tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385585168638185203.post6523824667542899009..comments2023-10-17T14:25:05.693+05:30Comments on Sarala Mahabharat: DURYODHANA'S BURDEN OF DESTINYB.N.Patnaikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08758591513346337483noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385585168638185203.post-17992985255553963602011-02-25T12:07:44.495+05:302011-02-25T12:07:44.495+05:30After reading the series of co-incidences, which m...After reading the series of co-incidences, which materialized as curse for Duryodhana even in his infancy, I am heading to the idea, that these curses, vows and other so called un-violable entities might well be narrative strategies, to twist the tale to a certain destiny. Or was it otherwise, so many contradictory and complimentary vows and curses and deeds, those themselves create the hindrance for reading the narrative in a simple causal way. <br /><br />In one Bangla retelling of Mahabharat (Paanchajanya, by Gajendrakumar Mitra), there are references based on the Sanskrit Mahabharata, that just after being born, Duryodhana cried in an ominous voice like that of a jackal, which according to Bidur was surely a sign of great peril. <br /><br />So, though there were enough indications of catastrophe, no good thinking head could do anything otherwise. That brings Mahabharata story closer to the destined helplessness of Greek tragedies.debkamal gangulyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790972282489344476noreply@blogger.com