tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83444393176276982272024-02-02T05:20:11.739-05:006th Grade Balavihar6th Grade Balavihar CMTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02201512488557733750noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344439317627698227.post-90384566920460065302014-06-08T19:56:00.000-04:002014-06-11T16:04:42.905-04:00Jun 8th Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><u>Beginning prayers</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>3 times ॐ chanting, Meditation</li>
<li><a href="http://6thgradecmtc.blogspot.com/2013/08/daily-prayers-english.html" target="_blank">Daily Prayers (click here for script)</a></li>
</ul>
<b><u>Gitaa chanting</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>bhagavadgItaa 14th adhyaaya 1 - 27 shlokas</li>
</ul>
<u><b>Brain Storming</b></u><br />
<ul>
<li>What do we take away from mahaabhaarata to our current day life?</li>
</ul>
<u><b>Story time</b></u><br />
<ul>
<li>last days of the war</li>
<li>yudhishtira becomes king</li>
<li>journey to heaven</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Ending prayers and pledge</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>sarve bhavantu sukhinaH, pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam</li>
<li>aarati and pledge - in the auditorium</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Synopsis</u></b><b><u>:</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Rashmi aunty and Sitaram uncle's class:</u></b><b><u><br /></u></b><br />
Today, we started the class by saying our prayers. Then, we chanted all 27 slokas of bhagavadgIta chapter 14.<br />
After that, we talked about how everyone knows dharma and everyone can tell right from wrong. It is just a matter of doing it or not! We also talked about how there has to be some correlation between our thought, speech, and actions.<br />
Continuing the story, we went back to the war scene. On the 10th day, Karna finally gets to fight after the fall of bhIshma. He is very happy about it. On the 16th day, he is the commander in chief, after Drona died (15th day).<br />
A fierce battle ensues between Karna and Arjuna on the 16th day. Karna aims the Sarpa weapon at Arjuna. At that moment, Krishna presses Arjuna's chariot down 4 inches so instead of hitting Arjuna's forehead, it knocks off his crown. Then, Karna's wheel gets stuck in the mud and because of Parashurama's curse, he can't remember anything he learned. Karna begs to stop and to be fair and let him pull the chariot out first. But, Krishna tells arjuna how unfair Karna, Duryodhana and the rest of the Kauravas were, to Draupadi and Abhimanyu. Even as Karna tries to remember his mantras, Arjuna shoots an arrow at him and Karna dies.<br />
The same day, bhIma kills dushshaasana and washes draupadi's hair with his blood to fulfill his oath. Sahadeva kills uncle Shakuni as per his promise. So, at the end of the 16th day, Karna, Dushashana, and Shakuni are dead. By the 17th day, out of Dhritarashtra's 100 sons, only Duryodhana was remaining. Out of grief and fear, Duryodhana goes and hides in the water. Bhima enrages him, asking if he is afraid. Duryodhana comes out and they both have a mace dual. Before the war, Gandhari (Duryodhana's mother) had asked duryodhana to come before her the way he was born. She would remove her blindfold and make his body strong like a diamond, due to the powers of her penance. Duryodhana was going to Gandhari, naked and Krishna came. He says a king should at least cover himself to some extent to save his shame. So, duryodhana takes a banana leaf and covers himself below the waist and goes to his mother. Because of this, his thighs remained weak. Only Krishna knows this. Gandhari isn't worried because in the war, one can only hit above the hip. Krishna tells Bhima to hit Duryodhana on the thighs. Duryodhana falls to the ground. He is begging for death due to pain, but he doesn't die.<br />
Back on the battlefield, Aswathama is devastated. After sunset, he kills all of Draupadi's sons and driShTadyumna, thinking they are the Pandavas, He informs Duryodhana of this. Duryodhana dies happily! In the morning, Aswathama finds out that the Pandavas are still alive and is furious. Uttare, abhimanyu's wife, is pregnant at that time. Aswathama makes a blade of grass into a brahmaastra and shoots the unborn child. Aswathama wants to kill the heir of the Pandavas. Krishna's power protects baby Parikshitha. Aswathama is cursed to live for 3000 years in sorrow and humiliation for almost killing an unborn baby. Also, Aswathama had a jewel on his head for being so learned. Vedavyaasa de-jewels him and asks him to give it to yudhiShTira. His head never heals.<br />
The Pandavas have won. Dhritarashtra wanted to hug Bhima. Krishna pushes a metal statue of Bhima in front of him instead. The statue turns to a powder. Gandhari curses Krishna for not avoiding the war and letting her sons die. Kunti tells the Pandavas that Karna was their brother. They are so sad and angry, especially Yudhistira. He curses that women will never be able to keep a secret! YudhiShTira becomes king. <br />
On the bed of arrows, Bhishma tells Yudhistira how to be a good king and he chants the 1000 names of Vishnu (Vishnu Sahasranamam) looking at Krishna. He leaves his body after almost a month from the war.<br />
Many years later, Krishna dies at 116. A hunter sees Krishna lying down on a tree and thinks it is an animal. He shoots an arrow. Krishna dies. The hunter was Vali in his previous life and as Rama killed Vali, the hunter killed Krishna. Consequences, consequences!<br />
Arjuna goes to greet Krishna and finds out that he is dead. Dwarika sinks under the ocean and all its residents get moksha. The Pandavas and Draupadi go to Himalayas. They all slowly die. Yudhistira is the only one who reaches the top. Along the way, a dog befriends them and joins them. Indra comes to take him to heaven. But, not the dog. Yudhistira says it's either nobody or them both. Indra allows the dog to enter. Yudhistira sees Duryodhana. He is surprised. Duryodhana went to heaven because he died in the battlefield and he is there for a short time and in hell for a long time. The other Pandavas are in hell for a short time for the small sins they had comitted. Yudhistira visits them one time. So, his time in hell is served as well. Then they all enjoyed heaven for a long time to come!<br />
There ends the Mahabharata. <br />
Reminiscing the values in mahaabhaarata, we finished the class with ending prayers. We bade good bye to our friends until next year.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Written by Kripa Srinivasan.</span></div>
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Rashmi Kashi (Kaavya Sindhu)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03205320290461147942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344439317627698227.post-67450197424468394932014-06-01T17:32:00.000-04:002014-06-01T17:39:16.506-04:00Jun 1st class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><u>Beginning prayers</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>3 times ॐ chanting, Meditation</li>
<li><a href="http://6thgradecmtc.blogspot.com/2013/08/daily-prayers-english.html" target="_blank">Daily Prayers (click here for script)</a></li>
</ul>
<b><u>Gitaa chanting</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>bhagavadgItaa 14th adhyaaya 1 - 27 shlokas</li>
</ul>
<u><b>Story time</b></u><br />
<ul>
<li>bhishma the great</li>
<li>abhimanyu’s valor</li>
<li>arjuna and ghatotkacha</li>
</ul>
<u><b>Discussion/Quiz</b></u><br />
<ul>
<li>Pizza party! :)</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Ending prayers and pledge</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>sarve bhavantu sukhinaH, pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam</li>
<li>aarati and pledge </li>
</ul>
<b><u>Synopsis</u></b><b><u>:</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Rashmi aunty and Sitaram uncle's class:</u></b><b><u><br /></u></b><br />
Today in balahvihar we did our beginning prayers and the geeta<br />
chanting. After this we continued with our story. Today in our story<br />
we learned about the war between the pandavas and kauravas. The first<br />
day, of the war began and Bhishma was shooting arrows at pandavas and killing a lot of their army. Bhishma didn't want to be in the war and even if he was,<br />
he wanted to be with the pandavas. But he was forced to be with the<br />
kauravas due to his vow. The first day of the war ended and the pandavas were very<br />
scared to go to war the second day cause of Bhishma. In spite of fighting, duryodhana accused Bhishma that he was being easy on the pandavas. Bhishma got mad and<br />
started fighting even more ferouciously the next day. Bhishma was a very big<br />
devotee of Krishna. He had challenged Krishna that he will make Him pick up a weapon<br />
