The Greatest Indian Epic - Mahabharath

**Raghu** · 14th March 2006, 03:58 PM

Good to see the thread being re-activated, I will get back on the topic very soon

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**Arthi** · 14th March 2006, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by srivatsanvr

Originally Posted by ts

Nice quiz Vinugop... scored 22/25

3 that eluded me are : First arrow (Dhushasana), Beema's son's guru (krishna) and Jayatrada (Shiva's boon).

ummmmmmmmmm

I scored only 20/25

what Quiz

can I participate?

**bingleguy** · 14th March 2006, 04:53 PM

Hi All !

**bingleguy** · 14th March 2006, 04:53 PM

Hi All !

**srivatsanvr** · 14th March 2006, 09:11 PM

Priya Ar. Viggop!

Thanks for giving me the previlage to narrate this great story!

After the Graduation of Paandavs and Kauravas, Dhritharashtra was in a compulsion to announce, who is the next King of Bharatha Dynasty. Though, by rule Yudhishtra was the Heir-Apparant, his putrapaasam held him back and he consulted with Bhishma, Kripa and Vidura about this, without showing his hidden agenda. Those three gentle men said, Yudhishtra shd be announced as an heir apparant of the Dynasty.

An unsatisfied Dhritharaashtra, set spies to know the mentality of people. The people's mentality and his own courtier's mentality was directly against his own wish of ascending his Son Dhuryodhana,as the next King. At once, Dhritharashtra consults one of his Ministers, by name, Kanika. Kanika's advices are one of the most controversial advices, which we will see later. Kanika's advices as seen even today as a practice. If we see the foreign policy of USA, it is alomost very close to Kanika's Rajaneethi(Though, they do not know that). Anyway, Kanika indirectly adviced Dhritharashtra that, the only way out is "to kill Paandavas with Kunthi".

will continue soon......

**viggop** · 15th March 2006, 09:54 AM

dear Srivatsan.
That was an interesting post.I have never heard of this Kanika before.What a twisted 'needhi' he has offered to Dritharashtra!

**shoyonika** · 15th March 2006, 07:41 PM

Kanika was a brahmin living in forests of saurashtra.
He was invited by Duryodhana on persuasion from Sakuni, who had had his friendship with kanika from years.
Kanika was banished from his country of malwa because he was a kootaneethigna(cunning). His treachery towards the king of malwa, had made him infamous with the subjects. But Brahmin he was, and never could be given death-sentence( as a brahmin should not be puinished even after his sins are proved but has to be sent to exile with family) so he was banished along with his family.
But his family removed him from their group and went away to magadha to seek help from the ruler for their livelihood.
So he had to live in a forced exile in the forests of sourashtra from where he was asked to come to the court of hastinapur to deliver a lecture to dhrthrashtra to encourage duryodhana to wage the wars against pandavas.
It is said that when he came to hastinapur to teach the blind king, he came empty handed, but, on his way home, he had taken the Rajya-Lakshmi(the goodluck) of hastinapur with him. But so far no mention has been made about his wife or his whereabouts after his infamous kanikaneethi in hastinapur.

**viggop** · 16th March 2006, 01:58 PM

I'm surprised that Dritharashtra colluded with this plot to kill off Pandavas.I was of the opinion that though dritharashtra's puthrapasam wanted the kingdom for his son duryodhana, he never went as far as to kill the Pandavas or involved himself in any plot like this.
Only Duryodhana and Shakuni were involving themselves in such plots.
Can anyone confirm that Dritharashtra was aware of this plot to kill Pandavas but he willingly allowed it to happen?

**S.Balaji** · 16th March 2006, 02:11 PM

I have read Rajaji's vyasar virundhu and nowhere it mentions that Dirudhirashtra was aware of the plot to kill the pandavas....
Infact, on hearing the news that the pandavas were killed in fire inside the wax bungalow, he will be in tears and will cry along with Gandhari....

Indeed Diru was eager to have his son in the throne basically because he could not occupy as he was blind ........but this new story that he was part of the plot to kill pandavas is something ridiculous to hear ....

Any argument has to based on some facts.....

**shoyonika** · 16th March 2006, 08:57 PM

dhrtharashtra was never willing for the war, instead, he was trying to prevent the war as he knew the strength of dharma was more than strength of thousands of elephants. But fate wanted different things to happen, and so came kanika, who brainwashed dhrtharashtra to wage wars to prevent the death of his own sons,duryodhana and all. All this can be found in Mahabharatha in full published by all India Brahman sangha and also by moola bharatha of choukhamba samskrith samsthan, you can find one more in geetha press gorakhpur`s edition of vyasabharatha.