Mahabharat Episode Discussion Thread # 10/ DT's Nt pg 121 - Page 11

Shruti🤗 Welcome back... did you catch the Bhisma -Ganga reunion? And you are correct - Dhrit sees the miracle😆

Hello Shruti...nice to see you back!! 😊

Originally posted by: AnjanaYYZ

Shruti🤗 Welcome back... did you catch the Bhisma -Ganga reunion?
And you are correct - Dhrit sees the miracle😆

Thanks...🤗
Oh no I didn't catch the reunion.

And yes..Dhrit sees the celestial form, gaining his eye sight to witness the lord. But sadly it doesn't make any difference to that fool. 😆

Originally posted by: bheegi

<font color="#330099">@ Shani- I'm with you there. I don't care about minor distortions in the story as everyone has their own perspective in interpreting this epic but I DO have a major issue with character distortions. No writer would want their characters distorted. Most versions of MB are very consistent in their characterization unlike SP which has distorted quite a few.</font>

That is why POI drove me up the wall

If Karna was actually hamlet-like, POI turned Panchali into Scarlett Ohara

Originally posted by: thearcher

That is why POI drove me up the wall

If Karna was actually hamlet-like, POI turned Panchali into Scarlett Ohara

well that is why POI is called POI and not Mahabharat

i have no issues if modern writers want to interpret characters or incidents of Mahabharta in their own way i like different interpretation of characters but these writers never call their books Mahabharata

but CV's are calling this Mahabharata and distorting characters non stop from the precap seems even krishna ji's virat roop is a distorted presentation

Have we had a non-distorted track?😈 Maybe the original Amba track?❓

Originally posted by: Medha.S

thanks honey 😊

yes, withdrew, fled, ran away -- same difference -- details really! why should i worry about the reason, what he did , why he did is none of my concern -- he did it and it means defeat and fear for your life. Not that it is a bad thing, if it saves your life, it is very clever actually.

the reasons for an action are important to understand an action it applies to several characters in mahabharat

If you wanted to see SRJ as Vikarna, Karna, Drona, Bhishma, Shakuni and Dhrit...today is the day!!😆

Originally posted by: Ashwini_D

Exactly. he might as well have offered to spare the lives of the other Pandavas except Yudi. By agreeing to not kill Yudi, he showed that his personal glory by defeating Arjun in battle was more important to him than ensuring Dury's victory. And this is true to his character, for he always craved what was due to his skill and 'samarthya'.

it wasnt only for personal glory there were other reasons one of which was that he was the choosen combatant for arjuna in the war .Duryodhan depended on him to defeat arjuna that was his main task on which he couldn't turn his back on hence he tried to do justice to both kunti and dury by agreeing to spare 4 pandava by fighting arjuna because that was what dury wanted from him .This what he clearly says to kunti

And he said, 'O Kshatriya lady, I cannot admit what thou hast said, viz., that obedience to thy commands constituteth (in my case) the highest of my duties. O mother, I was abandoned by thee as soon as I was born. This great injury, involving risk to life itself, that thou didst me, hath been destructive of my achievements and fame. If, indeed, I am a Kshatriya, I have, for thee, been deprived of all the rites of a Kshatriya. What enemy would have done me a greater injury? Without showing me mercy, when thou shouldst have shown it, and having kept me divested of all the rites (that are obligatory in consequence of the order of my birth), thou wouldst however, lay thy command on me today! Thou hadst never before sought my good as a mother should. Thou addressest me today, however, desiring to do good to thyself. Who is there that would not be afraid of Dhananjaya having Krishna with him (for the driver of his car)? If, therefore, I go today unto the Parthas, who is there that would not regard me as doing so from fright? Hitherto, nobody knew me to be their brother. If, giving out on the eve of battle that I am their brother, I go to the Pandavas, what would all the Kshatriyas say? Furnished with every object of desire, and worshipped by them with a view to make me happy, how can I render that friendship of Dhritarashtra's sons utterly futile? Having provoked hostilities with others, they always wait on me respectfully, and always bow down to me, as the Vasus bow down to Vasava. They think that aided by my might, they are capable of encountering the foe. How can I then frustrate that cherished hope of theirs? With me as their boat, they desire to cross the impassable ocean of battle. How can I then abandon them that are desirous of crossing that ocean which hath no other ferry? This is the time when all those have been supported by Dhritarashtra's sons should exert themselves for their masters. I shall certainly act for them, reckless of even my life. Those sinful men of unsteady heart, who, well-fed and well-furnished (with every necessary) by their masters, undo the benefit received by them when the time cometh for paying back, are thieves of their master's cakes, have neither this nor the other world for them. I will not speak deceitfully unto thee. For the sake of Dhritarashtra's son, I shall fight against thy sons to the best of my strength and might. I must not, however, abandon kindness and the conduct that becometh the good. Thy words, therefore, however beneficial cannot be obeyed by me now. This thy solicitation to me will not yet be fruitless. Except Arjuna, thy other sons, Yudhishthira, Bhima, and the twins, though capable of being withstood by me in tight and capable also of being slain, shall not yet be slain by me. It is with Arjuna alone, among all the combatants of Yudhishthira, that I will fight. Slaying Arjuna in battle, I shall achieve great merit, or slain by Savyasachin, I shall be covered with glory. O famous lady, the number of thy sons will never be less than five. Five it will always be,--either with me, or with Arjuna, and myself slain.'

Originally posted by: devashree_h

If you wanted to see SRJ as Vikarna, Karna, Drona, Bhishma, Shakuni and Dhrit...today is the day!!😆

So everyone got to see themselves?😆