I agree w/ Bhas - Mahadev
did indeed bless Amba that she'd get her revenge, and the only caveat he put was that it wouldn't happen in
this life. Actually, Amba did ghor tapasya for that - she didn't just get Mahadev's darshan for free, just for watching the Bhishuram fight. After Mahadev blessed her, she decided not to waste time in this life if it wasn't gonna happen, and committed self immolation. A few more things happened - Amba became a river, and Ganga cursed her that due to her thirst for vengence, her banks would be inaccessible for bathing purposes.
On Shani's question, no, there was no enmity b/w Hastinapur & Panchal. In fact, Drupada's father Prishatha was ousted from the throne, & Bheeshma invaded Panchala and helped re-instate him. So even Drupada bore no ill will against Bheeshma, and when Amba approached him w/ a garland from Mahadev/Kartikeya asking him to wear it & be Bheeshma's enemy, Drupada refused, and Amba hung that garland at his palace gate. When she was reborn as Shikhandini, she wore that garland, but even then, there was no enmity b/w Panchal & Hastinapur, even though Bheeshma knew what was going on. Also, Shikhandini had full memory of her life as Amba - what they showed here about Prishatha deciding to poison her mind against Bheeshma was not only inaccurate, it was also redundant.
Drupada's only enmity was w/ Drona, but after he was captured by Arjun, the yagna he did just had the objective of getting a son to kill Drona. He didn't ask for a daughter to terminate the Kurus - he just got it as a buy one, get one free deal 😆
In fact, it wasn't until after Draupadi's vastraharan that Hastinapur & Panchala became enemies. When Karna went on his conquests for Duryodhan's yagna, Drupada fought & lost to him, and paid tribute, but nonetheless refused to recognize Hastinapur's alliance, and remained on the Pandava side.
Update: Just saw the episode, and like Bhas said, Mahadev did give Amba what she wished for. Here, they didn't show him telling her that it won't happen in this life.
But I liked Amba's curse on Bheeshma - that he'd never get a moment of peace due to worrying about Hastinapur's throne - the same throne for which he destroyed the 3 sisters, and would be on a constant treadmill over the throne, and eaten alive by that worry, and that she'd finally be there to cause his downfall. They skipped her self immolation.
I liked them leaping to Panchala and showing Shikhandini's birth. Baby Shikhandini was so cute, particularly compared to baby Dhritarashtra 😆 That baby had such a cute smile when her dadaji named her Shikhandini 😆 Of course, Drupada had nothing against Bheeshma, and neither really did Prishatha, but I liked them welcoming this new daughter of theirs. I wonder whether the serial will show how Shikhandini became Shikhandi and ultimately a prince of Panchala, who was one of the Pandava commanders in the war. I'd prefer they show it now, while Amba is still the talking point. Another point - unlike Drupada, who refused to perpetuate his friendship w/ Drona, Prishatha valued his own friendship w/ Drona's father Bharadwaj.
Location of Gandhara - they showed Saurashtra, then Sindhu on its north west, then Madra & then Gandhar? Actually, Kekaya was the actual kingdom where they showed Madra. Madra was located in what's today's Punjab - the 5 rivers territory, and north West of that was Gandhara.
From the precap, it looked like it was Bheeshma who led an army against Gandhara, like he had not learnt his lesson w/ Amba. But unlike in the case of Kashi, that's not what Bheeshma did at all. He peacefully approached Raja Subala (why isn't he wearing a crown? He was a real king, not a tribal chief!) for Gandhari's hand on hearing that she was destined to have 100 sons. It's ironic that it was Bheeshma who inadvertantly dug the grave for his family - had he resisted the temptation to get Gandhari, the Pandavas would have been the sole inheritors of Hastinapur, and Gandhari may have married some other ruler and had 100 sons who'd have been no threat to the Pandavas, aside from maybe inter-kingdom disputes.
Don't know the story about Gandhari being afraid of the dark.
Edited by .Vrish. - 11 years ago
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