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The Sage Who Put Death on Trial, and Sentenced Him to Be Born as Vidura
The wisest man in Hastinapura was a servant’s son. Vidura, half-brother to the blind king Dhritarashtra and to Pandu, spent his whole life telling the Kuru family the truth, and his whole life being ignored. The Mahabharata gives a surprising reason for his birth. Vidura was not an ordinary man at all. He was Dharma,…
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The Night Arjuna Drew His Sword on Yudhishthira Over a Secret Vow
It was the seventeenth day of the Kurukshetra war, the day everyone knew Arjuna and Karna would finally meet. And for one terrible hour that evening, it looked as though the Pandavas would lose Arjuna before he ever reached Karna, because Arjuna had drawn his sword on his own eldest brother, and he meant to…
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The Three Oaths Bhima Swore in the Dice Hall – and the Thirteen Years He Waited to Keep Them
Bhima made three specific promises while Draupadi was being dragged across the assembly hall. He was made to wait thirteen years before he could keep any of them.
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The King Who Sealed Himself in a Tower and Still Died on Schedule
Cursed to die of snakebite in seven days, Parikshit built an unreachable tower and inspected everything that entered. Takshaka came in as a worm in a fruit.
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The Night Duryodhana Chose an Army and Arjuna Chose an Unarmed Man
Krishna offered one cousin his million-strong army and the other himself, unarmed and sworn not to fight. Where each man sat in the room gave away the ending.
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The Weapon That Got Stronger Every Time Someone Fought Back
Ashwatthama released the Narayanastra after his father’s death. It fed on resistance, and Krishna’s only counter was to order an entire army to lie down.
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The 23-Day Duel Bhishma Fought Against the Teacher Who Trained Him
Parashurama taught Bhishma everything he knew about war, then ordered him to marry a woman he had ruined. Bhishma refused, and they fought for 23 days.
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The Baby Born With Four Arms and Three Eyes – and the Hundred Insults Krishna Counted
Krishna promised Shishupala’s mother he would forgive one hundred offences. Shishupala spent his whole life spending them, and the hundredth came at the Rajasuya.
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The King Born in Two Halves – and the Only Way Bhima Could Kill Him
Jarasandha survived seventeen wars against Krishna and twenty-seven days of wrestling with Bhima. The secret to killing him was hidden in how he was born.
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The Deer Pandu Shot While It Was Mating – and the Curse That Ended His Dynasty
One arrow loosed at a mating deer cost Pandu his throne, his sons, and eventually caused the Kurukshetra war. The story of sage Kindama’s curse.