chapter 7 - answers (part 3)

                                    

                                          
Abhinaya questioned "Maid went in place of Mata Ambika as she was forced to go, but vidura is still the son of ved Vyas. He has the right to royalty. If a fisherman's daughter, Mata Satyavati can become the queen of hastinapur, why can he not become royalty?" 
Duryodhan replied "They are kingdom politics Zara, they take the situation to their favour" 
Abhinaya who got more curious asked "what happened after that suyo?" 
Duryodhan said "Later these three princes  were trained under kripacharya, kulguru of kuru vamsh. Also under the mahamahim bheeshm, they learn politics. 
Years later, they decided to crown dhritarashtra, the eldest as king to which Mata Satyavati was against as he was blind. But after pandu was assigned as general of the hastinapur army and vidur as mahamantri of the kingdom, vidur to follow rules stated that 'Kumar dhritarashtra was not supposed to be a king as per shastras even if he has a great talent" 
Abhinaya said "If a person has great talent but, he is blind, does not mean he cannot become a good king right, well what happened after that?" 
Duryodhan continued" Later Kumar Pandu was made the king, and dhritarashtra who was always told 'one day you will rule this kingdom, behave like a king you are born to be' was happy yet sad. Happy for his brother but sad because he always dreamed of becoming the king of hastinapur, so people can see him with respect and not out of pity" 
Abhinaya said "He must have been sad because every one must have told him to behave like a king, and made him dream of the throne" 
Duryodhan continued "A king needs a queen to rule. Thus, for pandu to get married, dhritarashtra must get married. Mata Satyavati found out that Gandharva Kumari had the boon of Mahadev Lord Shiva himself. She would be able to bore one hundred sons who are very strong. Hence she asked bheeshm to make an alliance with Gandhar rajya and ask for Kumari Gandhari's hand in marriage for his grandson, Kumar Dhritarashtra or to wage war against them" 
Abhinaya who was listening carefully said "Why does Mata Satyavati make it hard for the prince to live? What is wrong if the younger married first? It is true that a king needs eyes to rule a kingdom but they could have given him some status in the kingdom. He was an experienced fighter" 
Duryodhan said "Zara, ruling a kingdom needs power, A strong force, alliances and backup. They are politics, venomous swords" 
Abhinaya questioned " Hmm, so how did Gandhar reply to the alliance?" 
"Later... The news reached Gandhari, they were in a dilemma. Kumari Gandhari was the apple of Every one's eye. She has a boon by bhagawan shiv. She could bore a hundred sons who were very strong.... She was loved very much by her brother.... When the news reached Gandhari, her brother, the yuvraj of Gandhar, Shakuni was not present in Gandhar.... Gandhari was afraid of darkness but was the light of her whole kingdom...." Some replied from behind... 
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550 words 
Let it be in cliffhanger. 
Guess who it was.. Tell me in the comments below. 
Next update is 24th April 2024 
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Until then
Radhe Radhe 
Author Sakshi