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these five sons came to Hastinpur and
claimed half of the Kingdom from
Dhritarashtra. Isn't it like your neighbor
claiming half of your house? So, who are
villains here?”
"Udayji, I didn't think in this angle....”
"Dhritarashtra was magnanimous and
treated them with equal importance. Thus
a part of the Kingdom was given to
Pandavas.”
"So, Yudhistira (Dharmaputra), eldest of
Pandava, became the King. So he is the
hero...”
"You are still in the realm of hero and
villain concept. Dharmaputra went in for
the evil vices. By playing dice game he
brought insult to his wife. He lost his
kingdom to
Duryodhana. Even then, Dhritarashtra
pardoned him and gave the Kingdom
back. But he went in for dice game again
- a man can make mistake once, but here
is the wisest of all men succumbing to
vice twice! So how can you say he is the
hero?”
"So who is the hero of Mahabharata?
Krishna?”
“If somebody tells you Krishna was
biased to Pandavas as they were his
cousins? Didn't he know that Pandavas
were not rightful heir of Hastinpur? Why
did he support them?”
"Udayji - I am totally confused now. I
know you are a great proponent of
P.g. Better Living
Krishna and Mahabharata. What are
you coming to?”
"Mahabharata is epic of Human behavior
in its totality. It negates discrimination of
any sorts - caste, creed and sex. It tells
you that a position is NOT birth based,
but based on Karma. “
“Some people say Yudhistira did villainy
by gambling?”
"Yudhistra was the wisest of men, an
embodiment of Dharma, BUT like all men
he too had a weakness, a weakness for
gambling. Gambling is a vice that can
drive the sanest of men to insanity. There
could not have been a better example
than Yudhistira.”
"What about Duryodhana, if he is rightful
heir, why did Krishna oppose him?”
"Duryodhana was King by birth only. He
didn't follow his Dharma as a King. A
person becomes Kshatriya King by his
deeds and virtues, not by birth. Krishna
was born as a Yadav, today's OBC. He
was neither Kshatriya nor Brahmin...
Krishna was an embodiment of Dharma.