The Wisdom Teachings of Harish Johari on the Mahabharata by wil geraets

Author:wil geraets
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-06T16:00:00+00:00

Going into Exile

The wicked Duryodhana felt bad because just a minute before he had the entire kingdom, the Pandava brothers had become his slaves, and Draupadi his maidservant. His father unnecessarily had been generous and given it all back. He did not want to lose it all so easily. Duryodhana went to his father and said, “I am sorry for all that happened. I was angry and full of hatred toward Draupadi because she had abused you and insulted me. Because of that anger and hatred I acted wrongly, but I didn’t really want anything bad. Now they have their kingdom back. But it does not feel completely right, so I would like to invite them to play one final game.”

Dhritarashtra said, “No more games, it only brings problems.”

Duryodhana started whining, “Please, Papa, I will never ask you for anything again. Please let me call them back to play a final game. Before we played for goods and people and that created problems. But the final game should have a different stake. The loser has to live in the forest for twelve years and people may know his whereabouts, but the thirteenth year he has to go into hiding so that nobody knows where he is. Should his whereabouts become disclosed then the loser again has to go in exile for thirteen years.”

Duryodhana was relying on the expertise of his uncle Shakuni. He was confident that if Yudhishthira would come back to play once more he would lose again. He thought that an exile in the forest would be almost as effective at getting the Pandavas out of his way as killing them. When they were in the forest he would rule over the kingdom. And in the year when they had to live anonymously he would send his spies out to find them and surely they would succeed because the Pandavas were extraordinary wherever they were. And then they would have to go in exile for thirteen years again. That way they would never come out of exile and he would have the entire kingdom for himself.

The poor blind king could not refuse his son anything. So the Pandavas were called back just before they left for Indraprastha. Everybody was against another game. But as it had to happen, so it had to happen. Yudhishthira accepted the challenge to sit down and gamble again.

That was another mistake Yudhishthira made because of his attachment to gambling. Gambling is one of the worst things. It is taking risks at the cost of anything, entertaining challenges, and doing wrong things.

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