Eklavya still had one hand remaining. Arjun is also called Savvyasachi because he can shoot arrows with both hands through equal profficiency. Eklavya didn't master archery after incident. I don't know if you know this that Eklavya kept challenging Krishna to fight him. Finally krishna fought him and killed him But there krishna also fought Arjuna when a gadhrva devotee of krishna spit paan on his palm. And narada muni suggested him to seek arjuna's protection when krishna became angry due to spit paan. He asked arjun's protection. Arjun gave him. Later when they flund out about each otjer they became sad but had tl fight to keep their word. And they fought bit ultimately Brahma had to intervene in between to stop both because no one was winning. So think If we cut arjun's thumb like eklavya, he still has same proficiency woth other hand. So cool. And krishna wasn't able to defeat him . Now eklavya was defeated by krishna. According to my intellect, Arjun is better Archer.
@@hh-zm9gr arjun was indra's son and i think eklavya didn't have any knowledge of devshastra as he learnt it all by himself ... Talking about only Archery skills not those powers that arjun got by indra and drona's divine weapons teachings.
@@Mazino420 Arjuna doesn't have any godly powers because of being Indra's son. I am talking about BORI CE Mahabharat, the closest to real mahabharata we have. Don't talk based on serials or incomplete knowledge. If you have read, give references to BORI CE. Then we can talk. Until then your comment doesn't make sense. Divya weapon knowledge is given after tests by gurus. Arjuna had to go through crocodile test to get brahmastra. And he he had to do severe austerities and then fight shiva to get pashupatastra. Every weapon that he got, he worked for it. No magical son powers of indra.
@@hh-zm9gr thats what i am talking about he had those weapons if eklavya was able to get those weapons maybe by teaching or maybe some of the techniques of any well known guru he may be able to face krishna i am just saying if he had knowledge of those things.
@@Mazino420 Yeah, you can be right. But Eklavya is not a good guy as is portrayed in movies and serials. And he is not some lower caste non influential person. He attacked Krishna willingly when krishna was eloping with Rukmini devi not due to any vow. So i don't consider him great.
For his act, Dronacharya is accused by secularist, communist, reformist and Ambedkarite scholars with caste slurs. But these scholars are totally ignorant about Drona’s farsightedness and his concern for the welfare of the human race. He had divine sight. Seeing Ekalavya as highly talented Dronacharya blessed Ekalavya to master archery without the thumb. Eklavya became expert in this method too and invented a new art of archery by index and centre fingers. From here onwards a new method of archery was born and Ekalavya was the inventor of this art which is followed by the world today and which is treated as modern art of archery.
Shree Krishna only cleared up his doubt, Karna was pretty sure by this time that he was not "Sutt Putra" but would not insult his adopted mother by ever ring it in public.
@@jaygorakhiya1316 until and unless you have doubt about your parentage you will not believe even Bhagavan Krishna if he came and told you that people you are supposed to kill are actually your siblings, Karan was extremely smart and knew he was born and growing with his Kavch and kundal, it must obvious for him to understand that he was not of the same origin as his parents, but he was krutgya so even though he was pretty sure he was not "Sutt Putra" he would never admit it in public. you and I would do the same if we realized we were adopted but so loved that it was never mentioned at all you and I would also take-up their name and never admit otherwise.
Karana's story is something everyone gets wrong. Suth Putra means son of a Kshatriya father and a bhramin mother (resource manu smriti) His father was no ways poor, he was the charioteer of Bheeshma himself. Drona dint refuse to teach him right away there is a long story behind why Drona stops teaching karna.
Real talk, I've been really not feeling great lately. I clicked on the first episode on a whim, thinking, "okay, I'm gonna watch this, then go to bed." Nope. Here I am, just... Absolutely engrossed in this. You guys are absolutely wonderful. It's given me something to look forward to, and I thank you for that.
Actually the real Mahabharata is worlds biggest poem,this will be movie on it which will be in 4 part around 2025 or 2026 and will be most blockbuster of all time
In the original Mahabharata, Drona's behaviour towards Eklavya was because he was an ally of the Magadhas who were the rivals of Hastinapur. It was purely political.
