Why Mahabharat continues to fascinate - Page 7

well there are so many meanings to one incident & for knowing it u have to get deep very deep it is actually never ending that's why once we start to get to noe it we cannot stop ourselves

Originally posted by: Pamalo

well there are so many meanings to one incident & for knowing it u have to get deep very deep it is actually never ending that's why once we start to get to noe it we cannot stop ourselves

Isn't that a good thing? It's been a few years of talking and dissecting MB and I haven't been able to stop 😆

it fascinates me because it is an unique blend of all sorts of spices we crave for in a story! All the characters are multi-layered and wear one of the million shades of grey!

Originally posted by: -Jamy-

Wow. Great discussion going on guys. I loved reading every reply posted here. Here are my two cents.

I don't know much about how good ruler Yudhishtira was. But Duryodhana was not a bad ruler. Of course he was a nightmare to Pandavas, but he was very kind and caring towards his subjects. That is why he managed to get eleven akhauhini troups for the war, unlike what did they show in the show.

There is this incident that once severe drought affected the kingdom, which was followed by severe poverty. And Duryodhan did spend even the last penny he had to make sure that no one sleeps hungry in his kingdom. Also he managed to visit every single house to make sure that no one is worried. I don't know how much of this is true. My dad has told me this story. But he also cited the illicit means in which Duryodhana tried to satisfy his greed for the throne. He also said that the ration system for supplying daily needed food etc for everyone, organised by civil supplies department of Kerala State has loosely adopted this idea of Duryodhana. And still, Kerala is the no.1 state in all over India in case food security for past 50-60 years...

Except for his treatment towards Pandavas, Dury was a good person. I've no idea about Yudhi.

@Riti- yeah. In some parts of Kerala, Dury is still considered with love and devotion because he was never a nightmare for his subjects.

@JustMySelf- yeah. Dury was a man unlike what we've heard. Almost all of us have heard only stories about his worst side. Apart from his rivalry with Pandavas, he was a great man. If you read Urubhanga (means the breaking of thigh), a Sanskrit text written on Duryodhana's death, by the most famous Sanskrit play writer Bhasa who is considered to be lived sometime around Veda Vyasa himself, his both sides are explained very beautifully.

@amritat- I've already stated I don't know how much of it is authentic. But when a system founded by him got adopted by a State Goverment and it is still functioning very well, we can't completely discard it also. Only that I meant.

@Neutral2- I've heard about the Malanada Duryodhana temple and kaurava temples you mentioned.😃

awesome thread!! meaningful n informative discussions!! 👏

Thx Sangeeta

Hmm, I find VH to be the defining incident in the epic. Or at least the turning point. I too, have grown up hearing that Syyodhan was actually a good king. I have some sympathy for Karna. None at all for Dushy.