Mahabharat Episode Discussion Thread #1 - Page 75

Originally posted by: koolsadhu1000

yes

all his sons were killed in the war [ they make out as if only Abhimanyu was killed] only Vrishketu survived , so i guess Duryodhan arranged for the funeral but Vrishketu lit the pyre . This is not mentioned but a deduction ...this Vrishketu thing . I read somewhere that Duryodhan did not allow the Pandavas to participate in his funeral . In the war bodies are lying in heaps in the battlefield and given sadgati after the war is over but the bodies of great heroes r not allowed to rot . Nakul has killed his sons and so has Arjun .

Originally posted by: .Vrish.

No, no, no, no, no!!!!!

That sort of hogwash was only there in BRC.

In fact, all the funerals happened after the war, so none of those who died got to know who Karna really was - not Duryodhan, not Drona, not anybody.

That's what stung Kunti. Yuyutsu did the funerals of all the Kauravas & their allies, while the Pandavas did that of their kinsmen & allies. Ultimately, though, Karna had still not had his funeral done. This stung Kunti deeply, and she ultimately broke down & confessed to her sons and asked them to do his last rites. This distraught Yudisthir, and hence his curse on women that they won't be able to keep secrets (wonder whether this is true 😆)

Essentially, Kunti privately told her sons everything, and they then went ahead and did the last rites for Karna. From then on, the Pandavas had only respect for him.

If one goes by Janemaya's MB, Karna had a surviving son Vrishaketu, who the Pandavas adopted as their own. He played a major role in the Ashwamedha yagna, supporting both Bhima & Arjun. Essentially, w/ Vrishaketu, reconciliation b/w Karna's family & the Pandavas was done.

In his swargarohan tour, when Yudisthir was given a tour of hell, he heard all his brothers, including Karna, begging him not to leave. He then resolved to stay there, and the devas told him that all of them had attained swargalok.

Originally posted by: lovesunshine

why was karna always angry on arjun? what is arjun's fault? all the fault was of guru drona as he declined to make karna his student...arjun had no hand in karna's state...


I agree he could just try to prove that he is better than any of guru drona's students in archery
but why always show anger on arjun ?

Originally posted by: .Vrish.

^^^^ Showing Duryodhan defeating any of the Pandavas is already hurting the story. Duryodhan was superior to none of them. Later, after the Pandava exile, he was superior in gada yudh, but that was only if both the weapons were maces. Mediocre warriors like Drishtadyumna or Drupada rarely had any issues battling Duryodhan.

Originally posted by: candidfrisky

The CVs are showing wrong..Karna started hating Arjuna when he was a competitor to him at Draupadi's swyamvar..