@@vatsalsrivastav5175 he belonged to the Nishada tribe, just like Guha in the Ramayana. They were mostly forest dwellers and hunters but highly organised. In the Mahabharata, their allegiance was mostly to the Magadha kingdom. Drona was sure that being a Nishada, Eklavya would join them to fight for the Magadhas
This has been a really interesting story so far and I can tell it's good because there are moments where I'm emotionally involved, like that poor hunter who cut off his thumb because the sage asked him to. That kind of human emotion, of choosing the happiness of family over the happiness of others is really thoughtful and while I personally find the action reprehensible, I also understand it was a completely different time. Thanks for posting this
it is through indic prism, it is a story, most westeners try to visualise it through abrahamic conservative lens, and most imp also try to patronise things, keep your mind free of any notions and hear it
Unfortunately, these believes are still dwelling in the cultures, especially in the present political environment. All the bad part is living while the good part has been overpowered. Period.
Dronacharya inspite of all his positive qualities is a actually a representative of the corruption in education system. He sold his gift of knowledge by flouting the commonly held traditions of the time, he denied education to deserving Karna because he only wanted to teach royal children, he killed off competition for his favorite student Arjun by asking for the thumb of Eklavya who could have gone on to become a great archer then he used his favorite student Arjun to extract revenge on a friend turned foe, Dhrupad. All of this he did to give his son Ashwatthama an unfair leg up in life. In the end at the battle of Kurukshetra, or the war of righteousness, he paid for his sins with his life with a lie told by a student whom he trusted a lot, told about a son for whom he did all this.
1. Agreed. 2. Unfortunately it needs to be done in an English setting. Ethnic things like dresses/sets make people nervous. 3. This won't be done because of appropriation 4. The names are too complicated and I can't follow all the Characters. 5. People are weird about divine intervention in movies. They would rather have dragons.
As you may imagine, my ear, only used to hearing english, is having a bit of trouble understanding some of the names, but i find the tale fascinating, none the less. Thank you for widening my understanding.
It's been 3 years and 88Kviews since this video and no1 pointed out that in 27th minute, kunti n paandavs crossed the river n slept and bheem walked miles to fetch water for them.
33:39 karn could easily hit the fish's eye but he wasnt given a chance to do so... Karn wasnt the bad guy but he had seemed to be so because of many reasons.. karn was there in the swayamwar with duryodhan( duryodhan wanted to marry draupadi) but he was humiliated by saying that he was a charioteer's son. Really karn suffered a very harsh life
Wrong, everything written here is wrong. In Panchal swayamvar the warriors were given five arrows to aim at the fish's eye. Karna was able to lift the bow, but unable to shoot four times. When he was going to shoot for the fifth time, Draupadi stopped him from taking part in the competition....yeah.... called him suta putra.... taking part instead of the groom is not acceptable in that swayamwar. That's how the whole swayamvar happened. And how Arjuna won that competition? He did his famous trick, taking all five arrows at once and targeted the aim and won the competition fairly, something no participant in that place were able to do. So don't manipulate the story just for the sake of your favourite character. People just love to make him a pitiful character, right?
pride, jealousy, desire, anger, hate, love all these not controlled results in pain sorrows and failure. Control the mind to control life. Easy said. In reality we are slaves to them. One who ends this slavery within oneself. Wins life.
Sorry but I'll have to disagree withyou.... It isnot ekalavya but Padmabati, the wife of Santunu's greed of throne that set the Mahabharata.... Once again proved women is the cause (in a joking way...no offence)
The thing about mahabharat is, you have to watch it more times to follow the individual characters till the end,when there will be more than 50 notable characters to follow their talents,boons, curses and how they grow up to understand the outcome at the end. And finally relate it to yourself
This is all fascinating, but keeping up with the names and storyline can be difficult, there are so many characters and events. Nevertheless, im just rewatching trying my best, this should really be one huge movie.
