The most famous curses in the history of Sanatan Dharm - Page 2

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Gandhari's curse to Krishna

The story begins with the visit of Lord Krishna to Gandhari. In a fit of grief over the death of her sons and the soldiers of her kingdom, Gandhari curses Krishna with the death of all Yadavas in a manner similar to the death of her sons. She blames Krishna for his inaction and believes that he could have stopped the war if he wanted to. Krishna explains how he had tried many times to mediate peace, how Duryodhana refused even a point of land when all that the Pandavas had expected was five small villages, and how Duryodhana and his uncle had tried many times to destroy the Pandavas. However, the lord also explains that he believes that the Yadavas would be destroyed by internal strife and conflict if left unchecked, so he thanks Gandhari for solving his dilemma and accepts the curse as a blessing.

Originally posted by: .Vrish.

In addition to this curse, there was another one by Rishis Durvasa, Vishwamitra, Kanva & Narada. A bunch of Yadava yutes dressed up Krishna/Jambavati's son Samba as a pregnant woman, and approached them, asking them to determine the gender of the foetus. The angry sages told them that this son of Krishna would give birth to a mace which would destroy the Yadava clan. The next day, that very thing happened, and Ugrasena ordered that mace grounded and its powder thrown into the ocean. However, it was washed up @ Prabhasa, and when Pradhyumna was killed, Krishna plucked some grass that had been nurtured by that mace powder, and it became a mace, which he used to kill people around him. Other Yadavas followed his cue and started plucking the grass, getting maces & using them on each other, and soon, all the adult Yadavas were massacred.