during the war! Krishna had promised to not pick a weapon, but he would break his word<br />
to uphold that of his devotees. Krishna picked up his sudarshanachakram and<br />
was running to kill Bhishma but Arjuna stopped him. On the 8th night of<br />
the war the pandava's went to Bhishma and asked him what would make him<br />
stop fighting. Bhishma said if you put a lady in front of me I will<br />
stop fighting. The next day the pandavas put a shikhandi in front of<br />
Bhishma and when Bhishma put his weapons down the pandavas immedietly<br />
shot arrows at him. Bhishma was laid in a bed of arrows. After a while Trigartha king<br />
challenged Arjuna to a duel so Arjuna went with him. The chief of kaurava army Drona arranged their army in a Chakra Vyuha. Only arjuna knew how to break it and he was away. But then, Abhimanyu had learnt to enter a chakra vyuha while in his mother' womb. But he did not know how to come out of it. He had asked the rest of the army to follow him, so that they could scatter the formation. Abhimanyu broke it and went in. At that time Jayadratha closed the Chakra Vyuha and Abhimanyu was killed, helplessly by many warriors, together. That was the biggest adharma they had ever done. Arjuna came back and heard that his 16 year old son, Abhimanyu was dead. Arjuna said he would kill Jayadratha and if he didnt he would kill himself. Jayadratha hid through out the day. Krishna held his sudarshana chakra to the sun and made everyone feel it was sun set. Jayadratha came out then. At that time, krishna took his chakra away and jayadratha was exposed to arjuna. Also, Jayadratha had a boon that who ever was the reason for his head to touch the ground, that persons head would break into 1000 pieces. Krishna told Arjuna about this boon and he said to shoot him that his head would land on his own father's lap. Arjuna did this and his father dropped Jayadratha's head. So his father's head broke to pieces.<br />
Bhima's son ghatotkacha was ferocious. Nobody could stop him. duryodhana pleaded karna to get rid of him. karna had no choice and he had to use the weapon shakti, that was given to him by indra. It would not miss the target. But then, that was given to him to use only once. He was saving it for arjuna. Now he had lost that power. Krishna was happy that ghatotkacha had saved arjuna's life, by sacrificing his own!<br />
On the 15th day, drona was unstoppable. Hence krishna asked the pandavas to make him believe that his son ashwatthaama was dead. To do that, bhima killed an elephant called ashwatthaama and rejoiced loudly. On hearing that, drona asked yudhishthira to confirm, as he would never lie. Krishna asked yudhishtira to agree. At that time, yudhishthira said 'Dead is ashwatthaama....the elephant'. He whispered the last two words, so that drona would not hear it. On this drona threw his weapons and sat down. Drishtadyumna, drupada's son, went and slayed his head at that time.<br />
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We stopped the story at this and went outside to have pizza party. We are almost at the end of the year and we had a fun celebration outside!<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Written by Aditi Suresh</span><br />
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Rashmi Kashi (Kaavya Sindhu)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03205320290461147942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344439317627698227.post-83448802173291797652014-05-18T14:09:00.002-04:002014-06-01T17:33:15.111-04:00May 18th Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><u>Beginning prayers</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>3 times ॐ chanting, Meditation</li>
<li><a href="http://6thgradecmtc.blogspot.com/2013/08/daily-prayers-english.html" target="_blank">Daily Prayers (click here for script)</a></li>
</ul>
<b><u>Gitaa chanting</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>bhagavadgItaa 14th adhyaaya 1 - 27 shlokas</li>
</ul>
<u><b>Story time</b></u><br />
<ul>
<li>war or peace</li>
<li>karna and kunti</li>
<li>the battle begins - gItopadesha</li>
</ul>
<u><b>Discussion/Quiz</b></u><br />
<ul>
<li>Picture time - for the inaugural souvenir </li>
</ul>
<b><u>Ending prayers and pledge</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>sarve bhavantu sukhinaH, pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam</li>
<li>aarati and pledge </li>
</ul>
<b><u>Synopsis</u></b><b><u>:</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Rashmi aunty and Sitaram uncle's class:</u></b><br />
Today in class we did prayers and started of with the Mahabarata. We learned that Krishna told Karna that he is Kunti's son. Karna tells him that people were making fun of his birth and only duryodhana stood by him. Hence he won't betray duryodhana. Bhishma knows this too. He is the commander in chief of the Kauravas, so Karna is not allowed to fight until Bhishma is the commander in chief. The Pandavas make Drishtadhyumna (Draupadi's brother) the commander in chief of their army. After all this happened, they started preparing for the war. The Pandavas prostrate to Bhishma, Drona, and Kripacharya and blessed for victory. Any one who bows to his elders, automatically becomes a winner! Sikandini (Draupadi's sister), who was Amba in the previous birth, was born as a girl, but transferred to a man to fight in the war. Bhishma says that he won't fight in Shikandini's presence as she was born woman. Dhiritarashtra says that he doesn't want his sons to die in the war. Veda vyaasa gives divine vision to Sanjaya. Sanjaya narrates the events on the battle field to Dhiritarashtra. He says that Arjuna threw down his weapons and didn't want to fight. Krishna tells Arjuna why he should fight, and explains it to him in the 18 chapters of bhagavadgeeta. So, the gItaa was told by kRuShNa to arjuna on the battle field, before the war began. In between(11th chapter), when arjuna came to know kRuShNa is the Lord Himself, he wished to see his form in its entirety. Then the Lord showed him His vishwaroopam (universal form). arjuna was mesmerized. After the conversation, arjuna was prepared for he war mentally. He arranged their army in the vajra (diamond) formation and fought fiercely. Abhimanyu (Arjuna's son) and Uttara (Abhimanyu's wife, Uttare's brother) fought in the war. Uttara died valiantly on the battle field. Many people died on the paanDava's side on the first day. Bhishma was very intense on them. <br />
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We also went to take pictures for the souvenir today. We were all dressed colorfully and went with big smiles to get our pictures taken :). <br />
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<span style="color: red;">Written by Sriman Vaidyanathan.</span><br />
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Rashmi Kashi (Kaavya Sindhu)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03205320290461147942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344439317627698227.post-55456737629857253242014-05-11T21:33:00.000-04:002014-05-19T21:33:34.536-04:00May 11th Class - CORD Walkathon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><u>Beginning prayers</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>3 times ॐ chanting, Meditation</li>
<li><a href="http://6thgradecmtc.blogspot.com/2013/08/daily-prayers-english.html" target="_blank">Daily Prayers (click here for script)</a></li>
</ul>
<b><u>Gitaa chanting</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>none</li>
</ul>
<u><b>Brain Storming</b></u><br />
<ul>
<li>Who are the beneficiaries and benefactors of a fund raising event?</li>
</ul>
<u><b>Story time</b></u><br />
<ul>
<li>Glass of milk</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Ending prayers and pledge</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>sarve bhavantu sukhinaH, pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Synopsis</u></b><b><u>:</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Rashmi aunty and Sitaram uncle's class:</u></b><b><u><br /></u></b><br />
Today is Mother's day as well as CORD walkathon. We were walking 5 miles at the Mercer County Park, to raise funds and awareness about the services done by 'Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development' in India. Before that, we had a brief class. We then discussed who are the beneficiaries and benefactors of this event. We concluded, we were the beneficiaries and to whose cause we were walking, were the true benefactors! Yes, we said it right. By giving us the opportunity to serve, they were doing us a bigger favor than we could do by raising money for them. They were teaching us to appreciate what we have been blessed with and to share heartily! What goes around comes around. We also heard a story about a similar scenario. <br />
