I found several pros and cons to reading this version of the Mahabharata so far. Reading this version makes getting to know all of the characters much easier as it says all of the names of the characters within close proximity to one another and introduces their roles relatively quickly at the beginning of the story. However, while reading this version of the Mahabharata, I find that some details of the story being told are a bit more confusing to follow due to the brevity of the story. For example, it says at one point in the story "King Dhritarashtra grants Draupadi a boon" but it does not say why she is given the boon at all. This is also a very significant part of the story too because the boon she is given permits the freedom of everyone and everything taken by Duryodhana after Yudhishthira loses the game of dice against Shakuni. The lack of explaining details like this leaves me to think that this is not a very good version of the story to read for someone trying to interpret the Mahabharata for their first time. I do still like this version of the text though, as I have already read the more detailed version of the story and knew what was going on to fill in the gaps left while reading this time.
Arjuna and Krishna
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