Duryodhana got heaven despite dying on the path of unrighteousness, read interesting facts about Mahabharata Religion
Mahabharat Interesting Facts: Everyone must have heard about the book Mahabharata. It contains a detailed description of the war that took place in Dwapar Yuga. It is not only a war story, but it discusses religion, injustice, policy and many other aspects related to society. In which there are approximately one lakh verses.
The battle of Mahabharata was fought in Kurukshetra, which was a religious war. In this, members of the same family had fought among themselves. Which includes Kauravas and Pandavas. At the same time, Lord Shri Krishna guided the Pandavas and became the charioteer of Arjuna.
Interesting facts
Let us tell you that this battle was fought for 18 days, but before it started, Lord Shri Krishna also preached Geeta to end the dilemmas going on in Arjun’s mind. After this the fight started. In which Pandavas won. After this Yudhishthir took over the throne of Hastinapur.
Who was Duryodhana?
Often when Mahabharata is mentioned or when we see the Mahabharata story in films or serials, Duryodhana is shown or described as the biggest unrighteous person. According to the Mahabharata text, Duryodhana, who followed the path of unrighteous, unethical and untruthful behavior, was a great evil-doer, who was so engrossed in the illusion of kingship that he did not realize the wrong things happening in front of him. He was continuously committing mistakes and wrongdoings under the guidance of uncle Shakuni. He did not want to give even a small part of his kingdom’s land to his cousin Pandavas, due to which this battle was fought.
How did you reach heaven?
Despite this, when Duryodhana died he attained heaven. Yes, you must be feeling very strange after hearing this because in any religious text it is mentioned that people get heaven or hell according to their deeds. In such a situation, how can the unrighteous Duryodhana get heaven? This question must be nagging in the mind.
Pandavas were surprised
According to the Mahabharata story, after completing his life, when Dharmaraja Yudhishthir reached heaven, he saw Duryodhana there. Seeing which he was completely astonished. Then Narad Muni told Yudhishthir that Duryodhana is here in heaven because he attained martyrdom with devotion in the battle between righteousness and unrighteousness. Following the Kshatriya religion, he fought with the Pandavas, due to which he got heaven.
Meanwhile, other Pandavas were also surprised to see Duryodhana in heaven. Only one question was arising in everyone’s mind that how is Duryodhana here? Responding to which Yudhishthir told that even though Duryodhana may have been unrighteous, he had only one goal in life, to achieve which he made every possible effort with full devotion. Due to the goodness of Duryodhana who followed a path with determination, he reached heaven.
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