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There was a boy who was very poor and didn't have any food to eat. He decided to go to one of the houses and ask for something to eat. He knocked on the door of a house and a lady opened the door. He was too ashamed to ask for any food, or even for a glass of milk, so he just asked for a glass of water. The lady brought him a warm glass of milk, and the boy felt very happy. Years passed, and the boy became a doctor who worked at a hospital. The lady forgot about the good deed she had done. Then, the lady fell very sick and needed hospital care. She was worried about the expensive bills that she would have to pay. When she got better, she received the envelope that said "Hospital Bills". When she opened it expecting charges of thousands of dollars, there was only a note that read "Paid in full with a glass of milk". The boy had remembered the lady's act of kindness and had helped her in her time of need, even when she had forgotten.<br />
I think that the lady was given her an opportunity to do seva to the famished boy. Similarly, the people in rural India who we support with the CORD Walkathon, are also helping us, by giving us the opportunity to help them and do good deeds.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Written by Stuthi Kuroodi</span><br />
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Rashmi Kashi (Kaavya Sindhu)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03205320290461147942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344439317627698227.post-65127848473540096892014-05-04T22:18:00.000-04:002014-05-18T22:25:41.608-04:00May 4th Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><u>Beginning prayers</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>3 times ॐ chanting, Meditation</li>
<li><a href="http://6thgradecmtc.blogspot.com/2013/08/daily-prayers-english.html" target="_blank">Daily Prayers (click here for script)</a></li>
</ul>
<b><u>Gitaa chanting</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>bhagavadgItaa 14th adhyaaya 1 - 27 shlokas</li>
</ul>
<u><b>Story time</b></u><br />
<ul>
<li></li>
<li>paaNDava-s reveal their identity – recap</li>
<li>duryodhana adament on war</li>
<li>war or peace</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Ending prayers and pledge</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>sarve bhavantu sukhinaH, pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam</li>
<li>aarati and pledge - in the auditorium</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Synopsis</u></b><b><u>:</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Rashmi aunty and Sitaram uncle's class:</u></b><br />
In today's story, Yudhishthira, revels their true identity to Virata. Virata’s fit of anger is forgotten and the whole of the Virata kingdom apologizes to the Pandavas. After thanking them all for their hospitality, the Pandavas proceed to win back their kingdom.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Meanwhile, Yudhistira sends messengers as a request for their part of the kingdom. Duryodhana refuses, and secretly starts to prepare for the war that he now knows is coming. When the news reaches Yudhishthira, he is unsure if he wants to provoke all that bloodshed.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Then Arjuna and Duryodhana go to seek help from Krishna while he is sleeping. Duryodhana sits by his head, on a throne, but Arjuna respectfully sits by Krishna’s feet. So, when Krishna wakes up, he sees Arjuna first and gives him the first chance to ask what he wants. However, Arjuna gives his opportunity to ask first, to Duryodhana. Krishna offers to them either himself or his army. Arjuna chooses him and Duryodhana takes his army with feigned nonchalance.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>In the midst of preparation, Yudhistira suddenly realizes how many lives will be lost. So, in an an attempt of pacification, Yudhistira sends Krishna to tell Duryodhana that he will settle for 5 villages if he agrees to call off the war. In an attempt to coax and impress Krishna, duryodhana presents him with riches and shows off his luxury. But Krishna chooses to stay Vidhura’s home, a humble hut. His wife is a great devotee of Krishna. When Krishna brings up the treaty, Duryodhana still refuses to call off the war.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Written by Shruthi Bharadwaj</span></div>
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Rashmi Kashi (Kaavya Sindhu)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03205320290461147942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344439317627698227.post-74599364079050850452014-04-27T19:39:00.000-04:002014-04-27T19:40:30.367-04:00Apr 27th Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><u>Beginning prayers</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>3 times ॐ chanting, Meditation</li>
<li><a href="http://6thgradecmtc.blogspot.com/2013/08/daily-prayers-english.html" target="_blank">Daily Prayers (click here for script)</a></li>
</ul>
<b><u>Gitaa chanting</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>bhagavadgItaa 14th adhyaaya 1 - 27 shlokas</li>
</ul>
<u><b>Discussion/Quiz</b></u><br />
<ul>
<li>Revision quiz till viraaTa parva</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Ending prayers and pledge</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>sarve bhavantu sukhinaH, pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam</li>
<li>aarati and pledge - in auditorium</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Synopsis</u></b><b><u>:</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Rashmi aunty and Sitaram uncle's class:</u></b><b><u><br /></u></b><br />
Continuing the revision of our mahabhaarata knowledge, we had a quiz again. Oh! The kids know the story for sure. We had a couple hiccups with some names though! We even had a 'Sakula and Nahadeva', due to all the excitement :).<br />
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It was graduation day of 12th grade students. We went to the auditorium to hear them speak about their experiences growing up in balavihar and draw inspiration from them! </div>
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Rashmi Kashi (Kaavya Sindhu)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03205320290461147942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344439317627698227.post-32943362774267135392014-04-06T09:53:00.000-04:002014-04-23T10:36:46.409-04:00Apr 6th Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><u>Beginning prayers</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>3 times ॐ chanting, Meditation</li>
<li><a href="http://6thgradecmtc.blogspot.com/2013/08/daily-prayers-english.html" target="_blank">Daily Prayers (click here for script)</a></li>
</ul>
<b><u>Gitaa chanting</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>bhagavadgItaa 14th adhyaaya 1 - 26 shlokas</li>
</ul>
<u><b>Discussion/Quiz</b></u><br />
<ul>
<li>Revision quiz from the earlier parts of mahabhaarata</li>
<li>Afterthoughts of play presentation</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Ending prayers and pledge</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>sarve bhavantu sukhinaH, pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam</li>
<li>aarati and pledge - in auditorium</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Synopsis</u></b><b><u>:</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Rashmi aunty and Sitaram uncle's class:</u></b><b><u><br /></u></b><br />
Having a regular class after a long time. We were busy for the past few weeks with preparations for the play last week. Now that it is behind us, we revised our mahabhaarata knowledge so that we can get back into learning further. The quiz was fun. It was very impressive that everyone remembered all the little details well!<br />
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After that, all children put down their thoughts regarding their experiences in the past few weeks. Putting the play together was a learning and growing experience for all. Below are few of their thoughts.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Stuthi Kuroodi</span> says -<br />
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<li>I learnt the importance of righteousness. For example, Yudishtira decided to rescue Duryodhana when he was captured even though he had sent them to exile because it was the right thing to do.</li>
<li>I enjoyed practicing with everyone and being on stage. I also enjoyed getting to know my classmates more.</li>
<li>I made more friends, learned more about the Mahabhaarata, and had fun.</li>
</ul>
<span style="color: red;">Sriya Bapatla</span> says -<br />
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>I learnt how paandavas lived and that kauravas were greedy. I learned that jealousy brings bad characteristics.</li>
<li>I liked the whole skit, but my favorite part was the war between the gandarvaas and the kaurava-s. Also it was fun to prepare for the skit.</li>
