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"Hmmm...You tell me then, who are the                       "Using the same logic, if second
    villains? Conventional hero needs                           brother (Pandu) can be the King, why
    conventional villains.”                                     can't second brother of Yudhishtira,

                                                                Bhīma be the King?”
    The Kauravas (100 sons of the King of
    Hastinapur, Dhritarashtra, and his wife                     "You are confusing. But Pandavas are
    Gandhari) are the villains”                                 heroes and Kauravas  are villains, right?”


    “OK, the hero should be one who kills all                   "How can you say that? Tomorrow,
    the 100s right?”                                            somebody from your village comes and
                                                                claims your house, what would you do?” I
    "Yes”                                                       asked him.


    "It was Bhīma who killed all the 100                        "I don't understand...”
    Kauravas - no one else had any role in it.
    He single-handedly finished all Kauravas.                    "The Kuru King Shantanu's eldest son
    In ancient days it was the responsibility of                and crown prince was Bhishma. He didn't
    the King to kill enemy King. Bhima killed                   become King. Later Shantanu married to

    Duryodhana. So isn't it Bhīma the hero?                     Satyavati. He had two sons with second
    As MT said, he should have been the                         wife - Chitrangada and Vichitravirya.
    King, right?”                                               Though the second son Vichitravirya was
                                                                named as next King, both of them died
    "Ah, no - according to Hindu Undivided                      childless. So, factually, Kuru clan (blood
    Family, the first son of the King should be                  lineage) is finished there. So the Kingdom

    the next King...”                                           adopts two son of Vyasa - Dhritarashtra
                                                                and Pandu. Both do not have any blood
    "In that case, Dhritarashtra's first son
    Duryodhana should be the King...”                           or ancestry of Kuru. Dhritarashtra was
                                                                crowned the King. Since he was blind, his
    "No, but Dhritarashtra's younger brother                    second brother Pandu took care of the
    Pandu ruled the Kingdom as the former                       Kingdom.”
    was blind, right? So, the eldest son
    Yudhishtira should be the King.                             "Exactly, so Pandu's sons have rights,
    Duryodhana is the villain, right?" he                       right?”
    asked.                                                      “Pandu was childless! None of the

                                                                Pandavas are his sons. Pandu went to
                                                                forest with his wives Kunti and Madri.
                                                                Both of them together delivered five sons
                                                                - they didn't have Pandu's blood in them.

                                                                After Pandu’s death, one fine morning, all






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