@@IndrajaSalunkhe here in this video he said dog was not harm but actually dog was hurt such a way the arrows are injected from up and down of mouth. Which is not ethically correct . it indicates that knowledge was reached and it is in wrong hands which not good to society. So acharurya taken it back. (Laden is a highly talented civil engineer but he used his knowledge to distraction. Like now a days fools are knowledge .so called educated fools which not even electing their own readers . )
Eklavya sure but karna he plotted to burn pandavas with their mother in lac palace. I consider it cruel. He also couldn't string bow at draupadi swavamvar and after arjun won the svayamwar, karna instigated every king that how could this low caste and inferior brahamana take draupadi away. He along with others then attacked arjun and bheem. (Other pandavas had left). And arjuna defeated karna. Karna became surprized amd told that only shiva can defeat him and that no ordinary brahamana can. He asked who arjun is and attacked once again. Arjuna again defeated him. Karna also was the one who ordered duashasana to disrobe draupadi. I know, through serials everyone thinka duryodhan said it. But in actual mahabharat(Bori or KMG), clearly mentioned that karna ordered her disrobing. On 13th day, karna and his brother along with duryodhan his son dusshasana with his son, kritavarma kripa and ashwatthama all attacked abhimanyu and abhimamyu smashed all of them single handedly. He killed karna's brother(but in fair manner) and duryodhan son. Karna fled bit he came back and cut abhimanyu's bowstring from back. All 7 maharathi took this moment to attack on poor abhimanyu. They smashed his ratha took away his weapons amd mocked at him. After reading all this in real mahabharata, I can't take karna hero tragic unsung warrior of mahabharata bullshit shown by serials seriously. Because i have read original mahabharat(atleast closest to oroginal there exists in the world right now). Also, Eklavya kept challenging Krishna to fight him constantly. So finally krishna krishna fought him and killed him but before that granted him a boon.
@@hh-zm9gr u talk as if Arjuna is clean. Arjuna is th most privileged character in Mahabharata..got help anytime he needed as gurus,as power, as position, mother,father,wife. Duryodhana was rightful heir of Hastinapur.. or karna..
@@ajaym963 No karna was part of it. I have read it in both bori and kmg mahabharat. Read the JATUGRIHADAHA parva 29th chapter. Duryodhan became jealous of bhima's strength arjun's skill and went to karna and shakuni and then plotted this.
14:15 O come on guys Mahabharat show’s us how complexity of situation can lead to havoc, Dronaachaarya had taken pledge to teach only king’s sons and make them great that’s why he had taken such brutal step, which was wrong for sure. Just like what happened with Bhishm, pandavs, etc.
what a beautify .. Hinduism is so honest, it is not a religion .. it is clarification on your choices and your life.. it will try to improve your living.. but it wont force it.. its is all about the choices and no one is wrong... just be ready to face the karma
Pandavas who are said 'heroes' of Mahabharata were neither heroes nor stronger than Duryodhana, Karna, Bhishma and Drona. They were the reason for the sad lives of Eklavya, Karna, Asvatthama, etc.
And spoiler is Lord Krishna appears at 35th min.. 😂.. my personal favorite being Angh Raj Karn... so much suffering yet virtuous enuf to present his unbreakable body shield to Lord Krishna in the war.. All Hail Angh Raj Karn.. the Destiny's child who was on the wrong side 😥😢
karna plotted to burn pandavas with their mother in lac palace. I consider it cruel. He also couldn't string bow at draupadi swavamvar and after arjun won the svayamwar, karna instigated every king that how could this low caste and inferior brahamana take draupadi away. He along with others then attacked arjun and bheem. (Other pandavas had left). And arjuna defeated karna. Karna became surprized amd told that only shiva can defeat him and that no ordinary brahamana can. He asked who arjun is and attacked once again. Arjuna again defeated him. Karna also was the one who ordered duashasana to disrobe draupadi. I know, through serials everyone thinka duryodhan said it. But in actual mahabharat(Bori or KMG), clearly mentioned that karna ordered her disrobing. On 13th day, karna and his brother along with duryodhan his son dusshasana with his son, kritavarma kripa and ashwatthama all attacked abhimanyu and abhimamyu smashed all of them single handedly. He killed karna's brother(but in fair manner) and duryodhan son. Karna fled bit he came back and cut abhimanyu's bowstring from back. All 7 maharathi took this moment to attack on poor abhimanyu. They smashed his ratha took away his weapons amd mocked at him. After reading all this in real mahabharata, I can't take karna hero tragic unsung warrior of mahabharata bullshit shown by serials seriously. Because i have read original mahabharat(atleast closest to oroginal there exists in the world right now). Also, Eklavya kept challenging Krishna to fight him constantly. So finally krishna krishna fought him and killed him but before that granted him a boon.
