Mahabharat of B. R. Chopra: Discussions/ DT note pg 119 - Page 102

Originally posted by: AnkitaPurka66

Comments for today's episode:

Vikarna Vadh really saddens me similar to Kumbhakarna Vadh in Ramayana does. Both were good people yet had to stand and support the losing side and give up their lives for it.😔

Karna sparing Bhima's life - a big betrayal on his part towards Duryodhana, yet a huge contribution towards the Pandavas win.

Jayadratha Vadh was a great scene too. All the laughter vanished when the sun came up.😆

I believe there was a solar eclipse, instead they showed Krishna controlling the sun's movements.

Question : I know Bhurisrava was killed unfairly in battle, but was Arjuna involved in it?

Technically Bhurisrava attack wasn't unfair. Bhurisrava was attacking Satyaki when the latter was unconscious. This isn't allowed in the war. Arjun practically attacked him in a one to one combat. The only thing that he did wrong was not announcing the attack before attacking

Even I think Solar eclipse would have been better than Krishna's miracle, but then in this show Krishna has very limited scope. Not much could actually be attributed to Him, especially in the war after Geeta narration. That wouldn't go well with the audience so I guess they had to show every important thing being done by Him.

Karna sparing Bheem for that promise makes me highly doubtful about his friendship to Duryodhan. Sparing the person who just killed 21 brothers of your best friend and would definitely kill him the moment he finds Duryodhan has no justification for me. Especially since he was the one to mock Bheeshm for his decision to not kill the Pandavas. But certainly this helped the Pandavas win, so I guess he gets an easy excuse

Originally posted by: pjyo

Dronacharya's ke kithney rath phodd daley bhim ne 😲

lekin ye instant replacement kaise ho jaatha thaa🤪

A very prompt rath delivery service in Mahabharat times😆

I guess Dominos waalone inhi se seekha hai

They must be carrying multiple raths with the major warriors, this makes me think why didn't Karna change his Rath instead of trying to get out the same Rath

Originally posted by: FlauntPessimism

I guess Dominos waalone inhi se seekha hai

They must be carrying multiple raths with the major warriors, this makes me think why didn't Karna change his Rath instead of trying to get out the same Rath

Karna was severely injured and all his astras were countered. Filled with melancholy, he was vainly trying to delay the inevitable.

Originally posted by: Wistfulness

Both Arjuna and Abhimanyu fought from ground. Even Ashwatthama did it once until the backup arrived.

Karna was severely injured and all his astras were countered. Filled with melancholy, he was vainly trying to delay the inevitable.

This was just a joke on BRC Karna taking into consideration the prompt Rath delivery services for Dronacharya

Nothing serious

Although though I do not think Arjun's waiting for Karna to get back onto the Rath would have made any difference, I really wish that Arjun would have waited and delayed the Vadh until Karna was back onto his Rath. This would have refrained the ever lasting allegation of Karna fans that Arjun cheated and was not as good a warrior..

Biggest joke of today episode

Dhrithrashtra to sanjay

Bheem ko apne guru dronacharya ka aise apman nahi karna chahiye

This line of dhrithrashtra seriously make me laugh

I'm still at Bheeshma Vadh, and my God, this one thing I can't take is the BGM ka volume.

Maana gaane achhe likh lete ho, par full volume mein bajana zaroori hai kya? 😆

I didn't realise that the Kauravas were down to 2 already.

And sons of Duryodhana and Dushasana are all dead too.

That scene where Pandavas came to visit Gandhari was bursting with tension.

I was under the impression that Ghatotkacha died on day 14 of the war at night.

Here it is shown he died on Day 15. Is that a distortion or I was incorrect in my knowledge?

Karna's Shakti weapon has been used finally. Arjuna is saved, yet poor Ghatotkacha paid the price.

The difference in reactions to Abhimanyu's and Ghatotkacha's death always bother me.

I understand it's because Abhimanyu was more dear to them and Ghatotkacha was after all a Non-Aryan, but I personally feel bad about the difference.

Originally posted by: AnkitaPurka66

I didn't realise that the Kauravas were down to 2 already.

And sons of Duryodhana and Dushasana are all dead too.

That scene where Pandavas came to visit Gandhari was bursting with tension.

I was under the impression that Ghatotkacha died on day 14 of the war at night.

Here it is shown he died on Day 15. Is that a distortion or I was incorrect in my knowledge?

Karna's Shakti weapon has been used finally. Arjuna is saved, yet poor Ghatotkacha paid the price.

The difference in reactions to Abhimanyu's and Ghatotkacha's death always bother me.

I understand it's because Abhimanyu was more dear to them and Ghatotkacha was after all a Non-Aryan, but I personally feel bad about the difference.

I didn't expect the reaction like Abhimanyu, but this was very random not even five minutes spent on his mourning

I liked Duryodhan's point that Yudhishtir should have mourned for Lakshman and Dusshashan's son too. They might not have been as great a warrior as Abhimanyu or Ghatochkat but they were definitely dear to their families.

Anyhow coming to Ghatochkat, now that 98 brothers are killed and Dusshashan dies on day 16 so I would want to believe that Bheem spent day 15 mourning for Ghatochkat. And I was confused earlier, but now am sure Vikarna was the third last to die. This however seems pretty dramatic to me.

Finally Indrast used so only tension for Arjun over. Although I really want to understand in that huge army didn't anyone else have a Divyastra? Not even Drona?

Originally posted by: FlauntPessimism

I didn't expect the reaction like Abhimanyu, but this was very random not even five minutes spent on his mourning

I liked Duryodhan's point that Yudhishtir should have mourned for Lakshman and Dusshashan's son too. They might not have been as great a warrior as Abhimanyu or Ghatochkat but they were definitely dear to their families.

Oh yeah definitely, this bothered me too. Nobody cares about the Kaurava kids dying even though they were not at all evil, which is not right.

Anyhow coming to Ghatochkat, now that 98 brothers are killed and Dusshashan dies on day 16 so I would want to believe that Bheem spent day 15 mourning for Ghatochkat. And I was confused earlier, but now am sure Vikarna was the third last to die. This however seems pretty dramatic to me.

Finally Indrast used so only tension for Arjun over. Although I really want to understand in that huge army didn't anyone else have a Divyastra? Not even Drona?

Ashwatthama definitely still had the Narayanastra which he used after Drona's death. I also wonder why no one else could use their Divyastras

Probably the others were present in a different area of the battle and hence could not come to aid. Maybe Duryodhana and Karna were the only two at that moment facing Ghatotkacha and since Duryodhana's life was in danger, Karna had to part with the Shakti.

This is one of the incidents that make me believe that Karna did care about something more than his enemity with Arjuna, he cared about Duryodhana more.

Originally posted by: AnkitaPurka66

Can't agree more.

Not that we can expect, but Lakshman, Dusshashan's son and Vrihsena too deserve some importance. Sadly most of the people don't even know about them

I don't disagree with Karna's feelings. I personally do feel as well that Karna really had special space for Duryodhan in his heart, and may be (just maybe) his enimity towards Arjun was slightly less than his friendly love for Duryodhan, but still I feel that Duryodhan was a way better friend than Karna..