What happened after dice game in Mahabharata?
After the Game of Dice episode in the Mahabharata, the youngest of the Pandava brothers Sahadeva had taken an oath to avenge Draupadi’s insult and had sworn to kill Shakuni, the mastermind of the episode. On the 18th day of the Mahabharata war, the Pandavas attacked Shakuni, Uluka and their army.
How would Krishna have prevented the game of dice?
Krishna simply wasn’t around at the time to prevent the game of dice. He was busy fighting Sālva who had earlier besieged Dwaraka (to avenge Shishupala’s death) during Krishna’s absence. But this is what Krishna says addressing Yudhishtira, in Vana Parva of Mahabharata, on how he would have prevented the dice game from happening at all:
Why did Duryodhana use uncle Shakuni to play dice?
Krishna continues ‘While Duryodhana had lots of money and wealth to gamble, he did not know how to play the game of dice. That is why he used his Uncle Shakuni to play the game while he betted. That is viveka. Dharmaraj also could have thought similarly and offered that I, his cousin, would play on his behalf.
What did Krishna say to Uddhava?
Krishna says, ‘The real friend is one who comes to the help of his friend in need even without being called’. Uddhava: ‘Krishna, you were a dear friend of the Pandavas. They trusted you fully as Apadhbhandava (protector from all difficulties). Krishna, you not only know what is happening, but you know what is going to happen. You are a great gyani.
Did Krishna take revenge on Kauravas?
Shri Krishna said, revenge is another human weakness and another method of destroying Dharma. He stopped and pacified them and said; what is necessary is, not revenge, but a correction of the wrong and re-establishment of Dharma. What was needed was, returning to Pandavas, the property that is rightly theirs, by Kauravas.