Reading Notes: A Mother Blinded by Love

Biography: Gandhari: A Mother Blinded by Love: Volume 44

Gandhari is the daughter of King Subala of Gandhara. She marries Dhritarashtra. the king of Hastinapura. However the king is is blind. This does not stop Gandhari from marring him though instead of running away she blindfolds herself to show her devotion to him and they both marry. She is blessed by Lord Shiva to have 100 sons. When Gandhari gives birth she gives it to a shapeless lump. Vyasa says he will help her so he puts the lump into 100 jars and there her sons are all born. However, there is something off about them. When the Kauravas and Pandavas are playing dice and Draupadi has had enough and begins to put a curse of them, Gandhari stops her fearing the worst and urges Dhritarashtra to give them back their winnings. Before the war begins, Gandhari foresees that Bhima will kill her son so she urges Duryodhana to seek peace. She cannot bless her son's side in war as she can only bless the righteous so she knows her son's side will suffer greatly. At the end of the war all her sons die. When she meets the Pandavas again she is torn between grief and rage.

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