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Oct 8, 2023 - Grade 5 (Sunday PM)

Hari Om Parents,
October 8, 2023 -  Class Updates

  1. We started the class with chanting OM three times and opening prayer(Dhyana sloka - Om Sahana Vavatu)
  2.  We practiced aarthi to prepare for singing aarthi in the temple. 
  3. Mahabharata
    1. Continuation of Adi parva
  1. Dhrtarashtra, Pandu and Vidura grew up
  2. Pandu became the king of Hastinapura as Dhrtarashtra was blind
  3. Vidura became the minister
  4. Princess Kunti
    1. Sura, grandfather of Sri Krsna, gave his daughter, Pritha, to King Kuntibhoja for adoption. Hence, Pritha became known as Kunti. Kunti is Vasudeva's sister and hence she is Sri Krsna's aunt.
    2. Once, sage Durvasa paid a visit to King Kuntibhoja and Kunti was given the task of taking care of sage Durvasa.
    3. Sage Durvasa blessed Kunti with a boon. Kunti was given a boon of being able to get a child from any deity using the mantra.
    4. Kunti was young and playfully invoked Surya devata using the mantra. Surya devata blessed her with a child. The child was born with a golden earring and shield.
    5. Kunti, afraid of the consequences, put the child in a basket and set it away in the river
    6. A charioteer found the baby in the basket and started to bring the child up as his own, as he and his wife did not have a child.
    7. The child came to be known as "Radheya". He was also named "Karna"
  5. Later on, Princess Kunti got married to King Pandu. King Pandu married Madri as well.
  6. Dhrtarashtra got married to Princess Gandhari. Gandhari's brother is Shakuni. The Gandhara region is on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan in the current day map.
  7. Since Dhrtarashtra is blind, Gandhari blind folded herself to experience the same world as Dhrtarashtra. Shakuni was unhappy as his sister had to live blindfolded.
  8. Because of an incident that happened during one of King Pandu's hunting trips, King Pandu got cursed. Hence he gave up the kingdom and went to the forest with Queen Kunti and Queen Madri
  9. Dhrtarashtra became the king.
  10. Pandu requested Kunti to use the mantra provided to her by Sage Durvasa. Kunti invoked Dharmaraja devata and got a child. The child was named Yudhishthira.
  11. Dhrtarashtra and Gandhari got a son named Duryodhana. His original name was Suyodhana.
  12. Kunti used her mantra and invoked Vayu devata and got another child. The child was named Bhima.
  13. Dhrtarashtra and Gandhari got 99 more sons and one daughter.
  14. Kunti used her mantra and invoked Indra devata and got another child. The child was named Arjuna.
  15. Kunti shared the mantra with Madri. Madri invoked Ashwini Kumaras and got twin sons. The sons were named Nakula and Sahadeva.
  16. The five sons of Pandu came to be known as Pandavas.
  17. The hundred sons of Dhrtarashtra came to be known as Kauravas.
  18. Pandavas were brought up in the forest.
  19. Pandu and Madri died.
  20. Kunti was taking care of the pandavas and decided to return to Hastinapura.
    4. Kids chanted two slokas from Bhagavad Gita chapter 4. 

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