Bheeshm,Bheeshm,Bheeshm

Truly he is man of action and not only words.

Sabhyata, Bheeshm stayed strong till the end. But unfortunately when the evil gains more power, the good ones take a beating in the process until Good finally overcomes the bad. That is what happens.

Currently, Dhridhrashtra has only Shakuni by his side. His sons are young and they have no power. At this juncture, Hastinapur still to some extent had the good fortune wherein Dhridhrashtra with or without actually wanting it, had to listen to Bheeshm and Vidur on many matters.

But as the princes grow up and when they return home after Gurukul, Dhridhrashtra got his side of people to support, instigate and make him make decisions overriding those of Bheeshm and Vidur. With Duryodhana and his brothers to his side, and with Shakuni making a comeback, Dhridhrashtra who is currently outnumbered will gain strength..

Bheeshm and Vidur were just simply outnumbered when it came to the scenarios you mentioned. Both Bheeshm and Vidur will be slighted, their opinions rudely ignored once Duryodhan comes back. As King Dhridhrasthra would do nothing but stay silent and pretend nothing happened. And as King, he reigned supreme.

Also, Duryodhan and Shakuni would always come up with the arguments that supported their actions however falsely they had to represent the facts. Dhridhrshtra like he did with those fishermen would side the Kauravas and not consider what Bheeshm or Vidur would say.

It is really sad the way it happened. But MB war had a good many people on the side of Kauravas only because of the fact that they bound themselves with Duty and Dharam to take orders from their king Dhrid and not because they actually supported it.

Originally posted by: poseidon2

forget about lakshagriha but there are some grave mistakes of bheeshma in the past also. he forcefully abducted 3 princesses and ruined their lives. a ceremony like swayamvara where the girls have the right to select their own husband bheeshma came and abducted them and tried to marry them off to his weak brother.

he even ruined gandhari's life by marrying her off to dhritarashtra.

Bheeshm was also human. He made mistakes but he was a great man because he acknowledged them and was ready to face the consequences of his actions. That is what made him different.

Every person in MB had one of more failings, not just the bad guys. Yudhistir was too fair and too peaceful, Bheeshma was too blinded about the need of his Kuru clan, Bheem was too angry and quick to think of consequences, so on and so forth..

They were all acknowledged because they rose tall inspite of these failings and not because they pretended that they had no faults. That is why Bheeshm was called as the Pitamaah. He was a fair man and he acknowledged the error of his own actions too..

Poseidon

Bhishma's actions truly reflected his love for the kingdom and family. I'm not saying he didn't commit mistakes. He did, because he was a human bound with the vows he took. Also, he let Amba go to Shalva after she revealed the truth to him in Hastinapur.

What did Shakuni do for his beloved sister? Became the reason of the death of her 100 sons?

About Dhrit, he did everything wrong in his Duryodhan moh which became the kingdom's curse. Weren't the pandavas a part of his family? A man who fails to take accurate actions just for the sake of his demonic son can't be appreciated.

well there is no denying what Bheeshm did with ambika and ambalika was wrong none of the MB characters were perfect they all made mistakes so did Bheeshm.But he still largely dedicated his life to his family and kingdom he did what he thought was the best for his family

Well said..

All u guys what said is true first yes bheeshm was man of action n thou he committed mistakes but we should not forget that he was human but he was ready to bear the consequences too an more over yes king was supreme power n he was under the pratigya thing n cannot disobey king right away he could only suggest n advice n when 100 +2 That means kauravs , shakuni n karan too supported king n joined him he n vidur become weak thats my point of view 😊

Also, Bhishma was destined to live with the curse he received in his Vasu form.

First of all, each and every character in MB are flawed. But the amount of sins that these characters have committed are different. For example to one extreme we find people like Shakuni, Duryodhana etc and on the other end we have people like Bheesma and may be under some circumstances Lord Krishna himself😉.