Mahabharata Family Tree

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[SouvikMisra]

Loved it. Just wanted to say that the Kauravas had a female sibling too. Her name was Duhshala

[FioreCiliegia]

can we all just give this man a round of applause for repeating some of those names so many times as a non-native speaker of the original language? Not easy but he didn't shy away from the challenge :)

[alebaobao]

This story is popular to in Indonesia, like it's become part of our culture. Until I knew that this story is from India.

[thedewasi]

This is not a story, this is our history.

[Pimot]

I am a 61 year old Indonesian, have finished reading fragment books of the Mahabharata, Bagawadgita, Bharatayudha and Ramayana since I was 8 years old. My idols are Bisma, Krishna, Bima, Salya, Ekalaya and Dewi Anggraeni. For Ramayana I like Dewi Shinta, the heroes Laksmana, Hanoman, Kumbakarna and his brother Wibisana and of course all in the Mahabharata - Ramayana version of Java-Sunda, Indonesia. Tks 🙏🏼

[ultimate]

Oh I see, Thats why my Hindu friends say "don't start Mahabharata here bro" when I use to quarrels with him. Now I get it

[rani-pikv]

Mahabharata is a huge part of Indonesian culture. I'm currently majoring in Indonesian Literature and working on my analysation of Indian epics including Mahabharata. Btw I was today years old when I found out the island Java is mentioned in Ramayana. Thanks for the video! It helps me a lot<3

[kuku]

Philosophical side of Mahabharat is that
Five Pandav are your five senses.
Karna is your Ego.
Kauravas are your 100 of Vices and desires.
Bhisma is your blind intelligence.
Krishna is soul consciousness that guides your senses.
So Mahabharat is a war within you to become a better person. Bhagvad Geeta provides the important philosophical advice innuciated by Krishna or soul consciousness.
Shiva is the ultimate cosmic consciousness which one reach after Moksha.
I hope you will pin it.

[ameyb]

Oh and, Gandhari (Dhritarashtra's wife) was the princess of 'Gandhar' that is, the present day 'Kandahar' in Afghanistan.

[PatrickNgobiro]

I watched Ramayana, Mahabharata and utter Ramayana when I was ten. Still remains fresh in my mind.

[himanshu]

I'm from Karnal (Haryana, India), a city named after Karna.
And Kurukshetra is at the distance of just 29 km from Karnal.
Actually Haryana got its name from Mahabharata ( Hari ka aagman/abode of God).
Gurugram is the place where Guru Dronacharya had taught Kauravas and Pandavas.
Panipat, Sonipat were one of the five villages demanded by Pandavas.
Jind is the place where Pandavas had lived their "vanvas"(exile)
And Kaithal was established by Yudhisthira.
Sorry for the long comment 😃

[madhulopa]

The Kuru dynasty was founded by the son of the king Dushyanta and Shakuntala, named Bharata.

[Orlando]

In Java, Indonesia there is also the Mahabarata story, where the story is adopted from the original Mahabarata story in India, but there are some parts of the story that are changed, For example, the Indian version of the Mahabharata Gandari covers his eyes with a cloth to honor her blind husband, Meanwhile, the Javanese version of Gandari looks at the sun so that her eyes will become blind.

[MS-detn]

Mahabharata is not all about war, it is also about what one should do and what one should not do. Each character is an example of that. (There are 100s of characters in epic, so I am going to cover some only. If you want to take a look, then check it on eng Wikipedia.)

Shantanu was a very good ruler, who believed in pure love and didn't care about caste: He didn't know about his first wife when they married. He even didn't care that Satyavati was a fisherwoman. The one flaw about him was his impatience which broke his married life with Ganga.

Satyavati, the fisherwoman, is also referred to as the matriarch of the Mahabharata war. Her role in the epic was little but significant. Her blind ambitions and insecurity, which she thought was good, were some factors of the downfall of the dynasty. The story of Satyavati states that we should think twice before doing something.

Bhishma was very strong and capable, but his too much selflessness made him weak. If he had stopped the events which led to rivalry, the war could have been avoided. His steady oath is criticized. The Mahabharata states that we should change ourselves as per necessity.

Dhritarashtra was physically strong but mentally weak, who was easily manipulated by his brother in law, Shakuni. He knew that his sons were wrong, but didn't stop them because of his fatherly love. He was also very insecure.

