Week 12 - Reading Diary B

Overall, this section had a ton of mini stories within the epic. I liked getting to read about how Indra taught Arjuna how to use divine weapons and am excited to read about the battle to come. Once again we have another weird birth, by a deer swallowing a hermit's sperm from a lake and creating a human with horns. I really liked reading about the part when Arjuna comes back down from the heavens, and brings all the cool stuff. It was also really nice of him to bring jewels from Draupadi since nobody seems to respect women in these epics other than Nala. The story of Savitri is also a great example of how much indian women will do for their husbands. Savitri gives half her days of living just  to be with her husband longer. I really feel like women should get more respect in these stories since they do so much.