pranam
G has a basis and connected to history too; YADAVAS HAD 3 DIVISIONS
OF nARAYANI SENA OF kRISHNA TOTALLY IN WHICH vRISHI OF sAYAKI AND NEUTRAL
bALARAMAS ARE THERE. End of Mahabharata war had lot of impacts as the
outsiders participated in the war when returning back had the migrations to
Greek and Iran and Iraq Russia China etc who many millennials later
remained in different names there or returned back with a different names
and scriptures; the words Yayati Yadu etc (starting in "Y") has a history
behind. The mahabhartaham narrated thus:
*The Mahabharata Book 5: Udyoga Parva Kisari Mohan Ganguli, tr. SECTION
XIX "Vaisampayana said, *
* NARAYANI SENA *Narayani Sena, the army of Lord Krishna is called
as the supreme Sena of all time. They were the basic threat to the rival
kingdoms. Fearing Narayani Sena, many Kings didn’t try fighting against
Dwaraka. But Dwaraka sorted most of the threats through Krishna’s politics
and talents. Using Narayani Sena, the Yadavas extended their empire to most
of India. The total strength of Narayani Sena was around 10, 00,000
warriors. The Sena includes Krishna’s 18,000 brothers and cousins. The
Sena had 7 Athirathas and 7 Maharathas. The 7 Athirathas were: { § Lord
Krishna.} A (Pandavas)
{ § Lord Balram. § Samba.§ Ahuka. § Charudeshna. Chakradeva,
Brother of Charudeshna.} (neutral)
§ Satyaki.(Pandavas) ;Of these great warriors, when Narayani Sena was
fighting for Kauravas, only Kritavarman and his army unit fought for the
Kauravas. Satyaki fought for the Pandavas. The rest of the Athirathas and
Maharathas were withheld from the Kurukshetra war on the advice of Balram
and Krishna.
*PANDAVA’S ARMY *In the Kurukshetra war, the Kauravas took all the
inferior Kings and kingdoms to his side with the help of tricks by Saguni
and the fear the Kings had on Bhishma’s combat skills. As a moral support,
few Kingdoms provided troops or logistical support to the Pandavas. So,
it’s said fewer than the fewer fought for the Pandavas. Pandavas’ army had
7 Akshauhinis.
§ Satyaki of the Vrishni Chief(Yadava) - 1 Akshauhini
§ Gatothkach, Son of Bhīma - 1 Akshauhini
§ Dhrishtaketu <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhrishtaketu>, King of Chedi
- 1 Akshauhini
§ Sahadev <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahadeva_of_Magadha>, son of
Jarasandh <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarasandh> (Magadh)- 1 Akshauhini
§ Dhrupad with his sons - 1 Akshauhini
§ Virata <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virata> , King of Matsya - 1
Akshauhini
§ Pandya, Chola, Kekaya and other allies – 1 Akshauhini
The Pandavas chose Dhrishtadyumna as their Commander-in-Chief.
Dhrishtadyumna was the supreme commander of the Pandavas army for the 18
days of war. The Pandavas army had 1, 530,900 soldiers which comprised:
§ 1, 53,090 Chariots.
§ 1, 53, 090 elephants
§ 4, 59, 270 Cavalry
§ 7, 65, 450 Infantry
*KAURAVAS’ ARMY* The Kauravas had 11 Akshauhinis formed by Hastinapur in
alliance with its tribes, its allies and Narayani Sena from Dwaraka. The
generals of the 11 Akshauhini were:
§ Bhagadatta, the veteran - 1 Akshauhini
§ Shalya, Madra King - 1 Akshauhini
§ Nila, Mahishmati King - 1 Akshauhini (from south)
§ Kritavarma (Yadava’s Narayani Sena) - 1 Akshauhini
§ Jayadratha, Sindhu King - 1 Akshauhini
§ Sudakshina, Kambhoja King - 1 Akshauhini (had Yavanas & Sakas in his
troops)
§ Vinda and Anuvinda (from Avanti) - 1 Akshauhini
§ King Srutayudha, Kalinga Forces - 1 Akshauhini
§ Saguni, Gandhara King - 1 Akshauhini
§ Susharma, Trigata King - 1 Akshauhini
§ Kurus and other Allies - 1 Akshauhini
The Kauravas army had 2, 405,700 soldiers which comprised:
§ 2, 40,570 Chariots.
§ 2, 40,570 Elephants.
§ 7, 21,710 Cavalry.
