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Posted: 13 years ago
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Jai shree Krishna

Arjun's shown practicing Agneyastra, Varunastra, Vayuastra, throwing 5 arrows at a time & Parjanya bana-capable of collecting clouds together.His dharnu-vidya is like a mayavi's vidya. SB & JV are pleased to see Arjuna.

Back to the introduction channel, 2nd wife of Pandu, Madri, was upset about, no body to call her mother, so Kunti gave remaining mantra's to Madri. She prayed to Ashwinikumaras, Nakul & Sahadev were born, who are an expert in sword fighting. These are Pandavas, Yudhishthira is my shield,who will protect me Bheema is my Gada, Arjuna is my bow & arrow, Nakula & Sahadeva are my swords. Theses are the main warriers of this war to restore Dharma & Nyaya. We will fight this dharma – yudhha together.

JV asks, who is on adharma's side. Krishna tells them about Duryodhan. Maharshi Veda- Vyasa had given boon to Gandhari, that she will be a mother of 100 sons. She was pregnant since 2 years, when heard about Yudhisthira's birth, out of jealousy & anger, she hit her own garbha, resulting in a lump of flesh falling out of her body, she started crying. Vyasajiold her you've done this out of jealousy, but she was unconsolable. Vyasaji then called for 100 big pots, divided that flesh in 100 parts, still some part was left, so 1 more pot was called for, filling each pot with, part of the flesh. 100 sons were born to Dhrutrashtra & Gandhari from those pots & the last extra one was their daughter Dushala. But when the 1st pot broke, Duryodhana was born, there were bad omens every where, as if –ve powers were welcoming their lord, indicating destruction for Kurukula .

Dhritarastra got upset experiencing bad omens, calls Bhishma, Viduraji to consult about these omens. Viduraji giving reference of Niti, says these are signs of distruction in future, he advises Dhritarashtra to abadon his eldest son for welfare of his vansh, nation, country. Atleast his 99 sons will remain with him. He hands over the boy in Dhritrashtra's hand. He refuses to accept Viduraji's advice & Duryodhan, survives.

He is an exact contrast to Pandavas. Yudhisthira follows dharmaraj, Duryodhana is lord of adharma, Bheema gets imotional fast, where as Duryodhana is calculative, Arjuna doesn't hurt anyone, Sahadev & Nakul , who are ready to even die for their brothers. But Duryodhana is cruel, doesn't hesitate in using his own brothers to acieve his mean goals. He considers Pandavas his enemies & plans of killing them.This is the power of Adharma, who will fight with Dharma in this war, says Krishna.

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Posted: 13 years ago
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I was mildly - just mildly - disappointed @ them not showing Pandu & Madri today, nor did they show baby Nakul & Sahadev. In the original, Pandu wanted another son from Kunti, but since she had already had babies from 4 men (including Surya-dev), she refused, so Pandu asked her to teach the mantra to Madri. She did, and Madri invoked the Ashwinis & got twins. Kunti was so angry that Madri could upstage her by getting twins that even she couldn't get, that she refused to help Madri get any more children. One thing - in this serial, they're showing Nakul & Sahadev as identical twins, so how does one tell them apart, particularly if they change colors of their vastras? 😆

Krishna describing the Pandavas as his various weapons - Bhima as his gada, Arjun as his dhanush was sweet, but it sounded strange in the larger context of what happened. The Kurukshetra war was more a war of the Pandavas than of Krishna, and indeed, Krishna, the veteran of so many victorious wars, did not fight in it. If Krishna had been a warrior, rather than a charioteer in Kurukshetra, this statement would have made more sense, but given that he wasn't, it didn't seem very accurate. But I guess that's just my opinion.

