Why you need to marry alot ??

Why to marry so many woman's ?

Khud pe control ni tha ya sena banana tha with kids ? Population control hume abhi karne ko bolte hai why not that time ...🤔😉

Two words- political alliances. 😆

Ladki waale were almost legally (uss time ke) obligated to help the ladke-waale in all of their wars. 😳

Political alliances. Marriage was a good way to ally with other countries. This is infact the most important reason.

Infertility or being aged was another reason. If one woman is unable to give birth to a child, men would marry again. Desire for a male heir and also when one heir would not be capable, so they were able to choose the one who was most able.

Political alliances.

Take Krishna for instance. I think Rukmini didn't exist for a variety of reasons. But whether Krishna married Rukmini or Pradyumna marrued Rukmavati, Vidarbh was an important gateway to southern part of the subcontinent.

Satyabhama was needed to keep intra Yadava quarrels down. That it didn't work is a different matter.

So on and so forth.

Another example is Arjuna.

Panchali brought Panchal with her, the only other clan in the land with a claim to the imperial throne. Effectively, Vyasa made sure (through Arjuna) Panchal doesn't contest Yudhishtira's claim.

Ulupi was a one night stand for Arjun.

Chitrangada was actually war prize whatever Tagore made of it. The marriage ensured Manipura would not go against Indrapastha. Given the location, they would've been a buffer zone against foreign invaders.

Subhadra was Krishna's way of ensuring the alliance between Indrapastha and Yadavas.

Actually that makes the Devdutt Pattnaik claim of Panchali not allowing other wives idiocy of the highest order.

1. She was politically savvy enough to know the importance of such alliances.

2. Her own family would've told her.

3. Pandavas were not idiots not to tell her.

4. VYASA would've told all of them off.

Originally posted by: HearMeRoar

Chitrangada was actually war prize whatever Tagore made of it. The marriage ensured Manipura would not go against Indrapastha. Given the location, they would've been a buffer zone against foreign invaders.

Interesting. I only know the Tagore version. What is written in the texts?

Originally posted by: proteeti

Two words- political alliances. 😆

Ladki waale were almost legally (uss time ke) obligated to help the ladke-waale in all of their wars. 😳

Duryodhan ne nhi kiya Krishna ko......

Even Shalya had to change his side

Although I understood what you meant. This was just a joke

Originally posted by: AnkitaPurka66

Interesting. I only know the Tagore version. What is written in the texts?

Just that Arjuna defeated Manipura arny. Then married the princess.

Tagore made it a love story.

The "love" in that story is made evident by the fact she refused to go to Hastinapuri and refused have her son fight in Kurukshetra. There is an excuse about her father wanting her son to be heir to their kingdom. Which part of it precluded Babruvahana from growing up with his own father before taking charge of Manipura?

Originally posted by: AnkitaPurka66

Interesting. I only know the Tagore version. What is written in the texts?

Nothing much just that Arjun married her. Later she is mentioned that she is returning to Manipur

Originally posted by: AnkitaPurka66

Interesting. I only know the Tagore version. What is written in the texts?

It's simply stated like a political alliance, cutting the romance.

All the romance comes from Tagore. And then of course we have our beloved Ritu da with his queer angle 😆