§ 1, 202,850 Infantry.
On Sun, 18 Apr 2021 at 07:10, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 <
iyer...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> Respected Sir
>
> I have taken my copy and the lines is reproduced below:-
>
> *In the years following the Kurukshetra war, the Yadavas had grown to be
> quite unruly*.
>
> The clan itself was divided in part due to the fact that different
> factions had fought on opposing sides of the war. (yadava wars)
> I am not correcting you, probably you would have missed the earlier lines
> or would not have been transmitted.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Gopala Krishnan
>
>
>
>
> On Saturday, 17 April, 2021, 02:58:07 pm IST, Narayanaswamy Iyer <
> iyern...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Dear folks
>
> *"The (Yaadava) clan itself was divided in part due to the fact that
> different factions had fought on opposing sides of the (Mahaa-bhaaratha)
> war."*
>
> Not quite, from what I have heard, both from my family elders and during
> kathaa-kaalalshepams by renowned bhaagavathars. The story goes that, when
> the war was inevitable, Duryodhana went to Krishna, who was sleeping, and
> stood at the Lord's feet. Arjuna came later and not wanting to disturb the
> sleeping Krishna, stood at his head.
>
> On waking, Krishna noticed Duryodhana first and asked him why he had
> come. The latter did his act of salutation and asked that Krishna's
> well-trained and well-armed troops, the Vrishnis, should fight for him
> in the looming conflict with the Paandavas. Krishna agreed. Then Arjuna
> came forward and did his salutations. To Krishna's query, he said that he
> wanted Krishna to fight on the side of the Pandavas.
>
> Duryodana laughed, and asked how a one-man army on the Paandavas' side
> could hope to win the war. Arjuna retorted that Krishna was invincible in
> battle. Then Duryodana demanded that Krishna should not use his sudarshana
> chakra and indeed should not be armed at all during the impending war.
> Krishna acceded to the demand, but assured Arjuna that he would still help
> Arjuna and not desert him. Arjuna had to be contented with that, and felt
> crestfallen and dejected. Krishna assured the combatants that the side
> would win which had dharmam and sathyam on its side.
>
> In sum, no "faction" of the Yadavas fought on the Paandavas' side during
> the Mahaa-Bhaaratha War. Only Krishna acted as Arjuna's chariot-driver.
>
> S Naryanaswamy Iyer
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 1:20 PM 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 <
> iyer...@googlegrups.com> wrote:
>
> *CULTURAL QA 04-2021-14*
>
> *Being a compilation there may be errors*
>
> Q1 How did Krishna die?
>
> A1 The Xennial Fri, 16 April, 2021, This is the story of how a
> god met his end...
>
> *The popular version of the story of Krishna’s death starts with
> Gandhari’s curse*.
>
> But if you really go back, the death of Krishna was foretold much, much
> before that one event. An to know its roots, one must go back in time long
> before the events of Mahabharata even began to unfold.
>
> *To be precise, at a time when Rama was wandering the forests of the land
> looking for Ravana who had* kidnapped his wife, Sita. As we know, Rama
> and Krishna are both incarnations of Vishnu.
>
> *In any case, during his travels, Rama comes across Sugreeva, an exiled
> monkey king who claims to be* wronged by his brother, Vali. Rama agrees
> to help Sugreeva and fires a fatal shot from behind a thicket. *When Vali
> learns of his true slayer, he seeks from Rama the permission to kill him in
> his next life, a boon that Rama grants.*
>
> Cut to the end of the Kurukshetra battle when Gandhari is mourning the
> loss of her 100 sons. The Pandavas, accompanied by Krishna, arrive in her
> chambers to offer condolences but *Gandhari is so distraught she curses
> that Krishna’s clan would meet a similar gruesome end as that of her sons*.
> Krishna smiles and says tathastu, or so be it, setting into motion the
> final round of events that would bring an end of the Yadava clan, to which
> he belonged.
>
> *In the years following the Kurukshetra war, the Yadavas had grown to be
> quite unruly*. The clan itself was divided in part due to the fact that
> different factions had fought on opposing sides of the war. The growing
> mistrust and disdain for each other only grew over the years, as did their
> arrogance.
