Manthra planned the time period, she knew people will revolt if it's for lifetime, they did in 14 years too but then there were assurances that he will come backOriginally posted by: FlauntPessimism
Mahabharat is 12+1 years of exile not 13+1 years
I think they never planned to give a lifelong exile since that would become a punishment and people/citizens might revolt (just my opinion) it was always aimed to give time sufficient enough to ensure the king creates a stronghold which is difficult to overcome once returned from exile
Especially in case of Kekayi it was completely useless otherwise, I mean did she know her husband will die soon?
What if he lived for 15 more years and hence remained the king? Like Bharat would have been on Crown Prince when Ram retuned how would that help?
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