Hari Om Parents,
This class was conducted by Richa Goel ji as both the teachers (Shivram and Anuradha) were unable to make it.
Thank you Richa ji for helping with the class.
The homework from March 1st class follow up is as below
Learn to chant Gita Chapter 4 until 24th shlokas and send recordings to Geeta chanting team email: - geeta@chinmayavrindavan.org to get house points and also points for themselves too. Nirvana Shatakam practice all the stanzas.
The class was started with Likhitha Jaapa, Daily Prayers, Ganesha Panchratnam, and Nirvana Shatakam.
Started the class with an introduction of Richa ji introducing herself to the kids and also asked about them. The class continued with Mahabharata after Draupadi Swayamvara.
Indraprasta:-
The news of Draupadi being wed to Kuru Prince was given to Dhritarastra by Vidura. Dhritarastra was happy to hear that Panchala kingdom will be their allies now. Soon Vidura corrected Dhritarashtra and said it was Arjuna who won Draupadi and the Pandavas were alive. Dhritarastra was unhappy with this news but pretended that he was glad to hear the news of Pandavas being alive.
Dhuryodhana's, Dhusyanasana went to Sakuni and said that their plot to kill Pandavas in Varanavarta failed, they escaped and now after marrying Draupadi they got alliance with Panchala king as well.
Dhuryodhana's suggests various plans to separate and kill Pandavas and also try to separate madri's sons and kunti's son, but Karna said that no matter what they plan it would not work as Pandavas were quite united and would stay together no matter what and also that Draupadi does not look like she would get carried away by Dhuryodhana's talks.
Karna tells Duryodhana not to plan anything for some time. Bheeshma and Drona advise Dhritarashtra to give half the kingdom to sons of Pandu as it was their right.
Karna gets furious at this suggestion and tells them that it was unfair to Dhuryodhana's. But everyone puts Karna's talks and statements aside. Vidhura then suggests Dhritarashtra that for everyone's benefit the kingdom must be divided into half. Dhritarastra finally agrees to give half of the kingdom and tell Vidhura to go and bring the newlyweds back to hastinapura. Vidhura is overjoyed and goes to Panchala and tells this to Kunti. Kunti, Drupada and everyone else is extremely happy to hear this news. Vidhura assures Kunti that there is no plot in this and Dhritarashtra is truly willing to give half the kingdom to Son of Pandu.
Pandavas who rightfully married Draupadi equally are warmly welcomed to Hastinapura by Dhritarastra. Also Dhritarastra tells them he is ready to give Khandavaprastha to Pandavas and asks them to rule the ancient place where their ancestors Pururavas, Nahusha, and Yayati have initially started ruling the kingdom.
Pandavas gladly accept it, and take over the ruined city of Khandavaprastha and make it beautiful, the city is renamed as Indraprasta and they rule it in Dharmic way for 36 yrs.
Richaji also engaged in a dialogue with the kids about what was correct/incorrect in the episode and how the incidents here connect with what happened in the past and will impact the future
They had a conversation about what is the right or wrong thing to do in various situations using our understanding from what we read.
It was time for grade 6th play so we ended the class and had to leave for Prayer hall.
With Om and Pranams
Anuradha & Shivram
Important Information:
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List of things that we need the kids to bring to the class
1. An empty notebook to write Likhitha jaapa and notes.
2. Two sharpened pencils
3. Daily Prayers book
4. Curriculum for 5th graders
1. Mahabharata by Raja Gopalachari.
2. India the sacred land (handouts will be provided by teachers)
3. Bhagavad Gita - Chapter 4. Shlokas 1-28
4. Shlokas- Ganesha Panchratnam and Nirvana Shatakam.
4.1 Ganesha Panchratnam
4.1.1 Link to rendition with lyrics in English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4lZCKxeJFE or
4.1.2 Link: https://youtu.be/Oyo0FWP9fB8?si=ZaYVDepNkX0YWShI (play at lower speeds for kids to follow lyrics and hear clearly
4.2. NirvanaShatakam
Link to chant
https://youtu.be/rKx7K13OvQ4?si=lM6g_ZtX0kdF5Sfo - Uninterrupted Line Guided Chant - YouTube
