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Here is a post on Bhima's humility and courage. When Hanuman offers to destroy the Kauravas for him, Bhima humbly rejects the offer and says that the Pandavas only need hanuman's blessings. A popular argument by Duryodhan 'fans'is that "Bhima bullied the Kauravas in childhood". How will a...

Duryodhana's biggest complaint was that he was the eldest son of the eldest son, Dhritarashtra, so he should get the throne automatically. However, in the Kuru clan, this rule was not followed unless the eldest son was also the most qualified to rule. Earlier, Yayati's eldest son Yadu did not...

Kunti's son Yudishtira was born first despite Gandhari having conceived a whole year earlier than Kunti. When she heard of Yudishtira's birth, Gandhari was terribly disturbed and she hit her pregnant stomach violently. As a result, she delivered a ball of flesh. Vyasa, who had given her the boon...

Adiratha was the younger prince of the royal household of the kingdom of Anga. Since he was younger, he was not heir to the throne of Anga. However, he was still a prince and enjoyed royal privileges. Karna grew up in prosperity with this princely family. Perhaps this was why Kunti did not try...

Even before the Pandavas and kauravas clashed at the battlefield of Kurukshetra, another Kuru king had battled there for 3 long years. This was Satyavati's son Chitrangadha, a brave and powerful warrior. He fought with a Gandharva, also named Chitrangadha, but at the end lost his life. His...

Arjuna was the supreme commander, above Dhristadyumna. But there was a reason why he was deliberately kept aside from the day to day charge of the war. he was the Pandavas’ most potent weapon adn he had innumerable responsibilities upon his shoulders. Bogging him down with management wud...

Karna, the son of Kunti, is raised as the son of Adiratha. The Pandavas are descendants of the King Puru who is Yayati's youngest son. However, the interesting thing is that Adiratha, who adopts Karna is also a descendant of the same line in a different way, as follows (This is mentioned in...

The curse that resulted in the birth of Bhishma: The 8 Vasus stole Vasishta's cow and as a consequence were cursed to be born as mortals. The Vasu who instigated them was Dyou and he was cursed to live for a long time on Earth, remaining childless. The others would be delivered from their...

A common idea is that the Mahabharatha is written with great partiality to the pandavas. This is definitely not true and Vyasa makes sure to mention the good deeds and courage of ALL characters. The most obvious thing that tells us that the story is not at all written from the Pandava point of...

Everyone knows Ekalavya as a dedicated student who practiced archery on his own but credited his success to Guru Drona who had rejected him. Yet Drona asked for his thumb. Only this part of the story appears in Vyasa MB so we think of Ekalavya as a tragic hero and Drona as the 'villain'. If we...

Hi all! I am very proud and honoured to announce that my story on Iravan, Arjuna's first born son has been published in an Mahabharath anthology Unsung Valour by IndicAcademy. Amazon link: Amazon.in

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Karna’s giving away of his kavach kundal is commonly viewed as an act of charity, a donation of the highest order. This is not so. This is actually an exchange offer as very clearly mentioned in Vyasa’s MB. Well before Indra approaches Karna, Surya comes to him in a dream and tells him of his...

It is a commonly believed story that when Duryodhan was touring the Maya sabha at Indraprastha after Rajasuya Yaga, he was impressed and wonderstruck. While touring he mistook a pool for marble flooring and stepped in it, only to land right n the water and get soaked. As many people believe...

There is a common notion that the Mahabharatha should not be read at home, that not even a copy should be kept at home. Nothing could be further from the truth. THIS is what the epic says at the end, after a recounting of the diverse benefits of reading it (phalashruti). It is very evidently...

With Star Plus retelecasting its' version of the Mahabharat, unfortunately many, many wrong ideas that were shown in this show are also spreading all over again. The most horribly wrong of these was that Karna was denied education by Drona because of caste. This is absolutely wrong and Karna WAS...

There is a common idea that Draupadi was jealous of the other wives of the Pandavas and she did not allow them into Hastinapur. Why would she not allow other wives into Hastinapur unless she was afraid they would become Empress or Chief Queen? But Draupadi was never one to crave wealth or power...

Since Star Plus is running their version of Mahabharatham again that has has many, many imagined stories that do not appear in Vyasa's MB at all, I thought I would resume this thread.

That Arjuna is known as Partha is common knowledge, but in the MB, Yudisthira is also quite frequently called Partha by krishna and the others. All the three sons of Kunti are called 'Partha' since they are sons of Pritha, who was later known by the name Kunti. Pritha's father was Sura who was...