Ambika's maid got sons. 
      1. Ambika had a blind child and his name was Dhrtarashatra. 
      2. Ambalika had a pale child and his name was Pandu. 
      3. Ambika's maid had a wise child and his name was Vidura.
     5. We had the House Inaugural Assembly after the first 40 minutes of the regular class. We had a small activity in the Assembly after the Bhajans and cheers. Kids had a group activity of wrapping a fork and spoon. Our team Arjuna's arrows won the contest for the day. 


Please reach out to us if you have any questions. Thanks.

Regards,
Rameshwari and Roopa 

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