Gandhari is known for her devotion towards her husband. Her major flaw was not to stop her sons from doing evil. Her story suggests that parents should develop their child's character from their children or it would be too late.

Pandu died because of his carelessness. He knew the consequences of his act but could not resist his lust and tried to make love with Madri, who also died with him. Incident is mainly about self-control and not being tempted by temporary things (lust for Pandu), which may give pleasure for a while but cause problems in future

Kunti is one of the three female protagonists in the epic (the remaining are Draupadi and Gandhari). She is known for her motherly affection but her secret past (Karna's birth) ruined her happiness. Kunti had the power to be blessed with a son whenever she wanted. Out of curiosity, she used her powers and asked Surya for a son. When Surya gifted her a child, she realised what she had done and had to abandon the kid. Although she saved herself from society but was not able to save herself from the sorrow of her act. The story Kunti tells us to make our decisions with wisdom, not curiosity. Her story also tells that we can't save ourselves from the guilt of our sins.

Karna is the heroic villain of the Mahabharata. He was very generous, skilled and wanted respect. He knew what was right and what was wrong, still preferred to support the wrong side. Karna was born when an adolescent Kunti was blessed with a son from Surya, the sun. Kunti abandoned him with a heavy heart as she feared the backlash from society. He was adopted by Bhishma's charioteer. Later he befriended Duryodhana and was gifted a kingdom from him. Karna, to keep his friendship, did a lot of bad things. The story of Karna suggests that we should stay away from evil friends, even if they have helped a lot.

Draupadi, the tragic heroine, was badly treated by Duryodhana and many others. Her marriage with 5 Pandavas was the result of her greed and impatience in her previous birth. When God asked her what she wanted in her next birth, she asked a husband five times in haste. She wanted her husband to be righteous (Yudhishthira), strongest (Bhima), skilled in every field (Arjuna), the most handsome (Nakula) and the wisest (Sahadeva). God then replied that it is impossible to get all qualities in one single man before granting her the boon. After the war, no one was happy, as everybody lost their loved ones. Draupadi lost all her relatives except for her husbands.

Yudhishthira, the emperor, suffered a lot because of his gambling addiction. Because of him, his brothers had to face a lot of situations. His story suggests that our bad habits not only cause harm to us but also our loved ones.

Shakuni, the plotter in the epic, wanted revenge on Hastinapura. The reason was his sister's wedding with a blind man, which he taught to be the humiliation of his family. His revenge ruined his life too.

Duryodhana, the antagonist filled with greed and pride, never liked his cousins and even tried to kill them on many occasions. His ego was the reason for his downfall. But he is appreciated for his fair and equal treatment with everybody.

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[ryanedwards]

They should do this into a Netflix series. I havent heard the stories of the Mahabharata before, would make a good programme.

[janakakumara]

I started reading an abridged version of the Mahabharata. It is very impressive. Almost every passage has an "aha" moment which makes you stop and think. It also generates a great deal of inner conflict has it is hard to know what is "good" and what is "evil", as events evolve, everything becomes intermeshed and you realize it is impossible to judge anything in such a simple way. All you know at the end is - "The workings of Karma and Dharma is profound and subtle." and weather you chose the "action of the men" or "action of the gods" i.e. inaction and surrender results to the higher powers, you cannot ultimately have any regrets, because it is all too complex of a web for any moral to have known what to do anyways.

[cecepahmadnasori]

The people of Java ( Sundanese and Javanese ) including the Balinese know this story, in fact we have our own version of the story along with Ramayana. The stories are usually told vie puppets or theatrical drama.

[Alephbeth]

as an Indonesian I'm so surprised about the whole explanation. I grew up knowing such Sanskrit names without any explanation of what and who they are. Even majority of Indonesians are not aware those are Sanskrit names. I recall some of Hindu God names from our school's history subject but not that detail.

[aliimran]

Mahabharatam is something to me
The greatest of great I have ever read/watched/heared until now

[bappa]

Thanks for the very good video and the Chart and the knowledge you shared, some enhancements might be appropriate few importance to cover… 1. “Dushyala" is the only sister of the Kauravas. 2. “Jujutsu”, Gandhari’s step son (actual mother Sugadha, who was a maid of Gandhari); he was the only Kauravas, who joined Pandavas in the war and survived. It is sometimes heard that Jujutsu is the primitive name of a kind of marshal-art was first mastered by him and thus the name came up.