Why Mahabharat continues to fascinate

n b4 any of u jump on me i pray u question urselves..y wd famous ppl like karna bheeshma vidhur remain silent if draupadi was really disrobed?y do d versions vary at places or lack in consistency when talking abt d VH?sum places say d dress slipped sum say pulled sum says disrobed if krishna was realy a real char nt a figment of imagination then y in d 1st place wd he nt cum at that very instant when dushshasan even gt hold of draupadi?if krishna provided cloths to draupadi really so d ppl saw miracle infront their eyes..wdnt they hv understood its divine doing?hw cd even then drona bheesma vidhur nt speak out or reanounce thr services to d royal court?who gv yudhisthir right to bet on his bros n d common wife as if they were his property to gamble away?if 4 d sake of winning d war a supposedly truthful yudhisthir cd lie that ashathama is dead then cdnt he hv lied at other times too?a lie told willingly n knowing d facts is more sinful than a lie told at d blurt of d moment isnt it?so if a man to serve his purpose disarm a man by his well planned lie then cnt we ask hw much wd u really bliv in yudhisthir in real life?also d fact that pandavas were never pandus son..bt gods blessings..so hw can their right to d throne arise?even technically pandu ws given d throne as dhriti was blind bt d moment dhriti had son sdnt d legacy of d throne b returned to his blood line?sdnt duri b d legal n only automatic successor to d throne?evn if my pt is over ruled here then duri dnt gt d throne bt neither sd hv yudi as karna was d eldest son..what if kunti didnt remain a silent mute bt revealed all that karna ws d eldest n say karna inherited d throne then what?what if karna handed over d kingship to duri of his own will wd yudi still cd hv gt d throne?isnt their a possibility that arjun being married to subhodra gave an advantage to d pandavas as krishna bcums relative to arjun n 2 protect his sister's interest he being clever n hving foresightednes made better efficient war strategies ?plz cast aside d divine angle n think it as a battle of strategies n then u might b able to get what i mean to say..if kauravas were wiped out..pandavas won..cdnt they hv told historians to rewrite stories glorifying thr tales n struggles?we know when new ministers come they write down their own glorifying achievements so cdnt yudhisthir on bcuming d king ordered that d real records of kauravas b destroyed n manipulate a new story justifying their own actions alone..that they were d righteous one n d kauravas wrong doers?

ya d question may arise then y wd they glorify bheesma karna etc if they were rewriting fabricated facts..bt may b bcoz they had to show that they won against epic soldiers of d stature of karna bheesma drona so that they cd say look we defeated d gr8 warriors so they sang few praises for them too?also d fact that not one writer wrote down mahabharat bt there were many proves that they were building a myth nt recording down facts..

mahabharat fascinates me bcoz like a coin u can see 4m either side of d coin as head or tail..hw u c it is upto u to decide..whether u continue to bliv it like our elders bliv blindly or whether u question d conflicts n scrutinize d details n delve into d logic is upto d individual..all i bliv is a war against adharma cannot make u follow adharma too..then hw do u differentiate ?if kauravas were adharmis n they used tricks to win means krishna n pandavas wd follow d same?an eye 4 an eye policy?that itself is adharma..no evil can b won by equal plotting n cunningnes..i am nt convinced..i see thru mahabharat greedy weak ppl who tries to justify thr actions..tell me some thing if u dont bliv in god n dont pray bt u never sinned or wronged can god punish u?n what wd b ur crime?that u didnt bow down to god?bt arents gods above fury jealousy love lust etc?who is a god?one who dont show any human like qualitys of weakness...bt krishna showed partiality he gave gyan to all y didnt he just walk to kunti n give her d gyan to speak d truth b4 karnas death?y didnt he go n tell kunti to confess yudi ws d=nt d heir to d throne bt karna is n sd b if kauravas r 2 b denied then making karna king might hv solved d issue?duri loved karna..may b he wdnt hv resisted karna as much as he wd hv resisted yudi?so many innocent lives of common men cd hv been saved then..isnt it?also tell me y draupadi rejected karna ?can krishna if he was god advice draupadi to reject karna on basis of caste?can god indulge in casteism?all r equal for him isnt it?n arjun too kept talking of cast..bt duri is d only person who showed he didnt bliv in casteism by making karna a king of a small place..y?sum may say bcoz enemys enemy is frnd..bt even then duri showed he dnt bliv in caste system bt abilitys..much that i hate n condemn duri 4 VH bt still i respect him 4 showing that he honoured quality of a person above caste..

now u can pounce on me 😆..bt i hv no intentions to hurt any1 i just wish nt to gulp down a story handed down thru generations..i want to reanalyze n hunt tit bit facts n understand human reactions..this post is nt with intentions to maligh or hurt any1 bt to enlighten myself as a person..😊

Dont know that Yudhishtir led to this version of events, since he doesnt come off too well😆. My question is that since this was narrated to Parikshit, and since the gurus who did the narration were dependent on the king, wouldnt that have colored the narrative? As you said, ArSu was darned politically convenient for both sides. Some versions say that the 999 sarees never happened but VH did. Some say dharma rescued her, you can interpret that as you wish.

As I said, if you leave divinity aside, it is a fascinating read of the political strategy of the 2 sides. They even make the same moves. Trying to marry Draupadi to begin with, where Krishna intervened. Again with Subhadra, the same thing. Getting help from Narayani sena,

As almost everyone has said, what we seem to be doing is relating it to our lives today and seeing a helpless and not really helpless Draupadi or a conflicted Arjun or a struggling Karna or blinded Gandhari in what goes on around us. That may explain the popularity of MB