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Whose death was the saddest for you? And why?
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Originally posted by: Darklord_Rehan
None, according to me. They all played their parts extremely well and departed precisely the way they should have.😛
Abhimanyu death was the most sadest one...
But yes after his death only the real war started.
I disagree w/ some of the choices on offer - Bheeshma, Drona, Karna and Duryodhan. Very strongly, particularly Duryodhan. Yeah, one might complain about them being unfairly defeated/killed, but that doesn't make it sad. I mostly added them on the list because there are a lot of people who sympathize with these Kauravas and even like them, despite the ill deeds they committed. I especially like Bhishma, because he was always the most ethical of the Kauravas...even though he was coerced into fighting for their side, he went against Duryodhan many times during the war and never killed any warrior unethically...of course, he killed many foot soldiers but so did the Pandavas. The foot soldiers were unfortunate targets for both sides.😔 Other than them though, Bhishma never killed any of the Pandav warriors like the Kauravas killed Abhimanyu. As for the other Kauravas, I never felt they died unethically...they were simply reaping the Karma of their deeds and all died in a fitting manner. Dronacharya, Duryodhana, Dushashana, Karna...all of them killed Abhimanyu so sadistically that they all died a shameful death as per their Karma. But still, there are a lot of people who sympathize with them so I added them to the list. What was sad was warriors like Shalya who wanted to fight for the Pandavas being tricked into being dutybound to join the Kauravas instead 😡
Anyway, in the list above, I'd have had, in addition to Abhimanyu, Ghatotkacha and Draupadi's sons, Virat's sons Uttar, Sveta and Sangha and Satyaki's 10 sons (killed by Bhurishrava). All b'cos they were so young, and in the case of Virat, there were no successors. Sangha was killed by Drona while he was carrying his father to safety - he wasn't even fighting. I know there were a lot of other great warriors who lost their lives, but I didn't have space so offered the 'others' option.If I had to include any Kauravas @ all, it would be Vikarna, Gandhari's son who had protested Draupadi's insults but didn't switch sides like Yuyutsu, and was killed by Bhima on day 14. Oh, and Karna's son Vrishasena, who was killed by Arjun in a manner similar to Kumbhakarna - first his bow was broken, then his arms severed, and finally his head.I actually am more upset @ Ashwatthama and Kripa surviving the war, and Kripa going on to be re-instated as the Guru of Hastinapur, instead of being stripped of his ranks and exiled. That's the least he deserved, assuming that as a Brahmin, he couldn't be executed in a civilian set-up. I know! I never actually understood that, because Kripacharya had just as much of a role in Abhimanyu's death and the Upa-Pandavas unethical murder as Ashwathama, but he was let off with no punishment at all.😕 All the other Kauravas died painful deaths and Ashwathama was cursed with a terrible, immortal life, but why did Kripacharya get away with no punishment? I found that quite unfair...unless, Krishna did punish him somehow? Btw, I have a question...who was the third person who accompanied Ashwathama and Kripacharya during the massacre at the Pandavas' camp? Was it Kritavarma, and if so, who was he?As for my vote, I'd vote Abhimanyu, since he left a 13 year old pregnant widow, and later a son who never knew his father.
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