>
> So much so that once when they were visited by the great sages, Durvasa,
> Vashishta, Narada and Vishwamitra, they didn’t see anything wrong in a
> prank that their young ones played on the sages. Samba, Krishna’s son from
> Jambavati dressed up as a pregnant woman and with his friends went up to
> the sages. The friends challenged the sages to predict if the ‘lady’ would
> deliver a boy or a girl. Since they were no ordinary sages, they saw
> through the trick and *cursed that Samba would deliver a lump of iron
> that would cause the death of the entire race.*
>
> The next morning, *Samba developed labour pains and delivered an iron
> mace*. The onlookers were shocked and went up to Akrura, Krishna’s uncle
> for advice. In his wisdom, *Akrura suggested that the mace be crushed
> into a powder and that the powder be thrown into the sea*. The Yadavas
> followed Akrura’s instructions, except, for a small piece that proved
> impossible to break. So they threw it into the sea without crushing it
> and went on with their lives.
>
> However, as with everything thrown into the sea, *the mace powder was
> washed up on the shoreline and from the soil, blades of a mysterious grass
> began to grow.*
>
> *Several years later, the* Yadavas had gathered on the shore for a
> celebration that got out of hand. Words were exchanged and soon everyone
> was at each other’s throats. No one was carrying any weapons so they
> began pulling out the blades of grass that, by now, had grown tall. Using
> the blades as weapons, the Yadavas killed each other, bringing an end to an
> entire race.
>
> *Gandhari’s curse was finally coming true. Krishna, who had foreseen all
> of this, had gone away to a nearby forest to meditate and await his turn.*
>
> You see, even as the mace powder had been washed on to the shore, the part
> of the mace that wasn’t crushed was swallowed by a fish. *That fish was
> caught by a hunter who fashioned an arrow out of it and several years
> later, unbeknownst to him, was in the same forest that Krishna was lying
> in.* *He mistook Krishna’s feet that were sticking out of a bush for a
> deer and shot the arrow that dealt the fatal blow to the incarnation of
> Vishnu.*
>
> When he discovered what he’d done, the hunter was distraught and *begged
> Krishna for forgiveness. Krishna consoled him and assured him that he was,
> in fact, waiting for his death*. Confused, the hunter asks why, if the
> lord knew of him, was he waiting at that exact spot. Krishna explains
> that in his previous life the hunter was Vali and had sought permission
> from Rama to kill him in his next life.
>
> And so it was that Vali avenged his own death and Krishna’s time on earth
> came to an end.
>
> Q2 Why was Shakuni bent on destroying the Kuru race?
>
> A2 The Xennial Thu, 15 April, 2021
>
> The uncle of the Kauravas played a long game...
>
> One of the first things that comes to mind when one says Mahabharata is
> the epic war at the very end. Indeed, even though it’s just one of the only
> two epics to have been written in India, *Mahabharata is considered by
> some a book that shouldn’t be kept in one’s home since it’s the story of a
> family going to war.*
>
> For most part, the war gets blamed on Duryodhana’s ambition but also to a
> great degree Shakuni’s machinations. *While Shakuni did indeed play a
> large part in egging on an influenceable Duryodhana into seeking the
> throne, he did so because he sought revenge.*
>
> To know why Shakuni hated the Kuru race so much, we must go back in time
> when Bhishma was still a young man.
>
> *At the time, Dhritarashtra was single and Bhishma was seeking alliances
> for him*. His search led him to Gandhara and asked for the hand of its
> princess, Gandhari, for the blind Hastinapur prince. *At first Subala was
> hesitant but eventually agreed, in part because he knew he couldn’t afford
> to anger the great Bhishma. *In any case, neither he nor his son Shakuni
> was particularly happy with the match.
>
> Shakuni was the youngest of Subala’s 100 sons and, by all accounts, also
> the most intelligent too. He loved his sister Gandhari more than anyone
> else in the world and was obviously angry with the idea of her marrying a
> blind prince. When she was a child, Gandhari would be afraid of the dark
> and hence the Gandhara palace would always be fully lit up on all nights. *So
> when she chose to blindfold herself, it broke Shakuni’s heart to see her
> spend her entire life in darkness*. However, knowing better, Shakuni let
> his resentment against Bhishma slide and went with the plan.
>
> *During the wedding preparations, Bhishma is said to have discovered that
> Gandhari was a manglik, which is to say she was born under a sign that
> would’ve meant an early death to her first husband.*
>
> *As was the practice, Gandhari was first married off to a goat, which was
> then beheaded and then married off to Dhritarashtra*. However, Bhishma
> was angry that Subala had chosen to keep this a secret and so he imprisoned
> the king and his 100 sons.