</ul>
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<span style="color: red;">Sukruthi Thunga</span> says -</div>
<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>By doing the mahaabhaarata play, I learned about the significance of holi which is - good always wins over evil.</li>
<li>My favorite part of this play was when chitrasena defeated duryodhana because duryodhana is really evil and jealous of the pandavaas.</li>
</ul>
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<span style="color: red;">Shwetha Rajagopalakrishana </span>says -</div>
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<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>I learned that the sages ran away after Krishna ate that one grain of rice!</li>
<li>I liked the costumes, the mustache and the bow and arrow.</li>
</ul>
<span style="color: red;">Avani Shukla</span> says -</div>
<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>The play taught me that history repeats itself. For example, the time Bhima was thrown in the river relates to the essence of the story of prahlaada.</li>
<li>I liked watching people dress up, especially the mustaches!</li>
</ul>
<span style="color: red;">Aryan Dornala</span> says -</div>
<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>I learned that Holika got burnt in the fire but prahlaada survived because the Lord always protected him.</li>
<li>I liked the acting.</li>
</ul>
<span style="color: red;">Ajay Casalena </span>says -</div>
<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>I learned that good always wins over evil.</li>
<li>I liked scene 3 because I was in it :).</li>
</ul>
<span style="color: red;">Sriragini Ponnaluri</span> says -</div>
<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>From the play, I learned why we have a huge fire during holi celebrations.</li>
<li>I liked the dance.</li>
</ul>
<span style="color: red;">Aditi Suresh</span> says -</div>
<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>I learned many new stories in mahaabhaarata. I learnt about new characters like sage markandeya, satyabhaama, etc.</li>
<li>I liked the first and third scene the best, dance next and second scene the last. This was a very fun experience and hop we do this again some other time. Thank you Rashmi aunty and Sitaram uncle.</li>
</ul>
<span style="color: red;">Isha Nagella</span> says -</div>
<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>I learned from the Holi play that good always wins over evil.</li>
<li>I liked the dance best in the holi play.</li>
</ul>
<span style="color: red;">Drishti Devnani</span> says -</div>
<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>I had a great experience learning about mahaabhaarata, holi and their similarities.</li>
<li>I liked rehearsing with everyone and see the other scenes.</li>
</ul>
<span style="color: red;">Komal Nagpure</span> says -</div>
<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>I learned that the pandavas were kind and selfless people.</li>
<li>I really liked how the dance was and the props and the fighting scene.</li>
</ul>
<span style="color: red;">Saatvika Kaushik</span> says -</div>
<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>From doing the play, I learned that to do something great, you need to work together.</li>
<li>I liked wearing the costumes and performing the play.</li>
</ul>
<span style="color: red;">Aditi Gorthy</span> says -</div>
<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>I learned that good always defeats bad.</li>
<li>I liked the dance best.</li>
</ul>
<span style="color: red;">Kripa Srinivasan</span> says -</div>
<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>By doing the play, I learned that memorizing lines is easy but it is difficult because you need to know when to say your lines. I also learnt that the gandharvas were very good at fighting.</li>
<li>I liked the costumes, makeup and the dressing room.</li>
</ul>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />Wow! This sure was insightful! Looks like everyone had fun :).</div>
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Rashmi Kashi (Kaavya Sindhu)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03205320290461147942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344439317627698227.post-11086016280864379012014-03-16T16:53:00.000-04:002014-04-23T09:58:46.437-04:00Mar 16th Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><u>Beginning prayers</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>sahanaavavatu</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Gitaa chanting</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>none</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Ending prayers and pledge</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>sarvebhavantu sukhinaH, pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam</li>
<li>lead aarati and pledge in the auditorium</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Synopsis</u></b><b><u>:</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Rashmi aunty and Sitaram uncle's class:</u></b><b><u><br /></u></b><br />
mahaabhaarata/holi play presentation in the auditorium!<br />
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All our hard work for the past few weeks culminated in giving a very smooth and engaging presentation on stage today. All the children performed wonderfully and it was a rewarding experience for those involved. Keep up the spirit of learning and enjoying the process!<br />
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<a href="http://6thgradecmtc.blogspot.com/2014/03/class-presentation-2014.html" target="_blank">Click here to see pics and video.</a><br />
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Register for gItaa chanting (through the link in the 'Announcements' above.) Practice and participate well on 30th March. Best of luck!<br />
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Rashmi Kashi (Kaavya Sindhu)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03205320290461147942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344439317627698227.post-66638469724851921512014-03-09T17:39:00.000-04:002014-04-23T09:50:44.196-04:00Mar 9th Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><u>Beginning prayers</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>none</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Gitaa chanting</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>Chapter 14, verses 1 - 25</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Ending prayers and pledge</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>sarvebhavantu sukhinaH, pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Synopsis</u></b><b><u>:</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Rashmi aunty and Sitaram uncle's class:</u></b><b><u><br /></u></b><br />
Practice in the auditorium.<br />
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Rashmi Kashi (Kaavya Sindhu)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03205320290461147942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344439317627698227.post-62270897247503132182014-03-02T17:32:00.000-05:002014-03-11T17:38:02.472-04:00Mar 2nd Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><u>Beginning prayers</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>none</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Gitaa chanting</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>none</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Ending prayers and pledge</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>none</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Synopsis</u></b><b><u>:</u></b><br />
<div>
<b><u>Rashmi aunty and Sitaram uncle's class:</u></b><b><u><br /></u></b><br />
Practice in the auditorium.<br />
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</div>
Rashmi Kashi (Kaavya Sindhu)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03205320290461147942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344439317627698227.post-45853627127100270222014-02-23T20:58:00.000-05:002014-02-27T08:59:14.755-05:00Feb 23rd Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><u>Beginning prayers</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>3 times ॐ chanting, Meditation</li>
<li><a href="http://6thgradecmtc.blogspot.com/2013/08/daily-prayers-english.html" target="_blank">Daily Prayers (click here for script)</a></li>
</ul>
<b><u>Gitaa chanting</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>bhagavadgItaa 14th adhyaaya 1 - 23 shlokas</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Ending prayers and pledge</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>sarve bhavantu sukhinaH, pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam</li>
<li>aarati and pledge - in auditorium</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Synopsis</u></b><b><u>:</u></b><br />
