Why did Chanakya make a hole in the pot!

Post Reply New Post

Next Topic

Prev Topic

tintiny

IF-Dazzler

Joined: 10 October 2006

Posts: 3584

Posted: 18 March 2011 at 10:36pm | IP Logged

Dear Friends,

Lets ponder with some answers as what made Chanakya make a hole in the waterpot Chandragupta was carrying!! I have my own conclusion as to one of the following ;

1) He wanted to make the challenge tougher as Chandragupta had to have some water left in the pot when he reaches the end.....

2) He wanted to reduce some burden from the 'shikari' as the poor man otherwise would have to give a whole lot of new amenities to the slaves!!

Your thoughts please...love Tin

The following 9 member(s) liked the above post:

ridhithakur, Amor., Vishakha_Sakhi, vik rocks, shwetha85, Cuty16, rinku4u, Sinha18, cjs369,

Dear Guest, Being an unregistered member you are missing out on participating in the lively discussions happening on the topic "Why did Chanakya make a hole in the pot!" in Chandragupta Maurya forum. In addition you lose out on the fun interactions with fellow members and other member exclusive features that India-Forums has to offer. Join India's most popular discussion portal on Indian Entertainment. It's FREE and registration is effortless so JOIN NOW!

Related Videos

rinku4u

IF-Dazzler

Joined: 24 May 2008

Posts: 3503

Posted: 18 March 2011 at 10:50pm | IP Logged

Originally posted by tintiny

Dear Friends,

Lets ponder with some answers as what made Chanakya make a hole in the waterpot Chandragupta was carrying!! I have my own conclusion as to one of the following ;

1) He wanted to make the challenge tougher as Chandragupta had to have some water left in the pot when he reaches the end.....

2) He wanted to reduce some burden from the 'shikari' as the poor man otherwise would have to give a whole lot of new amenities to the slaves!!

Your thoughts please...love Tin

Perfect Tin ... i think Chanakya wanted to see the skills of CGM ... but i dont think he wanted to lessen the burden , coz he made the hole towards the lower-end of the pot , by which there will be no water left in the pot.

I think CGM will run faster now to reach to the peak & at the same time will prevent water from falling by his hand .

May be Chanakya wanted to analyse how does CGM handle tough situations coz he will be trained as an Emperor not King ... Big smile

The following 5 member(s) liked the above post:

ridhithakur, Vishakha_Sakhi, vik rocks, shwetha85, tintiny,

shwetha85

Goldie

Joined: 30 March 2010

Posts: 1927

Posted: 18 March 2011 at 11:25pm | IP Logged

Hi Tin,

Good Point to be raised for a discussion! Thumbs Up

In my point of view definitely Acharya Chanakya wanted to make the challenge tough for Chandragupt but the other side is that he had taken the Shikari into confidence that he would prove it to him that divide and rule works the best and took this opportunity to test Chandragupt. He threw the stone at the pot because first to make it tough for chandragupt secondly to keep the Shikari grounded and believe that there is a possibility of him to win at this juncture too...Remember last time he said Bemani this time he cannot use that word!!! That is Chanakya Niti Big smile

Edited by shwetha85 - 18 March 2011 at 11:33pm

The following 5 member(s) liked the above post:

ridhithakur, Vishakha_Sakhi, vik rocks, tintiny, rinku4u,

rinku4u

IF-Dazzler

Joined: 24 May 2008

Posts: 3503

Posted: 19 March 2011 at 12:41am | IP Logged

Originally posted by shwetha85

Hi Tin, Smile

Good Point to be raised for a discussion! Thumbs Up

exactly Shwetha

The following 4 member(s) liked the above post:

ridhithakur, Vishakha_Sakhi, shwetha85, tintiny,

FairyDreams

IF-Dazzler

Joined: 24 September 2010

Posts: 3140

Posted: 19 March 2011 at 6:10am | IP Logged

i think he wanted to make the challenge more tough for chandragupta...

The following 5 member(s) liked the above post:

ridhithakur, Vishakha_Sakhi, shwetha85, tintiny, rinku4u,

theoptimistic

Senior Member

Joined: 11 August 2009

Posts: 911

Posted: 19 March 2011 at 11:52am | IP Logged

Just another thought. Chanakya was a very shrewd diplomat.He hit the pot at very last moment thus the water level will reduce & make the pot lighter making the task bit easier.

The following 3 member(s) liked the above post:

ridhithakur, tintiny, rinku4u,

tintiny

IF-Dazzler

Joined: 10 October 2006

Posts: 3584

Posted: 19 March 2011 at 11:56am | IP Logged

Hmmm, good point.....I missed watching the episode today ...but will catch up with the updates to know the real answer!!

The following 2 member(s) liked the above post:

ridhithakur, rinku4u,

rinku4u

IF-Dazzler

Joined: 24 May 2008

Posts: 3503

Posted: 19 March 2011 at 12:02pm | IP Logged

Originally posted by theoptimistic

Just another thought. Chanakya was a very shrewd diplomat.He hit the pot at very last moment thus the water level will reduce & make the pot lighter making the task bit easier.