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Originally posted by: JanakiRaghunath
I agree, I think the general audience likes to put down Arjuna because he's hailed as one of the heros of Mahabharat, and no one worships heros nowadays. No, today only gray shaded characters are interesting. People only relate to gray shaded characters, so they like to create arguments to prove that the heros were not heros, and that they don't deserve to be worshipped or hailed. But we have to remember that in prehistoric epics, the heros became heros for a reason. There were certain ethics and moral codes which they followed back then, and are no longer followed now, but that doesn't make them "anti-heros" just because they're not acceptable in today's times.Arjuna is not at all blameworthy in the whole Ekalavya case, so to put him down in order to hail Ekalavya is meaningless. No where in MB does it say that Ekalavya was better than Arjuna and that Arjuna was jealous. Ekalavya is simply described as being a good archer, that's all. We don't know whether he was a better archer than Arjuna or not, because his story ends after giving his thumb to Drona, but to make interpretations that do not exist is impractical.
Awesome Janaki👏
You always put things in a more clearer way, clear and concise. This is exactly what I wanted to say and I agree with every word you have written. 😃
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