>
> They pleaded that they be fed but Bhishma only granted them a grain each.
> Together, they agreed that Shakuni, being the most intelligent of them all,
> must stay alive. So they donated their share of the grains to him. *One
> by one all the Gandhara princes died in prison as did Subala who reached an
> agreement with Bhishma to let Shakuni live.*
>
> As a result, out of the 100 Gandhara princes, only one survived. And he
> was filled with vengeance against Bhishma: first for being forced to marry
> his beloved sister to Dhritarashtra and then for imprisoning and killing
> his entire family. *As he stepped out of the prison, Shakuni promised
> himself to avenge their death and began plotting a series of elaborate
> plans to drive a wedge in the empire that had done him wrong.*
>
> Q3 Why Duryodhana did not win the war?
>
> A3 Duryodhana would have won the war if he hadn’t done this The
> Xennial Mon, 12 April, 2021,
>
> *The Kaurava prince had a boon but he was tricked...*
>
> As the Kurukshetra war raged on, the casualties increasing with each
> passing hour, it became evident to everyone that the Kauravas were going to
> lose. Most of the veteran generals on the Kaurava side had been slain by
> now and the war was in its endgame. After the death of Shalya (Pandavas’
> uncle who was tricked into fighting on the side of Kauravas) Duryodhana
> goes into hiding. By now he’s the only Kaurava prince surviving. *Bhima
> challenges him to a mace duel in order to ultimately bring the war to an
> end. Duryodhana agrees.*
>
> *When Gandhari hears of this challenge, she decides to break her vow of
> being blind folded for life for just one brief minute*. It was just days
> after she’d lost her son-in-law, Jayadrata, husband to Dushala due to
> Krishna’s deviousness so she felt it important to give her son an unfair
> advantage. Now, Gandhari was a very pious woman and a Vishnu devotee, which
> is also why she was angry with Krishna for not having done anything to
> prevent the death of her sons and even cursed him. The curse didn’t just
> kill Krishna, it brought down his entire dynasty. Even in the little that’s
> written about Gandhari’s powers you can get a sense of her superpowers. *There
> are only two recorded instances during which she removed her blindfold. *The
> first was when she summoned Duryodhana before his mace duel with Bhima. *Her
> only order to her firstborn was that he come to her as the day he was born.*
>
> And so following those orders, Duryodhana took a bath in the lake and
> began walking towards his mother’s chambers. It was late in the night and
> no one was around so he didn’t think much of his state of nudity. *But
> suddenly, Krishna appears from seemingly nowhere and looks at the Kaurava
> prince bemused.* A flummoxed Duryodhana blurts out the reason why he’s
> without clothes. The ever astute Krishna realises that something is up and
> pretends to chide Duryodhana.
>
> And so following those orders, Duryodhana took a bath in the lake and
> began walking towards his mother’s chambers. It was late in the night and
> no one was around so he didn’t think much of his state of nudity. But
> suddenly, Krishna appears from seemingly nowhere and looks at the Kaurava
> prince bemused. A flummoxed Duryodhana blurts out the reason why he’s
> without clothes. The ever astute Krishna realises that something is up and
> pretends to chide Duryodhana.
>
> Let’s not forget despite the animosity, Duryodhana was aware that Krishna
> wasn’t one to be messed with. He nods his head in agreement – *Krishna
> had argued as to how a Kaurava prince could go to his mother stark naked –
> and wraps some leaves around his thighs.*
>
> When he reaches his mother’s chambers, Gandhari asks him if he was ready.
> Duryodhana replies in the affirmative and Gandhari removes her blindfold
> for the first time in her life. *Just a brief look from Gandhari covers
> all of Duryodhana in an invisible armour… except the parts he had hidden
> from her view.*
>
> Gandhari realises her son wasn’t in fact in the nude and is extremely
> angry. It was, after all, the one instruction he had to carry out. *How
> difficult could it have been to understand it, she thunders. A sheepish
> Duryodhana explains that he ran into Krishna on his way to her chambers and
> it was he that had convinced him to wrap something around him before
> appearing before her.*
>
> An incensed Gandhari scolds Duryodhana for falling for Krishna’s devious
> ways. The armour, she explains, would have protected Duryodhana during his
> duel with Bhima the next day. Duryodhana is upset, of course, but assures
> his mother that the rules of a mace duel prevent participants from
> attacking each other below the waist. Gandhari, of course, knows better
> and dismisses her foolish son from her chambers.
