Mahabharata episode 76: Vanaprastha and the End of the Yadavas

The Stories of Mahabharata

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🗓️ 23 December 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Dhritarashtra, Gandhari, Kunti and Vidur decide to leave the palace and spend the rest of their lives in the forest. Cursed by the sages, the Yadavas, Vrishnis and the Andhakas are destroyed by infighting. Balarama and Krishna dies and Dwarka gets submerged by the sea.

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0:00.0	The Stories of Mahabharata
0:07.0	Retold by Shudipta Bhophaumik
0:11.1	Welcome dear friends to another episode of the stories of Mahabharata.
0:25.7	In the last episode, we heard about the birth of Parikshed, the son of Abhimanyu and Uttara.
0:34.0	We also heard about Yudishti's Ashramedha Yagna and Arjun's encounter with his son, Babruhawahhan. For 15 years from the day Yudishtir ascended the throne of Astinapur,
1:10.0	the Pandavas treated Dithrashtra and Gandhari as their own parents.
1:16.4	Yudishthir consulted Dutrastra before taking any important decision. Please make sure our uncle
1:24.0	Dritrastra never feels like he is neglected.
1:29.2	He instructed his brothers.
1:34.6	He has lost his sons in the war and he feels lonely and dispossessed.
1:39.4	But he is kind to us and loves us like his own sons.
1:43.1	We should treat him like our own father.
1:45.9	Beamsan didn't agree though.
1:48.8	How could you forget the way he treated us?
1:51.6	It was because of his indulgence.
1:55.1	Duryodhan defeated you in that rigged game of dice,
1:57.8	sent us to the forest for 13 years and then refused to give us our kingdom back.
2:02.0	Tritrastra never did anything to stop his son.
2:05.8	And now, you want us to treat him like our father?
2:11.1	Let us try to forget our past animosity, my dear brother, replied Yudishtir.
2:16.5	I hold no grudge against him and I want you all to do the same.
2:22.5	Make sure he is treated with respect and enjoys all the facilities that he is used to.
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