Mahabharata? :S

 Forced by my father, I finally agreed to read Mahabharata. I had heard several small stories from it way too many times but I hadn't ever know the entire 'Mahabharata' and since it survived all the way till 2014 I couldn't find reasons why should I not give it a try. The book started beautifully about a king meeting a celestial woman who totally mesmerized him by her beauty and elegance. As I went ahead with the book there were so many births taking place with children having complicated, long names that I was completely perplexed. However, when the introduction was over and the story started take a shape with the happenings between the Padavas and Duryoghana my interest started to build up. Besides just the fierce jealousy one could have against his own cousin, I also realized the tenacity with which people stuck to their words. By that I mean, for instance in one part The Padavas return to their the home they were staying in for some years during their exile with a bride Arujana won during a Swayamvar to their mother- Kunti. Thinking it was a food item she casually said, "whatever it is, distribute it equally". What is said cannot be unsaid, that was the 'funda'. Thereafter, Draupadi (the bride) was the wife of all the five brothers. At this point I shut the book and thought to myself, what on earth was I reading? but besides having no faith in such a kind of system and in fact it rather absurd I was inclined to read it further. Some amount of curiosity in me kept me going and at the same an introduction to a new world which carried all sorts human emotions- love, joy, lust, jealousy webbed me with a weird kind of interest.As of this small story, was it just a moral trying to convey that one should stick to what they say or was it indicating that even after sharing a wife distrust and envy hadn't broken the bonds of love between these brothers?