Its portrayed that Mahabharatham was fought after Duryodhana declined to give them 5 villages. Such a statementĬould be made by a person who is under the invisible clutches of duty beyond his personal ambitions. It would have been his duty to fight for the throneĪtleast for the sake of his disabled futher and his mother."I know what is right but I am not able to do it,I know what is wrong but I cannot desist from doing it" said Duryodhana. To expect an able,strong son who also has the right to throne through some interpretations of Dharma to fight and claim the throne. When they were under the oath to not bring home any other woman other than Draupadi,Why would Pandavas marry those woman and produce kids who will later be used in the war for their cause.ĭhritarashtra was a rightful heir to throne and he was denied the opportunity because of his blindness.This also means that Gandhari was denied the opportunity to be the queen.It was natural for them All the other wives of Pandavas(Except Shubhadra) were just used as baby machines and
Played the role of a dutiful husband by providing and protecting her in his palace. In my opinion, Arjun married Ulupi,Shubhadra and others as a political move even though they were under oath not to bring other wives home.There is a folklore that Bhanumathi, Wife Of Duryodhana had indeed asked her friend to marry Karna.She respected their friendship and also indicates that Duryodhana BUT,Arjuna did not even protest his mother to protect his bride and shared her with brothers.ĭuryodhana did not marry for the sake of creating political alliance.Pandavas broke tradition when it comes to polyandrous marriage with Draupadi but not to support Karna.įor all those who say that he took Karna as his friend for his skills, He still appreciated him as a friend instead of using him as his charioteer or chopping his thumb through treachery. Duryodhana's friendship with karna is glorified so much to also defend karna's decision to side kauravas.Īrjun failing on his duty to protect his bride and going on to share her with his brothers is so much downplayed when compared to Yudhishtir's betting of common wife or Duryodhana insulting Draupadi in the hall of dice.ĭuryodhana broke rules of the society and probably also went against his parent's wishes to support Karna. Karna being a bloodline-grandfather(even more than nakul and sahadev) does get his share of limelight.
It could also be the reason why the direct bloodline(Abhimanyu,Arjuna) of Janamjeya get full limelight.If you think about it in a weighted graph,You would see that Janamjeya's direct blood line(Abhimanyu,Arjun) get the most limelight and then the first level indirect (Yudishtir,Bheem).Nakul, Sahadev being step-grandfathers get lower/next level coverage. Mahabharatham is not written as a fact but as a narration to Janamjeya(Grandson of Abhimanyu).It is natural to distort history in favor of winners.