Mahabharata Related Discussions - Page 7

Well as you can read, Karna immediately accepted that. And I think serial has explained it well. Shakuni didn't want mismatch of opinions within and he also wanted Pandavas to face Bhishma emotionally. He wanted to make full use of Bhishma's bondage of Oath& loyalty and didn't want to let him free by sitting behind.

I have a new question about Draupadi. Edited by .Vrish. - 12 years ago

Originally posted by: .Vrish.

I have a new question about Draupadi.

When it was decided that she should marry all the 5 Pandavas, a few precedents supporting polyandry were cited in that context.  Does anyone recall who they were, and what the background stories were regarding them?

Another question:

When Pandu died, why didn't Satyavati simply suggest to Bheeshma that Dhritarashtra be bypassed in favor of Bahlika/Somadatta/Bhurishrava?

The only info I recall (for Draupadi's marriage to all 5 Pandavas) was Yudhishtra stating the cases of Jatila and Pracheti. Jatila (or Jatila Gautami) was supposed to be wed to all 7 Saptarishis and Pracheti was Hiranya's sister married to 10 brothers. There may have been other instances in all our legends but as the supporting claims given, Yudhistra was said to have spoken of these two women.

As for the supporting Shantanu's nephews, probably Satyavati had her hopes on Dridrastra's 100 sons.

Edited by .Vrish. - 12 years ago

Recalling how DBSK had no Karna in their Mahabharata track inspired a thought experiment.

Originally posted by: .Vrish.

Recalling how DBSK had no Karna in their Mahabharata track inspired a thought experiment.

While doing any serial, there is the cast, and for something like this, the cast would be huge.  So if one wanted to do the story w/ the absolute minumum #characters, who do you think has to be in it?

For starters, I'd say

• Pandavas
• Draupadi
• Duryodhan

Now, others can keep adding to the cast list on who absolutely has to be there, for there to be a story.

You joke, but in both the Ramayan serials, that's precisely what Valmiki did after Kush & Luv were re-united w/ Rama - they just showed Valmiki narrating how Rama made all his sons and nephews kings b4 moving to the part of Durvasa & Lakshman.  (Never mind that that Valmiki too was too lazy to narrate Bharat's conquest of Gandhara, or Rama-Lakshman's conquest of Karupadha desh - much less show it.)

Originally posted by: .Vrish.

Another question:

When Pandu died, why didn't Satyavati simply suggest to Bheeshma that Dhritarashtra be bypassed in favor of Bahlika/Somadatta/Bhurishrava?

Edited by varaali - 12 years ago

Turns out to be a fantastic question - I could find nothing in the MB that explicitly states that Dhritarashtra was crowned - either when Pandu went into exile, or later.  But if he wasn't, on what basis did Bheeshma act on his allegiance towards him, rather than Yudhisthir?  And also, when Yudhisthir came of age, shouldn't he have automatically become king itself, instead of Yuvraj?  Bheeshma could have been the interim ruler b/w Pandu and Yudhisthir, in such a case? Edited by .Vrish. - 12 years ago

Precisely. That was what I too was wondering. But let's analyze the situation a little further. Edited by varaali - 12 years ago