<div>
<b><u>Rashmi aunty and Sitaram uncle's class:</u></b><b><u><br /></u></b><br />
Practice, practice and more practice :).<br />
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Rashmi Kashi (Kaavya Sindhu)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03205320290461147942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344439317627698227.post-44356542571443158222014-02-09T20:40:00.000-05:002014-02-18T08:41:20.501-05:00Feb 9th Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><u>Beginning prayers</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>3 times ॐ chanting, Meditation</li>
<li><a href="http://6thgradecmtc.blogspot.com/2013/08/daily-prayers-english.html" target="_blank">Daily Prayers (click here for script)</a></li>
</ul>
<b><u>Gitaa chanting</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>bhagavadgItaa 14th adhyaaya 1 - 20 shlokas</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Ending prayers and pledge</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>sarve bhavantu sukhinaH, pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam</li>
<li>aarati and pledge - in auditorium</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Synopsis</u></b><b><u>:</u></b><br />
<div>
<b><u>Rashmi aunty and Sitaram uncle's class:</u></b><b><u><br /></u></b><br />
Practice, practice and more practice :).<br />
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Rashmi Kashi (Kaavya Sindhu)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03205320290461147942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344439317627698227.post-71766539801967440992014-02-02T13:46:00.000-05:002014-02-06T13:46:27.038-05:00Feb 2nd Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><u>Beginning prayers</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>3 times ॐ chanting, Meditation</li>
<li><a href="http://6thgradecmtc.blogspot.com/2013/08/daily-prayers-english.html" target="_blank">Daily Prayers (click here for script)</a></li>
</ul>
<b><u>Gitaa chanting</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>bhagavadgItaa 14th adhyaaya 1 - 18 shlokas</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Ending prayers and pledge</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>sarve bhavantu sukhinaH, pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam</li>
<li>aarati and pledge - in auditorium</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Synopsis</u></b><b><u>:</u></b><br />
<div>
<b><u>Rashmi aunty and Sitaram uncle's class:</u></b><b><u><br /></u></b><br />
Practice, practice and more practice :).<br />
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Rashmi Kashi (Kaavya Sindhu)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03205320290461147942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344439317627698227.post-52565261169040562692014-01-26T15:52:00.001-05:002014-01-26T15:52:55.848-05:00Jan 26th Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><u>Beginning prayers</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>3 times ॐ chanting, Meditation</li>
<li><a href="http://6thgradecmtc.blogspot.com/2013/08/daily-prayers-english.html" target="_blank">Daily Prayers (click here for script)</a></li>
</ul>
<b><u>Gitaa chanting</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>bhagavadgItaa 14th adhyaaya 1 - 17 shlokas</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Ending prayers and pledge</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>sarve bhavantu sukhinaH, pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam</li>
<li>aarati and pledge </li>
</ul>
<b><u>Synopsis</u></b><b><u>:</u></b><br />
<div>
<b><u>Rashmi aunty and Sitaram uncle's class:</u></b><b><u><br /></u></b><br />
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We did our usual prayers and then the gItaa chanting. We were quite comfortable till verse 14. We seemed to need help with 15 and 16 again. We went on to learn verse 17 today. <br />
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After that, we had a combined class. Both the sections came together. We will be doing so for the next few weeks. We were all very excited as we will be doing a play on stage in March. We discussed the episodes we will present, the roles to play, etc. We got to pick our roles from a hat and we were so thrilled! We even started practicing our lines today. We will continue to work on it for the next few balavihar classes so we will be ready for the big day. <br />
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We were having so much fun, parents even had to wait for us to finish up our ending prayers :). <br />
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Rashmi Kashi (Kaavya Sindhu)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03205320290461147942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344439317627698227.post-63757773607390494812014-01-12T20:05:00.003-05:002014-01-12T20:05:57.276-05:00Jan 12th Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><u>Beginning prayers</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>3 times ॐ chanting, Meditation</li>
<li><a href="http://6thgradecmtc.blogspot.com/2013/08/daily-prayers-english.html" target="_blank">Daily Prayers (click here for script)</a></li>
</ul>
<b><u>Gitaa chanting</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>bhagavadgItaa 14th adhyaaya 1 - 16 shlokas</li>
</ul>
<u><b>Brain Storming</b></u><br />
<ul>
<li>Who can we cheat; NONE, but ourselves!</li>
</ul>
<u><b>Story time</b></u><br />
<ul>
<li>prahlaada, hiraNyakashipu, holika</li>
<li>duryodhana poisoning bhIma</li>
<li>kRuShNa raasalIla</li>
</ul>
<u><b>Discussion/Quiz</b></u><br />
<ul>
<li>Team draupadi vs. Team bhIma!</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Ending prayers and pledge</u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>sarve bhavantu sukhinaH, pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam</li>
<li>aarati and pledge </li>
</ul>
<b><u>Synopsis</u></b><b><u>:</u></b><br />
<div>
<b><u>Rashmi aunty and Sitaram uncle's class:</u></b><b><u><br /></u></b><br />
Today, we started the class by saying the invocation prayer for an ambiance conducive to learning (om sahanaavavatu ...), the prayer to the remover of obstacles-Ganesha (shuklaambara-dharam vishnum ...), the prayer to the goddess of knowledge-Sarasvati (sarasvati namastubhyam ...), the prayer to the teacher/guru (gururbrahma gururvishnuh ...), the morning prayer (karaagre vasate ...), the prayer to Mother Earth-Bhudevi (samudra-vasane devi ...), the prayer before eating food (brahmaarpanam brahmahavih ...; aham vaishvaanaro...), the evening prayer (shubham karoti ...) and prayer before bed time (raamam skandam...; karacharaNa-kRutam...)<br />
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After that, we talked about the coming-up play a little bit. We will be performing on stage in March. It is going to integrate the Mahabharata and the festival of colors, commonly known as Holi. We discussed how they are similar. We talked about Hiranyakashipu and Prahlada. Hiranyakashipu had a son, Prahlada. Ever since Prahlada was in his mother's womb, he was meditating on Lord Naarayana. Hiranyakashipu had a sister named Holika. Hiranyakashipu didn't like his son Prahlada, meditating on naaraayaNa. He had a plan to kill Prahlada. He asked Holika to hold Prahlada in her arms and stand in fire. You see, Holika had a special boon that fire could not hurt her. Hiranyakashipu's plan was to kill Prahlada and Holika would still be alive. But, because Holika used her boon for evil and conspired with her evil brother, she was burned to ashes. Prahlada came out without a scratch. A similar event occurs in the Mahabharata. Duryodhana was evil and in order to kill or harm Bhima, he put poison in Bhima's keer/paayasam. When Bhima drank it, he was in a faint-like state. Then, Duryodhana drowned him in a nearby river. There, a snake bit him and took out the poison. He was alive! The king of snakes gave him nectar to drink and each cup gave him the strength of 1,000 elephants. So, he got the strength of 8,000 elephants from the 8 cups of nectar that he drank. This event which was supposed to kill Bhima actually was to his benefit because he gained strength. Likewise, the event that was supposed to kill Prahlada was to his advantage because he survived and his faith in god increased. That is the similarity between Holi and this incident in Mahaabhaarata.<br />
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We also discussed how kRuShNa multiplied Himself, to make each gopika feel special and played holi with all of them, during His time in vRundaavan.<br />
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Next, we had a quiz session. The questions were about Ganga, Satyavati, King Shantanu, and their children. The two teams were called Draupadi and Bhima. The left table near the windows was Draupadi and the other table was Bhima. Both teams had 6 points in the end. So it was a tie!<br />
