![]() The Pandavas enter the gambling hall with neither. Krishna represents intelligence and Draupadi represents luck. In Gambling, throw of dice indicates intelligence and luck.From him descended the Kauravas and Pandavas. Puru became the patriarch of the illustrious kuru clan.Like other Yadavas, he would never be king, but only a kingmaker. Krishna would be born in the Yadava clan. The descendants of Yadu were called the Yadavas.Apart from that there are many ‘Oh My God’ moments for me in this engrossing book viz. What I liked the most in this ambitious effort by “Devdutt Pattanaik” is when he intervenes and writes his own interpretation at the end of each chapter to analyse the situations and scenarios, providing different perspectives which are often overlooked by us. Mahabharata is an epic describing the issues of family feud where cousins fight among themselves for the division of the family property. ![]() This is because I am one of those ‘modern’ people, who does not know about the origin/story of Mahabharata, and reading this book gave me some idea, if not much, about the hows and whys of the story. Fortunately the book is real gold and I found myself rejuvenated after finishing it. I am not such a religious person that I would deliberately read a religious book, but I chanced upon reading ‘Jaya – Retelling of Mahabharata’ when one of my friends gifted it to me. Within infinite myths lie the Eternal Truth
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