Originally posted by: Andy3456
Because he had all the 6 qualities a King needs. Shaurya, Dharm, Karm, Dhairya, Kshama, Dand.
Arjun can't be a king because he had no patience or he was haste in taking decision. Remember the vow taken for killing Jaydrath, if there hadn't been eclipse or like we Shri Krishna hiding the sun, he couldn't have killed Jaydrath. Moreover, he was some how weakened on killing his own kith and kin. Shri Krishna has to deliver Shri Mad Bhagwat Geeta to motivate him. Still he wasn't sure to kill Bheeshm, Angraj Karn.
Bheem's anger was the reason for not being qualified for becoming a king. And he could be manipulated easily.
So, Yudhisthir has to become a king. Well IMO, he was really a very good king.
Yudhishtira had no shaurya and blamed destiny for everything that happened. He refused ro mete out dand. He time and and again threatened to quit his karm - even soft-spoken Arjuna once told Yudhishtira go wear saffron if he weren't prepared to carry out his duties. Panchali, Kunti, Bheema, Krishna, and Vyasa kept asking him to stand up and do the duties of a king. Yudhishtira had to be shamed into it. Panchali finally lost it after war and called him a lunatic who should be locked in an asylum.
Krishna told Yudhishtira it is not enough to understand the truth. That people who don't understand the difference between dharm and adharm are actually fools.
Yudhishtira's utter lack of dhairya was evident in his conversation with Krishna before Jarasandha, in his own words during the argument with Panchali in Vana parva, when he asked Panchali to go and submit to Keechaka so he wouldn't get caught, during the fight with Arjuna in the middle of the war.
What's left... kshama? Yup, we saw that when he justified Bheema stomping on Suyodhana's head, and even Krishna lost his patience with the Pandavas. Kshama shown toward a superior enemy is just fear as he did with Keechaka and Jayadratha (because Kauravas would attack). In any case, he was forgiving a crime done to Panchaliđ, not to himself. Fine kshama that.
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A king who lost the lives, livelihoods, and safety of every man, woman, and child in the kingdom to an evil quartet was not a good king.
A king who told his wife to come to court clad in one cloth with her navel exposed, a king who described her body in disgusting terms to a room full of men, a king who told his wife to submit to another man... that is not a good king.
As far as he knew, the enemy would do the exact same thing to every woman in his kingdom. He simply didn't care. The only thing he cared about was his delusional idea he was honorable. Notice that his honor didn't involve any danger to himself. Only to the people around him.
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Kingdom was run well. Panchali handled finance and was citizen liaison. Bheema handled defense. Arjuna handled foreign affairs and trade. Nakula handled animals and several other duties. Sahadeva handled administration. Kunti was the chatelaine of the palace.
Remind me again... what did Yudhishtira do? Oh, right. He respectfully greeted rishis.
Edited by HearMeRoar - 5 years ago
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