Mahabharat Episode Discussion Thread # 15 - Page 6

Originally posted by: amritat

If so many warriors, some of whom were also invincible, come with boons of immortality, then wasn't it unfair for the Pandavas too?

Originally posted by: sonanai

It was kurukshetra war no one there be kidding...still he did not believe Bhima abt ashwathama's death.he knew tht whatever happens yudhishthir will never tell a lie, as he was dharmraj,he went to yudhishthir to knw the truth, after knowing the half truth he dropped his weapon and sat in a yogic position so tht his spirit can search ashwathama's spirit in heaven...

Originally posted by: ...Diala...

No he was immortal/invincible because of his gem.. Krishna cursed him with immortality after he lost it.. This is after Karna is killed.. But no idea why Drona believed the half truth inspite of this

Then Drona's son, catching hold of Duryodhana's hand, and adopting a soothing tone, addressed thy son, saying, "Be gratified, O Duryodhana! Make peace with the Pandavas. There is no need for quarrel. Fie on war! The preceptor, conversant with the mightiest of weapons and like unto Brahma itself, hath been slain. Other bulls among men, headed by Bhishma, have also been slain. As regards myself, I am unslayable, as also my maternal uncle. Rule the kingdom for ever, (sharing it) with the sons of Pandu.

Immortal would be the word rather that Invincible, invincible is used for a warrior who cannot be defeated, Aswathama got thrashed by Arjuna quite a many times.

Originally posted by: ...Diala...

Pandavas also had Krishna who was atleast a Mayavi if not a God, then two warriors born to kill two main warriors on the other side, then we know what all Arjun had, Bhima had a boon of immeasurable strength so Pandavas actually outweigh in my opinion.. and in addition to that, all three main warriors of Kaurava side had soft spot for Pandavas. So the war was unfair to Kauravas IMO

Hmm. But I think it was a matter of perspective here. The Kauravas had a much larger army remember? The only thing that balances the act was Lord Krishna's presence.

Amba already took a rebirth to kill Bhishma and Karna already donated his Kavach and Kundal, so these two immortals were not really immortals at the time of war.

Pandavas were in advantage even before the war, Bhishma and Drona already had a soft spot for the Pandavas, they already told that they wont kill any of the Pandavas, so the only person who could kill the Pandavas was Karna, Krishna smartly disclosed the truthamd weakened him mentally. I know people will say that how is that Karna got weakened?. When Kunti approached Karna, she did not ask for anything, it was Karna himself who gave her the boon of sparing his 4 brothers ( While Arjuna had Krishna already ), this showed that Karna did not wanted to kill his brothers.

While Kaurava were larger in numbers, Pandavas were stronger mentally.

yup, that's right, indeed the pandav's were strong, starpandavs are not that mentaly strong.

yup, drona had only weakspot for pandavs, not abhimanyu.