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Finally, at 11:15, the parents and the other 6th grade class came in and we discussed the play in more detail. It will have 3 scenes/episodes and 1 dance. Everyone will be on stage at some point. We are looking forward to practice and enact this play on stage!<br />
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At the very end of class, we chanted the aarthi and the pledge.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Written by - Kripa Srinivasan</span><br />
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Rashmi Kashi (Kaavya Sindhu)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03205320290461147942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344439317627698227.post-31028659322127714632013-12-08T20:47:00.000-05:002014-01-26T15:21:57.330-05:00Dec 8: Krishna to the rescue<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Today Anjana Auntie came to help in class. After our initial prayers, she gave an overview of the 14th Chapter. We reviewed the Gita Shlokas we have learnt so far - each table recited one Shloka in turn. She then taught the 14th and 15th Shloka and explained the meaning. </b></div>
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6th Grade Balavihar CMTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02201512488557733750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344439317627698227.post-16968776594464913522013-12-08T15:52:00.000-05:002014-01-04T22:29:45.431-05:00Dec 8th Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><u>Beginning prayers</u></b><br />
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<li>3 times ॐ chanting, Meditation</li>
<li><a href="http://6thgradecmtc.blogspot.com/2013/08/daily-prayers-english.html" target="_blank">Daily Prayers (click here for script)</a></li>
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<u><b>Story time</b></u><br />
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<li>Death of keechaka</li>
<li>Cows stolen</li>
<li>uttara kumaara</li>
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<b><u>Ending prayers and pledge</u></b><br />
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<li>sarve bhavantu sukhinaH, pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam</li>
<li>aarati and pledge - in the auditorium</li>
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<b><u>Synopsis</u></b><b><u>:</u></b><br />
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Today in class, we reviewed that the yaksha made all the Paandavas alive. It has been twelve years in the forest. Now, they have to live incognito. They decided to go to Viraata's palace. Yuddhistra went as kanaka, the gambler; Bhima was called vallala, the chef; Arjuna was called brihannala, the dance teacher; Nakula became damagranti, the cowherd; Sahadeva was called tantripala, the horse stable keeper; Draupadi (wife of Yuddhistra) was sairandri. She was queen Sudekshna's helper. Sudekshna is Viraata's wife.<br />
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Keechaka was the commander in chief of king viraata's army. He was a very strong wrestler. He falls in love with draupadi and starts bothering her. According to bhima's plan, Draupadi tells Keechaka to come to the dance hall. There, bhima came secretly and killed keechaka. Now that there was no commander in chief, all kings wanted to attack viraata. Susharma, with the help of duryodhana, attacked the viraata kingdom. They captured the cows. Viraata had a son who's name is Uttara. He took Brihannala as his charioteer to stop the kauravas. But after seeing their army, he wants to run away! Brihannala tells Uttara that he cannot run away from war. Brihannala told uttara to bring down some weapons that were covered by leaves and branches on a shami tree and he would help him in the war. Uttara was surprised to see the weapon of the Pandavas. Then brihannala told Uttara that he was arjuna! Their year of incognito had ended the previous day. So he was allowed to reveal his identity. They fight and win the war over the kauravas and susharma.<br />
Duryodhana identified Arjuna in the war. But their 13th year was over the previous day, so it did not count. <br />
Uttare, viraata's daughter, is married to Abhimanyu, son of arjuna and subhadraa. Abhimanyu was a great warrior. He had learnt how to enter a chakravyuha, even when he was in his mother's womb! Arjuna was explaining it to subhadraa and he had learnt it very well, just by listening. But he did not learn how to come out, as his mother fell asleep and arjuna did not tell about it.<br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Written by Sriman Vaidyanathan </span><br />
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Rashmi Kashi (Kaavya Sindhu)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03205320290461147942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344439317627698227.post-29749129389625354792013-12-03T23:26:00.000-05:002013-12-03T23:29:05.171-05:00Nov 17 Class: Arjuna goes to Heaven<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0in 297pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>After the beginning shlokas and Gita chanting, we had a game of Dumb Charades where one person from each table came up and acted out a character from the Mahabharata and others had to guess. Everyone had fun.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><b>Today we learned about Arjuna in the heavens.<br />One day Sage Vyasa told Yudhishthira to send Arjuna to Indra to get many<br />weapons.With that Arjuna went to heaven and Indra told him to first<br />get a weapon from Shiva. Arjuna then came back to earth and started to<br />meditate on Shiva. Arjuna soon met Shiva in the form of a hunter. They<br />both shot the same boar and argued over who shot it first. Then they<br />battled over the boar. Arjuna lost badly and then he knew it was<br />Shiva. After Shiva gave him a weapon and took him to heaven. Indra<br />then gave more weapons to Arjuna and Arjuna learned how to sing, dance, and<br />play music. While in heaven for a year Arjuna got a curse from Urvasi that he<br />would lose all his manliness. He told Indra and he made it like a<br />blessing by saying it would last one year - Arjuna could choose when it<br />happened ( this was useful because he turn into a girl during the year<br />of incognito) and it could end after one year. So after retrieving<br />weapons and a blessing like curse he returned to his brothers and<br />Draupadi after his stay in heaven.</b></span><br />
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6th Grade Balavihar CMTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02201512488557733750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344439317627698227.post-90529058868580981342013-12-01T20:32:00.000-05:002014-01-26T15:22:27.701-05:00Dec 1 : Bheema meets Hanuman<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>In this week Bheema went to get Draupadi a very beautiful
lotus with 1,000 petals. Bheema as he was walking by he met a monkey who Bheema
even with all his strength could not move to go to the pond where the lotus
stood. The monkey was no other than Hanuman, brother of Bheema (their father is
Vayu, the wind god). Bheema tells Hanuman about what is going on and about the
Pandava’s thirteen years of exile by Duryodhana. Hanuman then promises that he
will help the Pandava’s in their fight. </b></span></div>
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a python named Nahusha. Bheema and Nahusha had a fight but nobody won. The
python then told Bheema that he was cursed to become a snake by Sage Agastya. The curse could only be uplifted only when all his questions on Dharma were
answered. Yudhishtira came searching for Bheema and he answered all of Nahusha’s questions and Nahusha's curse was lifted. Finally Bheema got the lotus and gave it to Draupadi.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><b>Now Duryodhana went to see how
the Pandava’s were suffering miserably and he wanted to show off all his
pleasures so he set up camp near the Pandava’s with his whole army he set up
his camp near a river where a Gandharva named Chitrasena was staying. The Gandharvas told him to move away but Duryodhana did not listen and Chitrasena took him and held him prisoner. The
Pandava’s rescued Duryodhana but Duryodhana was so embarrassed that he would
have killed himself. Finally Shakuni and Karna managed to convince Duryodhana to go back to Hastinapura.</b></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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6th Grade Balavihar CMTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02201512488557733750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344439317627698227.post-52318118400497559572013-11-24T22:28:00.000-05:002014-01-04T22:29:35.741-05:00Nov 24th Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><u>Beginning prayers</u></b><br />
