The Greatest Indian Epic - Mahabharath

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Originally Posted by pradheep

Duaitham, and advaitham?

Yes. There are. It is based on how the truth is explained. But even in duaitham, the truth is only advaitha.

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Nonsense! HOw do you know??? Did you go there and see??

Mr. Pradeep, :) explain this Advaitham,Duvaitham and Vishshtathvaitham through Paramathma & Geevathma cocept. Then You will come to know the difference.

f.s.gandhi

Dear Pradeep
Keep this Advaitham,Dvaitham discussion to a separate thread.No need to discuss them in Mahabharatha thread.Discuss only about the epic here.Thanks for your understanding.

I heard a new story from my friend about Shakuni.
Can someone confirm whether it is true.

It seems that Dhridarashtra jailed shakuni and all his brothers because he was unhappy that gandari married a blind man.All of them were given a grain of rice to live.All the brothers decided that they'll make shakuni live and sacrificed their lives by giving their grain of rice to shakuni.Shakuni was hence filled with feeling of vengefulness.He vowed that he'll destroy the kaurava race. he then made the dice from his father's bones.Then, he did everything to corrupt duryodhana's mind so that a war with pandavas became inevitable.He knew that pandavas will ultimately win the war but he wanted to destroy the kauravas as revenge for his father and brother's death.
Is this story true? It is present in the mahabharatha?

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Originally Posted by viggop

It seems that Dhridarashtra jailed shakuni and all his brothers because he was unhappy that gandari married a blind man.

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The 'he' here refers to Sakuni, right?

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Originally Posted by viggop

I heard a new story from my friend about Shakuni.
Can someone confirm whether it is true.

It seems that Dhridarashtra jailed shakuni and all his brothers because he was unhappy that gandari married a blind man.All of them were given a grain of rice to live.All the brothers decided that they'll make shakuni live and sacrificed their lives by giving their grain of rice to shakuni.Shakuni was hence filled with feeling of vengefulness.He vowed that he'll destroy the kaurava race. he then made the dice from his father's bones.Then, he did everything to corrupt duryodhana's mind so that a war with pandavas became inevitable.He knew that pandavas will ultimately win the war but he wanted to destroy the kauravas as revenge for his father and brother's death.
Is this story true? It is present in the mahabharatha?

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so that was the reason behind Shakuni's mind, to defeat the Kuravas, he tacticaly inflicted a war , knowing the entire Kurava clan would be demolished :shock:

A.R.
'He' refers to shakuni. any idea whether this version is authentic?

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Originally Posted by viggop

A.R.
'He' refers to shakuni. any idea whether this version is authentic?

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Viggop

never heard of it!

same here, viggop.

Yes, I have actually heard this story a long long time ago! The story goes that he uses the dice made from the bones of his father's thigh bone, which were supposed to obey him.

A drama in Bengali was written by Monoranjan Bhattacharya called Chakravyuha, which talks about this story of Shakuni being imprisoned and seeking revenge against the Kaurava clan.

I am not sure of any supporting evidence in Mahabharatha to validate this story. It could well be a fictional offshoot of the orignal story