I'm glad that they showed Gandhari's true character in today's episode, as Vinu pointed out in her comments in yesterday's update. Gandhari was evil not b'cos she cursed Krishna, but rather b'cos she had that jealousy of Kunti, and shared some of her husband's greed for power. But did she have the Kauravas in the womb for 2 years 😲❓ They sure knew how to make a cushy life for themselves 😈🤣

Vidura's statement to Dhritarashtra was interesting, given that I didn't read it in the MB. It shouldn't have been difficult for Dhritarashtra to at least abandon Duryodhan or give him away, if not outright kill him, since he'd still have 99 more sons left (100 if Yuyutsu was counted) Incidentally, what they showed today was very authentic, and right from the Mahabharata, as recounted here. Only thing - even though both Vidura and Bheeshma were there, they didn't show Bheeshma, even though Krishna mentioned that he too was summoned along w/ Vidura by Dhritarashtra.

When they unveiled Duryodhan, I found it pretty difficult to dislike him, given that he was previously Mahadev in ASR as well as in earlier episodes of Shani Dev. Let's see how they show Dushashan and the others.
Edited by .Vrish. - 13 years ago
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Posted: 13 years ago
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Gandhari was jealous that's what reflected in her sons. Duryodhan's birth time's scenes reminded me of movie "Omen"😆 Elder Duryodhan has tatoo on his hand, was it in fashion at that time?😆 frankly, he looks better then the Pandavas. Representative of adharma is quite strong.😆

Due to rain couldn't watch the epi on tv, seeing online & updating gives a different impression.
Edited by mnx12 - 13 years ago
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Posted: 13 years ago
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Originally posted by: .Vrish.



I'm glad that they showed Gandhari's true character in today's episode, as Vinu pointed out in her comments in yesterday's update. Gandhari was evil not b'cos she cursed Krishna, but rather b'cos she had that jealousy of Kunti, and shared some of her husband's greed for power. But did she have the Kauravas in the womb for 2 years 😲❓ They sure knew how to make a cushy life for themselves 😈🤣



I'm sure I read in the original MB that Gandhari beat at her womb not because she herself was angry at Kunti, but because Dhritrashta was giving her an earbashing for it and he had also 'gotten together' with one of her maidservants 😲 (who gave birth to Yuyutsu), since she couldn't 'serve' her husband, being pregnant and all LOL

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Posted: 13 years ago
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Thanks for clarifying that Vrish...but the Yuyutsu thing is still true right?

About today's episode...I'm kinda getting bored of the whole Krishna showing J&S the story on 'tv' as though he's some University lecturer. I'm almost anticipating them asking him for homework! I wasn't impressed with the guy they chose for Arjun (I promise I'll eat my words if he turns out to be a good actor) lol...IMO he just didn't look special enough if you know what I mean.

I'm guessing the way this track is going, they'll show the whole appointing Yudhishtir as Crown Prince and then show the Pandavas going to Varnavrat etc...and then introduce Draupadi.
I wonder if they'll show Krishna meeting Drupad and him asking Krishna to marry Draupadi before Krishna says life has 'bigger plans' for her.

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Posted: 13 years ago
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^^^ Yup, you're right

during the time when Gandhari was in a state of advanced pregnancy, there was a maid servant of the Vaisya class who used to attend on Dhritarashtra. During that year, O king, was begotten upon her by the illustrious Dhritarashtra a son endued with great intelligence who was afterwards named Yuvutsu


I actually like Krishna narrating this to JS, as opposed to the bhavishwavanis that were there in BRC, or even, say, Parikshit being told the story by Vyasa or Janamejaya by Vaisampayan. It's not ahistorical, and it gives SP the option of using Shrimad Bhagvatam or Devi Bhagvatam as sources, instead of Mahabharata whenever they think it makes sense.

I'll hold judgement on the actors - what they've shown so far reveals squat. That's funny - Drupada offering Draupadi to Krishna.
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Posted: 13 years ago
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When Krishna introduces Sahadev & Nakul, he didn't mention Sahadev's ability to see future, when asked by someone.

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Posted: 13 years ago
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due to powercut i missed the first half of the show
i liked the way they showed the birth of all kauravas and esp kauravs sis Dushala ...i hope they show Dushala too...dont remember if she was shown in BR CHOPRAS MAHABHARAT...nice episode.

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