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<li>3 times ॐ chanting, Meditation</li>
<li><a href="http://6thgradecmtc.blogspot.com/2013/08/daily-prayers-english.html" target="_blank">Daily Prayers (click here for script)</a></li>
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<b><u>Gitaa chanting</u></b><br />
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<li>bhagavadgItaa 14th adhyaaya 1 - 12 shlokas</li>
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<u><b>Story time</b></u><br />
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<li></li>
<li>jayadratha punished</li>
<li>kavacha kundala</li>
<li>yudhiShTira meets dharma</li>
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<b><u>Ending prayers and pledge</u></b><br />
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<li>sarve bhavantu sukhinaH, pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam</li>
<li>aarati and pledge - in the auditorium</li>
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<b><u>Synopsis</u></b><b><u>:</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Rashmi aunty and Sitaram uncle's class:</u></b><b><u><br /></u></b><br />
This week we did the regular prayers and giita chanting. Next we learned more of the Mahabharata. This week we started off when Jayadhrata, the king of Sindhu came to the forest and saw Draupadi. He falls in love with her and asks her to marry him. But Draupadi says that she is already married to the five Pandavaas and that she can't marry him. Jayadhrata gets furious and carries Draupadi away from the forest. Then, sage Dhaumya sees this and tries to help Draupadi but fails because the king is too powerful. When the Pandavaas come to know of this from Dhaumya, Yudhishitra stays to take care of Dhaumya's wounds while Arjuna and Bhima go after Jayadhrata.When they both catch Jayadhrata, they shave off his hair but leave five tufts around the head to punish him. Then they get Draupadi back. After this Jayadhrata does thapas to Lord Shiva. He asks for a boon to defeat the Pandavaas. Shiva says no, but he grants him a boon to defeat every pandavaa except Arjuna - once in a battle. Meanwhile Indra is planning to go to Karna as a brahmin and ask him for his kavacha and kundala. Then the sun god appears to Karna in a dream and warns him of what Indra is planning. But Karna says I will give anyone anything they want if they ask for it. So the sun god advises Karna to ask Indra for a boon in return - the weapon, shakti. Then Indra comes and Karna gives his kavacha and kundala away. Then Indra grants him a boon and Karna gets the shakti weapon. Meanwhile in the forest, the Pandavaas hear the cry of a brahmin and rush to help him. He says that a deer took his pooja things and ran off. The group of five brothers rush off to catch the deer and soon get tired. Then Yudhishitra sends Nakula to get water. When Nakula comes to the lake, an invisible person asks him to answer some questions before he gets water. But Nakula doesn't pay attention, tries to get water and falls dead. When Nakula didn't come back Yudhishitra sent Sahadeva and the same happened to him. Then Arjuna went and then Bhima and the same happened to them. Finally Yudhishitra goes himself and finds his brothers dead. Then he answer's the invisible person's questions which are all about dharma.<br />
Couple example questions -<br />
What is faster than wind? Answer - mind!<br />
What is nectar? The answer - milk.<br />
Then the person gets impressed and he says Yudhishitra can pick one brother to come back alive. He picks Nakula because he wanted one son of Kunti and one son of Maadri to be alive. The person gets really impressed and all of the brothers come back alive. Then everyone finds out the person is Yama Dharma raja. He gives the Pandavaas a boon and they wish that they can go unrecognized in the thirteenth year( the incognito year). The paanDavas were busy accumulating weapons and boons to help them with their life in forest and incognito, as well as for an impending war later on.<br />
Then we did our ending prayers and ended class.<br />
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Rashmi Kashi (Kaavya Sindhu)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03205320290461147942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344439317627698227.post-72422557706072247482013-11-17T21:47:00.000-05:002013-11-26T09:52:21.226-05:00Nov 17th Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><u>Beginning prayers</u></b><br />
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<li>3 times ॐ chanting, Meditation</li>
<li><a href="http://6thgradecmtc.blogspot.com/2013/08/daily-prayers-english.html" target="_blank">Daily Prayers (click here for script)</a></li>
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<b><u>Gitaa chanting</u></b><br />
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<li>bhagavadgItaa 14th adhyaaya 1 - 11 shlokas</li>
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<u><b>Story time</b></u><br />
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<li>story of the day</li>
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<b><u>Ending prayers and pledge</u></b><br />
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<li>sarve bhavantu sukhinaH, pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam</li>
<li>aarati and pledge </li>
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<b><u>Synopsis</u></b><b><u>:</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Rashmi aunty and Sitaram uncle's class:</u></b><b><u><br /></u></b><br />
In the morning we did our daily prayers then we did geeta chanting. We also learned verse 11 which was pretty hard to pronounce in the beginning then later on we got better at it.<br />
Continuing the story of Mahabharata, Arjuna went back to Indra's palace to tell Indra that he got paasupathaastra. The Gandharva-s were also there. One Gandharva was named Chitrasena, he taught dance to Arjuna. They became good friends.<br />
Returning to the forest Arjuna showed his new powers to the other pandavas (yudhiShThira, and others). Naarada came to the forest and told Arjuna not to misuse his powers. Those weapons were very powerful and should not be summoned unnecessarily.<br />
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Bhima was attacked by a python named Nahusha who was cursed. Bhima couldn't fight the python and knew that he was no regular python so he asked the python to reveal himself. Nahusha reviled himself and told Bhima that he had gotten cursed because he was arrogant and touched a sage named Agastaya with feet while sitting on a palanqun. The curse was to be broken when he understood what dhama is. Yudhishtira answered all those questions easily and Nahusha was released from his cursed python body.<br />
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One day Duryodhana wanted to show off his power and wealth to the paaNDava-s. So he went to the forest which was owned by the Gandharva-s. There lived Chitrasena who was the dance teacher. Duryodhana was arrogant he wanted to enter the forest even after the Gandharva-s refused entry to him. So Chitrasena captured Duryodhana. When the pandavas heard this news, they all felt happy except for Yuddhistra. He said they had to go save him. Arjuna and bhIma went and saved Duryodhana . Chitrasena told Duryodhana his mistakes and how he treated the pandavas and yet they came to save him. Duryodhana feels so embarssed that he wanted to die. But his friends pacified him and he feels better and started to prepare for war since it was the last year. Duryodhana treated everyone so badly such as the sages and got way too many curses.<br />
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One day a Sage named Duurvaasa came to Duryodhana's palace. Duryodhana treated the sage very good since that sage gets angry very quickly/easily. Drona decided to tell the sage to go to the pandavas for lunch since he wanted the pandavas to get cursed since living in the forest there wasn't a lot of supplies for a lot of people. So sage Duurvaasa and his many disciples went to the forest for lunch with the pandavas. The pandavas didn't know that they were coming and also draupadi had already eaten. The sage and his disciples told the pandavas that they take a bath in the river and then come for lunch. The pandavas knew that they were in trouble. So draupadi prayed to Krishna for help. Krishna appeared in front of Draupadi. Krishna asked Draupadi, even through he knew her problem, for something to eat. Draupadi knew he was joking with her and asked him to help her. Krishna told Draupadi to bring the pot (akshaya paatram). Drapaditi gave the pot to Krishna and Krishna reached into the pot were a single grain of rice was stuck to the bottom of the pot and Krishna ate the grain of rice and rubbed his tummy indicating that he was full. Suddenly all the people in the river felt too full to eat anything and they knew Yudhishtira would get very angry since they told Yudhishtira to be ready with the food and its not good to say I'm not hungry once you tell someone to make something for them. So the sage and his disciples ran away.<br />
