Indian Epics

The Forest and its Ghosts kingdom was prosperous under Yudhishthira's government "blind old" Dhristarashtra mourned the death of his son and decided to retire to the jungle to live in a humble dwelling Queen Gandhari, Kunti (mother of the Pandavas), and Vidura  all also very old  Yudhishthira, his brothers, and Draupadi journeyed to the place of their elders in the jungle when they get there everyone is present but Vidura who has gone to the banks of the Ganges basically to wait for death they all went to him and waited with him until he died while they mourned Vidura Vyasa the great sage came to them and told them to bathe in the holy waters of the Ganges and that when night falls all of their loved ones will return to them when night fell the waters foamed and parted and the heroes slain in the war began to rise in chariots, on horseback, or on elephants  a host of minstrels came with the risen dead and sang of the deeds of the heroes and beautiful girls ...

The Himalayas  Yudhisthira (Arjuna was in Indra's celestial dwelling) and the 3 younger Pandava brothers and their shared wife, Draupadi, lived in the forest called Kamyaka where they met great sages, Yudhisthira learned dice skills, and were shown mystical waters that cleansed their sins after being in Kamyaka for awhile they moved further north into the Himalayas  the location of Kubera's dwelling Kubera is the lord of treasure and king of the yakshas  Dwelling of Kubera palaces of crystal & gold walls studded with jewels beautiful gardens  Kubera told Yudhishthira to be "patient and long-suffering and to wait for the time and the place for displaying kshatriya prowess" the exiles (Pandavas and Draupadi) wandered on from the kingdom of Kubera "sighed for Arjuna" "beheld the bright car of Indra" "worshipped Matali the charioteer" Indra came with Asparas (female spirits of the clouds) and Gandharvas (male natur...