>
> The next day when Bhima and Duryodhana face off in the ultimate duel, the
> rules are reiterated. Balarama, a friend and teacher to Duryodhana and a
> mace expert, agrees to referee the duel. *As the duel begins, it becomes
> clear that Bhima’s blows were not affecting Duryodhana in any manner at
> all,* let alone hurting him. Krishna realises what may have happened and
> signals to Bhima to attack Duryodhana on his thighs.
>
> Remember, this was against the rules of the duel and it would have been
> against a warrior’s ethic to attack in such a manner. *However, seeing
> that he had no choice, Bhima followed Krishna’s orders and dealt a fatal
> blow to Duryodhana on his thighs*. Since that was the part of
> Duryodhana’s body that wasn’t covered in a divine invisible armour,
> *Duryodhana
> collapses and eventually dies.*
>
> *Balarama protests that the blow was against the rules of the duel but
> Krishna argues that the Kauravas had broken several rules during the war
> including one that cost his son-in-law Abhimanyu his life.*
>
> With this duel, the war of Kurukshetra comes to an end. *If only
> Duryodhana had followed his mother’s instructions, it was quite likely he
> would have emerged undefeated and maybe even turned the war around
> single-handedly*.
>
>
>
> Q4 Why does Duryodhana have a temple dedicated to him?
>
> A4 The Xennial 29 January 2021
>
> Here's the lesser-known story of why Mahabharat's *most hated character
> is worshipped as a god in a village in Kerala.*
>
> Poruvazhy Peruviruthy Malanada, popularly known as Peruviruthy Malanada or
> Malanada is the only Duryodhana Temple in South India Near Quilon.
>
> Duryodhana, is perhaps the most hated figure in Mahabharata. In the epic,
> the Kaurava prince is shown as an egotistical maniac, who molests Draupadi
> and whose actions lead to the bloody 18-day war.
>
> Yet, if you travel enough around the country, you’ll likely realise that
> in some parts of India, the prince isn’t just loved but also worshipped.
>
> In the Gharwal region, there are even temples dedicated to Duryodhana.
> These temples are primarily in the Jaunsar-Bawal sectors where *Duryodhana
> is believed to have spent some time. *
>
>
>
> The story goes that he was so enthralled by the beauty of the region, he
> appealed to the local deity to let him reign a part of the valley and take
> care of its people. It was thus that Duryodhana came to rule over this
> part of the country… by divine will. And it is here that there are
> temples dedicated to him.
>
> However, over the years, certain villages have distanced themselves from
> the presiding deity as his portrayal in popular culture casts him in a poor
> light.
>
>
>
> This is not the case in the small village of Poruvazhy in Kollam district
> of Kerala where the Poruvazhy Peruviruthy Malanada Temple doesn’t just
> exist but also thrives.
>
> An annual festival attracts hundreds of people as they celebrate a prince
> who they see as a god.
>
> Legend has it that *Duryodhana travelled the length and breadth of the
> country in search of the Pandavas who were living incognito for a year. As
> part of the punishment they received for losing the game of dice to
> Duryodhana, they were exiled for 13 years*. Additionally, to avoid
> another 12 years of exile, they were to live incognito during the 13th
> year. It’s during this year that the Kauravas launched an empire-wide
> search for the five princes and their wife, Draupadi.
>
> At one point in his search Duryodhana, whose real name is supposed to be
> Suyodhana, reached this part of Kerala. Tired and parched, he went to a
> nearby house and requested for drinking water. *An elderly woman gladly
> obliged but soon realised that the man at her doorstep was an upper caste
> prince.* Typically, such an act – despite its benevolent nature – would
> have cost the woman her head. *However Duryodhana, recognising the hollow
> nature of such traditions, didn’t just thank her but also granted her and
> her family hundreds of acres of agricultural land as a token of gratitude*
> .
>
> And in return the locals built a temple in Duryodhana’s honour. The
> temple doesn’t have an idol. At the heart of the temple is just a raised
> platform and devotees submit themselves to a divine power of their
> imagination through a process called Sankalpam.
>
> The Poruvazhy Peruviruthy Malanada Temple is located about 27 km from
> Alumkadavu, which is a village that’s known for its houseboat making
> industry. And every year, there’s an annual Kettukazhcha festival which
> is celebrated with much pomp.
>
> *All the above QA are based on yahoo opening page information on 17-04 -
> 2021. Yahoo answers need not be 100% correct answers *
>
> *Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 17-4- 2021*
>
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