Mahabharat Retelecast Discussion Thread 4 - Page 80

What readers often forget is that Mahabharata is Itihasa Kavya. Poetry. Metaphors abound.

Heaven and hell are metaphors.

Yudhishtira lived alone, with everyone who he called his own leaving him, starting with Panchali. He had no one until death. That was his hell.

Originally posted by: Mages

he went to hell not for staking his wife but for the lie he spoke to dronacharya

not only yudi but even rohit in his live say the same yudi went to heaven with his body intact

i am waiting for rohit podcast he will posting it soon from after war to walk to heaven

Maybe that's what shows have but Yudhishtir definitely didn't reach heaven with his earthly body.

I reread the sections to confirm

Originally posted by: HearMeRoar

I'm talking about the excerpt that was posted and the silly talk about Yudhishtira going to heaven with body intact.

He didn't. For whatever reason, he went to hell first.

Then, he had to shed his body to go to heaven.

His brothers and Panchali didn't go to hell. They went straight to heaven.

Even if we consider it with all magical elements intact, Yudhishtira was the ONLY ONE of the protags who went to hell.

Coming to the excerpt, what revenge does he manage to get? Unless author is claiming Yudhishtira pushed Panchali down the cliff, death is the natural end of all human life. Of all life, period. Is he suggesting Panchali wouldn't have died if she loved all equally?😆 Or that Yudhishtira had some sort of power to make her go to heaven with body intact when he couldn't manage it himself?😆 When she was in such a higher position in heaven that he wasn't even allowed to talk to her?🤣

@Bold as I said a few days back even the antagonists reached at least heaven as they laid their lives in the battlefield so he was the only one, not just the only protagonist.

Although I don't think that was a metaphor, it's just a heavenly elements that was added either by Vaishampayan or by later saints so Complete the journey of Pandavas

https://twitter.com/saurabhraajjain/status/1276905119687208960?s=20

srj replied to this beautiful tweet❤

Originally posted by: Mages

https://twitter.com/saurabhraajjain/status/1276905119687208960?s=20

srj replied to this beautiful tweet❤

Wow

Originally posted by: HearMeRoar

What readers often forget is that Mahabharata is Itihasa Kavya. Poetry. Metaphors abound.

Heaven and hell are metaphors.

Yudhishtira lived alone, with everyone who he called his own leaving him, starting with Panchali. He had no one until death. That was his hell.

His father was with him right? The dog,that is Dharm itself. He wasn't alone.

Originally posted by: Mages

https://twitter.com/saurabhraajjain/status/1276905119687208960?s=20

srj replied to this beautiful tweet❤

Originally posted by: Armu4eva

His father was with him right? The dog,that is Dharm itself. He wasn't alone.

If it was metaphor, the dog couldn't possibly be his father.

Originally posted by: Andy3456

Yes 😊. U too?

Yep🤗

Originally posted by: FlauntPessimism

@Bold as I said a few days back even the antagonists reached at least heaven as they laid their lives in the battlefield so he was the only one, not just the only protagonist.

Although I don't think that was a metaphor, it's just a heavenly elements that was added either by Vaishampayan or by later saints so Complete the journey of Pandavas

Actually, everything after the mongoose incident in Ashwamedhika Parva is considered later interpolation.