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Rashmi Kashi (Kaavya Sindhu)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03205320290461147942noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344439317627698227.post-30478771394983574632013-11-10T23:01:00.000-05:002013-11-26T09:53:38.103-05:00Game of Dice<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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6th Grade Balavihar CMTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02201512488557733750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344439317627698227.post-45381199479231033112013-11-10T21:25:00.000-05:002013-11-18T09:35:23.511-05:00Nov 10th Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><u>Beginning prayers</u></b><br />
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<li>3 times ॐ chanting, Meditation</li>
<li><a href="http://6thgradecmtc.blogspot.com/2013/08/daily-prayers-english.html" target="_blank">Daily Prayers (click here for script)</a></li>
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<b><u>Gitaa chanting</u></b><br />
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<li>bhagavadgItaa 14th adhyaaya 1 - 10 shlokas</li>
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<li>paaNDava-s go to forest (finish maitreyi’s curse and kRuShNa’s pledge briefly)</li>
<li>arjuna’s visit to the heavens</li>
<li>bhIma meets hanumaan</li>
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<b><u>Ending prayers and pledge</u></b><br />
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<li>sarve bhavantu sukhinaH, pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam</li>
<li>aarati and pledge </li>
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<b><u>Rashmi aunty and Sitaram uncle's class:</u></b><b><u><br /></u></b><br />
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In the morning we did our daily prayers then we did some geeta chanting. We also learned verse 9 which was pretty hard to pronounce in the beginning then later on we got better at it. When we were talking about the Mahabharata we learned that Maitreyi gave a horrible curse that Bhima will kill Duryodhana by ripping his thigh. When Krishna wanted to have a war with Duryodhana for taking YudhiShThira's kingdom, the Pandavas said no because they had to stay in the forest for twelve years. But if Duryodhana did not give the kingdom back in 12 years then they would have a war to get their kingdom back. In the forest, the Pandavas practice astra so that their mantra would give the arrows the ability to defeat the enemy easily and practiced their shastras too. Arjuna did meditation for Shiva so that he could get Shiva's weapon which was called the paashupataastra. Unknowingly, Arjuna gets in a fight with a hunter that is actually Shiva. Since they both hit their arrow at a wild boar, they both claim that it is their boar for killing it first which ended up causing a fight. In Arjuna's mind he is thinking that he should win the fight for Shiva but he still doesn't know that the hunter is Shiva. Then Arjuna prayed to Lord Shiva to help him to defeat the hunter! The hunter was Shiva himself, so Shiva revealed himself and said that Arjuna was worthy enough of his weapon. Arjuna was not arrogant about his skills. When he knew he couldn't defeat the hunter, he prayed to the Lord to help him. That set him apart. Then Arjuna gets the paashupataastra and goes to heaven to meet Indra. In the forest, Bhima meets hanumaan. When he went to get the 1000 petal lotus for Draupadi, he came across a monkey that was lying with his tail spread out. When asked to give way, the monkey said, put my tail aside and pass. When Bhima tried to do that, he could not even move the tail. He realized that this is no ordinary monkey. When he prayed, the monkey revealed himself as hanumaan, Bhima's brother, as both were sons of vaayu. He blessed Bhima with more power and said he will be the emblem of Arjuna's chariot flag during war too. At the end of class we did a quick closing prayer then went home.<br />
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Rashmi Kashi (Kaavya Sindhu)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03205320290461147942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344439317627698227.post-83287031724362515642013-10-20T22:50:00.000-04:002013-11-26T09:51:36.388-05:00Draupadi Swayamvara <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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6th Grade Balavihar CMTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02201512488557733750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344439317627698227.post-35303220388348658272013-10-20T18:09:00.000-04:002013-11-06T18:10:09.085-05:00Oct 20th Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><u>Beginning prayers</u></b><br />
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<li>3 times ॐ chanting, Meditation</li>
<li><a href="http://6thgradecmtc.blogspot.com/2013/08/daily-prayers-english.html" target="_blank">Daily Prayers (click here for script)</a></li>
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<b><u>Gitaa chanting</u></b><br />
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<li>bhagavadgItaa 14th adhyaaya 1 - 9 shlokas</li>
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<li>shishupaalavadha</li>
<li>Game of dice</li>
<li>paaNDava-s go to forest</li>
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<li>sarve bhavantu sukhinaH, pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam</li>
<li>aarati and pledge - at auditorium</li>
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<b><u>Rashmi aunty and Sitaram uncle's class:</u></b><b><u><br /></u></b><br />
We did our regular prayers and gItaa chanting. We learnt verse 9 too. Today, we also chanted the gItaa verses till 8, without help! That was a big progress we were all happy about!<br />
During the story, we learnt that, before beginning the raajsuya yagna, yudhiShThira was supposed to do agra-pooja. As he was wondering who is worthy of it, everyone suggested Krishna. But one person didn’t agree. shishupaala said, “How dare you do the puja to Krishna it should be done to me. Anyway, Krishna used to be a cowherd, he’s a thief.” He kept on insulting Krishna. Krishna was actually related to shishupaala. His mother had asked for a boon for her son shishupaala, that he will forgive 100 grave mistakes but after that, he will kill him. Eventually when shishupaala passed the 100 mark of grave mistakes, Krishna cut off his head. Being God, Krishna could just change people's mind, almost like magic. But he won't. He lets people decide for themselves!<br />
Later, Duryodhana is jealous of the prosperity of the paandava-s. So, Duryodana’s Mama shakuni, suggested to call them for a game of dice. yudhiShThira bet his whole Kingdom, and he lost. Then he bet himself and everyone else with him and he lost that one too. So, everyone became a slave to Duryodhana. He still never stopped. Duryodhana’s mama had dice where whatever number he said, it rolled that number. Kauravas kept winning. Then, yudhiShThira bet his wife, and he lost again. Then Duryodhana got arrogant and sent his brother to drag the princess, yudhiShThira's wife draupadI, down from the castle by her hair because she wasn’t there at that time. Nobody was allowed to help her because everyone was now a slave. Then she started to pray to Lord Krishna. Later, Duryodhana’s brother dushshaasana tried to pull off her sari. But, the sari went on forever and ever. Then, dhritaraaShtra said he will grant 2 wishes to draupadi. With that, she made herself and her husbands free from slavery. Bheema promised he would kill dushshaasana with bare hands and will break the thigh of duryodhana in the battle. While they were leaving, duryodhana asked yudhiShThira to play one last game of dice. They made a bet that whoever losses will have to live in the forest for 12 years and 1 year incognito (nobody should be able to recognize them). Obviously yudhiShThira lost, because of the manipulated dice and they all had to go to the forest. Then, yudhiShThira's wife prayed to Krishna again. Krishna gave akshyapaatram. That vessel would give as much food as they desired, until the minute draupadi eats. After that, there is no more food for the day! That way, they could live in the forest without much hassles.<br />
We then left for the auditorium for aarti and pledge.<br />
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