Episode#51 Far way from Kurukshetra, King Dhritarashtra and his blind folded Queen Gandhari listened to Sanjay live description of the war scenes. Sanjay had been blessed long ago with Divine vision 'pratismriti yagavidya' with which he could visualize anything happens in the world; he gave the live narration of what actually happening on the battlefield - he said "Oh, King, the battle has commenced between Kauravas and the Pandavas, which is vicious and brutal as the battle between the Devas and Asuras, those warriors are intent on slaying each other; elephants are attacking elephants along with their riders; horseman, charioteers attacking the charioteers, and infantrymen attacking others with swords, arrows and other weapons." Upon hearing the heart-rending narration, Gandhari tears flowed freely, she was intensely worried about her sons, "I cannot bear the thought of losing even one son what could be the state of those mothers who have only one son? She s...

Episode#30 Gandhari enters Hall of Dice, and pleaded King Dhritarashtra to execute justice; she cautioned him that negative omens and spiteful curses coming from pious woman should not be connived as they may lead to downfall. It was Gandhari request and also the fear of retribution of Panchala made king Dhritarashtra inclined towards humanity, he told Draupadi to forget everything, he asked her for three wishes and he assured it will be fulfilled, Draupadi first wish was to free her five husbands and that they would no longer be slaves; second wish was to return their weapons back to them and with outstanding dignity she refused to avail third wish reminding that "a kashatriya lady is eligible to only two wishes and not more; and that her husbands were capable of gaining what they have lost in the game of dice." Thus it was none other than the wise Draupadi who was instrumental in winning back dignity and freedom from slavery for her crestfallen husbands. Karna, who silen...

Episode#11 Gandhari, the Princess of Gandhara, was bought as a bride of Dhritrashtra without disclosing about his blindness; it was only after marriage that she discovered that her husband was blind; she was terribly disheartened and upset with Bhisma since he was instrumental in bringing the alliance. In silent frustration, she kept quite and bound her eyes with a piece of cloth and adopted voluntary blindness throughout her life. Later Dhritrashtra discovered that this was her second marriage, she was born manglik (as per astrology, if the planet Mars is found in particular house of the girl's horoscope, it supposedly results in unhappy consequences of marriage) and as per rituals first she was married to banyan tree. Dhritrashtra was very annoyed since he was not informed about this before marriage. He captured her father King Subala and her brothers including Sakuni and imprisoned them to die starving; they were served only small bowl of rice everyday. King Subala thought a...

Episode # 1 Excerpt from the book Mahabharata Janani Janmabhoomi...! To order the copy log on to www.yogeshdawda.com This is the story of wailing widows, screaming children and mothers! What happened to Gandhari, who lost her 100 sons in the epic battle leaving behind their widowed daughter-in-laws, what happened to Draupadi who lost her 5 young sons and Subhadra’s only son Abhimanyu, Kunti’s fate on losing her eldest son Karna and Vrushali who lost her husband? Bhanumati, who lost her son Laxamana Kumar, her brave husband Duryodhana? And young Laxamani lost her beloved! In this historical war of the Mahabharata more than 40 million soldiers were killed, but the aftermath left behind a trail of bereaving women, children and spouses whose dreams were shattered by the loss of their kith and kin. In 5000 years, we have not fought a single major war in comparison to this Grande war of Mahabharata. In war when armies get massacred, the sufferers are families, leaving behind wail...