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"Andhe ka Putra Andha"

This term is extremely popular and attributed to Draupadi. When Duryodhan stayed behind at Indraprastha after the Rajasuya Yagya, he saw many wonderful things at the Pandavas' capital including the famous Mayasabha.

At the Mayasabha, Duryodhan was taken by the illusionary sights. He mistook hard floor for a pond of water, lifter his garments while walking lest they get wet. But the four younger Pandavas who were accompanying him smiled and corrected his understanding. In the next room, he thought he was walking on hard floor but which instead was a pond. He fell unceremoniously and got fully drenched. The twins and Bheem laughed heartily but Yudhishthir frowned and ordered fresh clothes to be brought for him. Duryodhan seethed inside but outwardly laughed and took the dry clothes.

At the next place, he stood waiting against what he thought was a closed door but banged himself on what he thought was an open door. Sahadev laughed and told him, "This is the door, O King!".

BRC in his serial Mahabharat showed that Draupadi was watching all this and laughed deliriously and then uttered the fateful words, "Andhe ka putra andha" (a blind man's son is also blind). But these words do not find substance in the original texts, i.e., all the reputed translations.

Pranshu Saxena attributes that the above term was invention of Dharmaveer Bharati. Dharmaveer Bharati was a modern Hindi poet, author and dramatist. For years he was the editor-in-chief of the weekly magazine "Dharma Yug", a Times of India publication. "Dharma Yug" was equivalent to "The Illustrated Weekly of India" (e-in-c - Khushwant Singh), a very popular weekly magazine. These two magazines dominated the journalism world in the 60's till early 80's. He used the above phrase in his play "Andha Yug" (The Age of Blindness).

But the real fact is that neither Draupadi, nor any of her maids (as shown in Star Bharat) uttered these words.

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Originally posted by: bhas1066

"Andhe ka Putra Andha"

This term is extremely popular and attributed to Draupadi. When Duryodhan stayed behind at Indraprastha after the Rajasuya Yagya, he saw many wonderful things at the Pandavas' capital including the famous Mayasabha.

At the Mayasabha, Duryodhan was taken by the illusionary sights. He mistook hard floor for a pond of water, lifter his garments while walking lest they get wet. But the four younger Pandavas who were accompanying him smiled and corrected his understanding. In the next room, he thought he was walking on hard floor but which instead was a pond. He fell unceremoniously and got fully drenched. The twins and Bheem laughed heartily but Yudhishthir frowned and ordered fresh clothes to be brought for him. Duryodhan seethed inside but outwardly laughed and took the dry clothes.

At the next place, he stood waiting against what he thought was a closed door but banged himself on what he thought was an open door. Sahadev laughed and told him, "This is the door, O King!".

BRC in his serial Mahabharat showed that Draupadi was watching all this and laughed deliriously and then uttered the fateful words, "Andhe ka putra andha" (a blind man's son is also blind). But these words do not find substance in the original texts, i.e., all the reputed translations.

Pranshu Saxena attributes that the above term was invention of Dharmaveer Bharati. Dharmaveer Bharati was a modern Hindi poet, author and dramatist. For years he was the editor-in-chief of the weekly magazine "Dharma Yug", a Times of India publication. "Dharma Yug" was equivalent to "The Illustrated Weekly of India" (e-in-c - Khushwant Singh), a very popular weekly magazine. These two magazines dominated the journalism world in the 60's till early 80's. He used the above phrase in his play "Andha Yug" (The Age of Blindness).

But the real fact is that neither Draupadi, nor any of her maids (as shown in Star Bharat) uttered these words.

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The staking of Draupadi? Was it instigated as shown today in Star Plus's Mahabharat Shakuni starts the betting of the wives.( I know that is totally distortion)

Originally posted by: RoseWine

The staking of Draupadi? Was it instigated as shown today in Star Plus's Mahabharat Shakuni starts the betting of the wives.( I know that is totally distortion)

I would like to know...was it something Yudhishtir did under pressure? Where did the bright idea come from? Was Draupadi prompted by the Kauravas for Yudhistir to bet on?

I was under assumption he did out of desperation. Like a one last final attempt!

Can someone clarify?

I think this doubt would have been asked before, but what happened to the saris which Krishna provided? Did Draupadi carry all that bundle and walk out?

hi...few doubts if anyone can clarify please. thanks in advance.

1. why Dhritrashta was called Samrat in few versions? He was only a King...not?
2. After losing Indraprastha, did Duryoudhna take over it and became Samrat or King?
3. In few versions it is said that Duryoudhna was a good king and hence he went to heaven after his death?
But then the rest of the kauravas too were delivered clear of their sins?
4. After the war, Yudhishtar was king of Hastinapur or Indraprastha? What happened to Indraprashta?

Sorry for my bunch of questions. Thanks again.

I had a question about swayamvars. Could the bride-to-be princess exercise her right to choose a husband among her suitors or was she obligated to marry the winner of the contest that was organized? Even if a certain suitor accomplished the task at hand, did the princess have any right to overturn this and still choose somebody else as her husband?

usually there would be a handfull of winners and the princess gets to choose from them. she would be obligated if there is only one winner among all.
even then if she refused it usually led to fights and the winner of that fight would probably take away the princess by force!
there are aways loopholes.

Originally posted by: bhas1066

usually there would be a handfull of winners and the princess gets to choose from them. she would be obligated if there is only one winner among all.
even then if she refused it usually led to fights and the winner of that fight would probably take away the princess by force!
there are aways loopholes.

I would like to know are there any other instances apart from Draupadi's swayamvar and the rangbhoomi incident where Karna is discriminated against. The 'insult' at the swayamvar could very well be dismissed, either as not part of the original or as Draupadi's right to reject a suitor.