Reality?????

it is usually said that the famous versions of the stories are the Winner's version. This mahabharat is also a winner's (Pandavas) version of the story.

For instance i never accept one thing that parents can name their children which are not gud like Duryodhan- means a bad warrior. Dushashan means a bad administrator.


this is really confusing isn't it. because Balram as a teacher always liked Duryodhan more than Bheem. He even wanted Subhadra to marry Duryodhan.

Duryodhan even accepted Karan despite his caste.

Yudhistir who is considered as the son of Dharamraj used to love playing "Jua".


is watever shown a reality??????

BTW this serial is showing Dhritrashtra and Gandhari in very bad light. they were not tat bad. Gadhari was always portrayed as very nice lady.


By the way Mahabharat had many issues which are prevalent now also.

one of them is Casteism. Karan Despite being the best warrior was not acceptable and always addressed as Sut-Putra.

Second was about eloping. it was neither accepted that times nor now. Rukmi even fought against the army who had Krishna. Balram was very angry on Arjun after he eloped with Subhdra.

third women's condition. Sati was prevalent at tat times and wat happened to Draupadi

Isn't it strange. most of hindus love Krishna. But they hate love marriages. and they love Krishna-Rukmini eloping tales.

Originally posted by: Cool-n-Fresh

Duryodhan or Dussasan doesn't mean something bad.

'Duh' means hard/tough in Sanskrit.Literally, Duryodhana means "hard to conquer".

Similarly Duhshasan means one who cannot be commanded.

Have you read the entire Mahabharat written by Ved Vyas!?😳I'm asking coz it is diffcult to judge the characters from few popular tales.

we used to read short version in 7th class. yup it's difficult.
thanks for clarifying. but in many cases like Durupyog it means bad, isn't it. we used to read Sandhi viched in Hindi where the meaning of Dur was always taken for bad.

Originally posted by: mannu_minnie

we used to read short version in 7th class. yup it's difficult.
thanks for clarifying. but in many cases like Durupyog it means bad, isn't it. we used to read Sandhi viched in Hindi where the meaning of Dur was always taken for bad.

To the fact we actually don't know what happened 5000 years ago.

beautiful post.. at the very beginning you said the ultimate truth .. history is written by winners to glorify winners as well as to demean who lose .. if durya was an ultimate villain he wouldn't have spoke against caste-ism .. not once he did it in several moments and I found there is a temple of Dury in Kerala for the same reason .. a friend like Duryadhan is a priceless possession to one

Any story can be interpreted from a number of perspectives. Each reader typically interprets a story from her or his perspective.

Also story is written by Veda Vyas Ji not Pandavs themselves. Both kauravs and Pandavs were his grandchildren. I think he told the story the way it was and the way society was 5000 years ago. The fact is human nature is same throughout time.