Duryodhan- A Misunderstood Character Or Not? - Page 6

Originally posted by: _Vrish_

As an aside, Balarama should have put Hastinapur in the middle of the sea and left it there - somewhere south of Muscat, so that they'd never have any contact w/ Aryavarta again, and after the Pandava exile, they'd peacefully have gotten back Indraprastha. Since Balarama was an advocate that the Kauravas & Pandavas shouldn't fight, come what may, that would have ensured his vision, and he could have forcefully taken Samba (w/ or w/o Lakshmanaa) back to Dwarka. 😈

Coming back to the original question, 'Whether Duryodhana was misunderstood or not?', what I learn is whatever people say, he is an evil character. All one has to do is simple analysis. Is it OK for me to behave like Duryodhan? No way. Throughout the life, he had only one aim. To ruin Pandavas. And this is the main reason, he got limited success in life. Why Pandavas were not jealous of him? Though he was not good, he never had to suffer in life. He commanded the largest army in the epic and we see all of them willingly fought for him and died. Those persons who must have rightfully supported Pandavas, supported him. They include even Salya. He was the best mace fighter. Balarama admired him. He was a good mace fighter and a reasonably good archer also. Still he behaved in cheap ways in many areas. if at all, he accepted to leave Pandavas in peace, he had nothing to lose. But he never did that and brought about the ruin of many persons.