Ep. 41 : The Power of One Grain: Krishna's Divine Intervention

Narrated by Kumar Varun.While the Pandavas were in exile, Duryodhana held a grand Vaishnava sacrifice, but it paled in comparison to Yudhishthira's past Rajasuya sacrifice. Karna vowed to kill Arjuna, which delighted Duryodhana. To cause trouble, Duryodhana sent the sage Durvasa and his disciples to visit the Pandavas, hoping they would be cursed for failing to provide hospitality. Durvasa arrived after the Pandavas had eaten, leaving no food in their magical vessel. Draupadi prayed to Krishna, who arrived and miraculously satisfied Durvasa's hunger with a single grain of rice. Thus, the Pandavas avoided Durvasa's curse thanks to Krishna's divine intervention.Sources:1. Ganguli, Kisari Mohan, translator. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa. 12 vols. P. C. Roy, 1883-1896.2. Pattanaik, Devdutt. Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata. Penguin Books, 2010.3. Narayan, R. K. The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic. University of Chicago Press, 1978.4. Menon, Ramesh. The Mahabharata: A Modern Rendering. Rupa Publications, 2006.5. Buck, William. Mahabharata. University of California Press, 1973.6. Hiltebeitel, Alf. The Ritual of Battle: Krishna in the Mahabharata. State University of New York Press, 1990.7. van Buitenen, J. A. B., translator. The Mahabharata, Volume 2: The Book of the Assembly Hall; The Book of the Forest. University of Chicago Press, 1975.8. Witzel, Michael. The Origins of the World's Mythologies. Oxford University Press, 2012.9. Johnson, W. J. The Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation. Oxford University Press, 1994.