The entire thing is obviously exaggerated a lot. A lot of the things are over the top in Mahabharata, so if people easily believe certain parts are not true and dramatized like naag lok sequence, Gandhari's blessings to her son and all, so it's natural other parts are very stretched as well. I mean how can a small boy not only single handedly harass 100 boys of his own age but break their bones, fracture their skull, drown them even shake trees🤯😆 and nobody opposes it, not even those putra moha main blinded parents and obsessed Mama. The entire clan always looked for opportunities to put the Ps down, it wouldn't have been passed away so easily if the things were such extreme.
The moment the Ps entered the kingdom it was 100 ks vs 5 Ps. Bhim was the most powerful and was a direct threat to Dur/suryodhan. Hence, Bhim was poisoned in an attempt to eliminate him in the childhood itself.
Well that's the beauty of Mahabharat, everybody has their own way of interpretation and their own truth. No one knows it accurately. The original also has many contradictions and inconsistency. Take everything with not just a grain but a spoon full of salt.
I feel Bhima as an character is always underplayed by the writers. He is said to have won all his battles and conquered a lot of kingdoms too. He even won Anga rajya, defeated Karana multiple times. But, it's never talked about. It's Arjun who gets the most accolades. He held heavier mace than Dur but in kurukshetra mostly used his bow and arrow and successfully defeated everybody including 98 Ks. But Bhima is never said to be good in archery like Arjun or even Karana. Most writers never go beyond portraying Bhima other than a brawny, glutton bully. Mostly because the earliest versions neglected to add anything else to his character making him very one dimensional. But, ironically Bhima is worshipped in almost all parts of India.
Edited by Cutie_Pri - 5 years ago
), they expected Ps and Ks to do that too!
