Death of Abhimanyu. For me it is the most painful part of MB more painful than VH. Reason though VH was painful Paanchali was saved by krishna, I mean it had a happy ending. But in the case of Abhimanyu the way he died had always haunted me from the days I read it in Amar Chitra katha. Old MB as a young girl I completely avoided watching it as I didnt had it in me to see through the cruelty of his death.
And yesterday when I watched MB again the thought of his death pulled my heart strings especially seeing the young Uttara.
Just a marriage of 4 months and the young girl's life ended as in those days widows had a confined existence.
Abhi was too young far too young to die that painful death.
But then only his death could jolt the Pandavas to the core to break their definition of dharma and come out of slumber.
Abhi's death is the realization that dharma in text books cannot win against adharma. Adharma can be won only by using adharma.
So for the victory of dharma over adharma , adharma has to be used. That is the whole point of Abhi's death.
It needed the death of a young man and the widow hood of even a younger bride for waking up Yudhi and co on how to deal with kauravas and their plotting.
It wouldnt have happened if they were able to stand up to adharma during the dice game.
Even today the lesson of MB is prominent. Dont do adharm yourself. But if someone is using adharm against you simply dont tolerate it in the name of dharma. Raise your voice at the appropriate point or give back the person in the same coin. Else anyways you will be forced to do the same by even more bigger crime staring at you.
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