Shouldn't Ambalika/Kunti have gone into vanvas as well? - Page 2

Originally posted by: charizard

yes dhrit kunti and gandhari went to the same forest. dhrit's second wife didnt go because she stayed back with her son yuyutsu when he became the king of indraprastha

Originally posted by: varaali

Regarding Kunti- She never got much of a support from either of her parental families- either Kuntibhoj or the Shooras. It can be understood why she did not want to go back to them.

Her sole support in her martial home, after Pandu's death was- Vidura.

There was nothing wrong in her staying on in Hastinapur- whilst her sons were trudging it out in vanvas. After all , it was her late husband's kingdom. She did not stay in the royal palace, she stayed with Vidura.

Originally posted by: .Vrish.

I disagree. Her DIL had been dragged by her hair to court, and then attempted to be stripped. So Kunti should either have gone to Kuntibhoj's kingdom, or if she felt uncomfortable there, she could have gone w/ Subhadra to Dwarka, where her brother Vasudev was staying as well. It was inappropriate of her to stay in Hastinapur.

Her other option would have been vanvas - if she could do it at the ripe old age 15 years after the war, she could easily have done it then. Vidura did her & the Pandavas no favors by sheltering her. Kunti lacked self respect by accepting his offer to stay in Hastinapur.