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Originally posted by: ThePirateKing

I believe even Madra was also without any ruler. There is no mention of the Pandava sons from other wives (especially YBNS).

Probably it might have been distributed among them and they could have flourished as minor kingdoms owing allegiance to whoever sits in Hastinapur. Ofcourse no documentation means we can only speculate.

Not sure if Jaimini's version of MB had more details. His Ashwamedha parva was seriously detailed.

Guess vyas ji was in a hurry so forgot to mention other kids. Maybe those kids also died in the midnight massacre

Originally posted by: Nandiniraizaada

Guess vyas ji was in a hurry so forgot to mention other kids. Maybe those kids also died in the midnight massacre

Or as Vrish says Parikshit was chosen on above account . But if that was the case and there were Pandava sons who were survivors I doubt if it would have occurred to Ashwi to go for Women's womb as his objective wouldn't have been met

Btw was Ashwi a bit silly on directing the Astra towards women's wombs???

Men could always remarry and there was always the Niyog facility available

Maybe this has been asked and answered before, but I'm too lazy to check...

Originally posted by: ...Diala...

No Open hair, no Blood shampoo... Draupadi mentions her braided hair in Kamyaka vana to Krishna.. Bhim drinks Dushi's blood and scene over..

Did Gandhari really have a boon to save one of her sons? If yes then how was Bheem able to slain Duryodhan despite of that boon? 😕

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No it does not happen in the epic, this is a folklore, in the epic Duryodhana was a class apart mace fighter, he was superior to Bhima in skill and hence Bhima had to cheat in order to win.

The folklore - Duryodhana is about to go naked in-front of his mother so that can his mother can make his body of Vajra, Krishna tells Duryodhana that is it not appropriate to go in-front of your mother naked, after all he is all grown up now, Duryodhana accepts this advice and wraps a loin cloth around his thighs, Gandhari opens her eyes and Duryodhan's body transforms into Vajra except the thighs, in the battle Bhima slays Duryodhana by hitting on his thigh. ( Hitting on thigh is not allowed in a mace fight ).

[ This is a very rough version of the folklore, if anyone finds it incorrect - please feel free to correct it ]

Originally posted by: Rushika

Did Gandhari really have a boon to save one of her sons? If yes then how was Bheem able to slain Duryodhan despite of that boon? 😕

There is another version... In dyutsabha duryodhan asks draupadi to sit on his lap by slapping his thighs... so bheem vows to destroy his thighs...


Actuallly bheem and duryodhan are equally talented...but duryodhananz whole body except thighs became vajra due to gandhariz blessings... so krishna shows bheema to hit his thighs to defeat him during the fight...