Fact: krishna always disliked Karna. When draupadi was disrobed, it was he who called karna the "trunk of evilness" and it was he only who provoked Arjuna to kill him after he decided not to kill him because he was unarmed. And it was he only who justified his killing again and again..
I wanted Draupadi’s elaborate story. It was her father who cursed her with a life of misery before he found about how amazing his daughter was. Ultimately her father was the entire cause of her plight and since the father knew this, he would always suffer from pain.
Bruh! Go read real Mahabharat instead of watching serials. Draupadi was very much loved by his father and he never ever cursed her..He was the only one who wanted to fight Kauravas because of what they did to draupadi.. star plus and Sony is not our history BORI CE Mahabharat is... It's shame people right illogical comment about one of the most important texts of India without even reading it
@@juanaguirre3702 when drona and dhrupad grew up together in school they became close friends. Dhurpad came from a royal rich family and said to drona that after school finished when he became king he will share the wealth with him and help him out. But when he became king it went to his head. the power got hold of him. Drona was poor and suffering and people made fun of his son as he didnt have milk. Drona remember his friend and went to ask him for help. Dhrupad the king said how can there be friendship between a royal rich king and a peasant like drona. The power had gotten to his head and forgot the friendship. Drona embarrassed by this, swore a vow to revenge.
a teacher shouldnt discriminate. however, eklavya did steal knowledge without the teacher knowing. Eklavya got punished for his crime but he did gain a lot. Drona also gets punished later for being unfair. Mahabharat is all about life lessons and understanding duties and peoples hopelessness.
Sorry but 12:39 Eklavya was the son of the Commander of some Kingdom. He wasn't comman by birth. Please note it. The thing about Mahabharat is that even the smallest detail matters!
Then he would have never born. Pandu's children would always be five Pandavas. Karna was born in that very moment when his mother was unmarried teenager who was unable to accept him....that were his birth circumstances.
20:44 casteist slurs can be ignored as they are not in the Veda Vyasas version of Mahabharat. For egs Karna was asked his Parents name and kingdom, not caste as told here
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The whole concept of mahabharat is not wether its a fair play or not but its all about what kind of different characters and behqviour will lead to what kind of results. It has all kinds of characters like good,bad, evil, cunning, loose talks etc. On the whole what we learn from whome is what it matters. What mahabharat has contributed to human race for a better life style is important
Draupadi’s sayambhar story was not told in an exact way. The major reason of Draupadi’s insulting to Karna was as Krishna told her that Karna gonna hit the fish eye and she must not accept anyone apart from Arjun as she was destined to that. I found Krishna’s role in Mahabharat as none less than a astute politician and the only reason Pandavas won Kurukkhetra war was just for the Krishna.
Hi Team, So impressive the animation, music and explanation. I and we all are eagerly waiting for the next volume. Please advise when will that be live. Many thanks! :)
Bheem doesn't mean that he had fatty stomach and its Indian story not any other European countries ,people wore early Roman dress in this which is lunatic,but narration is excellent and beautiful made interesting 😍
@Danny B By cruelty, I'm talking about the way he killed people. Dashing Hidimb to the ground Folding Bakasura in the middle Breaking Jarasandha's spinal cord Tearing open Dusshasana's chest and drinking his blood. Smashing Duryodhana's thigh and stepping on his wounded thigh. If this is not cruelty, what is? But his cruelty was towards evil and hence I called it, in a good way
Karna, eklavya etc so many more unsung heroes in the Mahabharata ❤️ oof what an epic epic😂 also can someone confirm that reciting Mahabharata in house causes a fight? Just got to know about it today
Yes. There were five arrows given to each participant to shoot. He failed four times...that's why Draupadi mocked him and stopped him to participate the competition. Arjuna on the other hand took all five arrows and shot at the aim and was successful in the first attempt.
@@mythofacts3833 Mahabharata have many versions written in different parts of India. These versions can be in the form of different folklores, or have the same pattern as in other versions later written in regional languages. The most ancient texts we get about Mahabharata are written in Sanskrit. And it is taken as the most authentic version of Mahabharata. The authenticity is decided by the date or era it was written...the more texts are older, then more closer the story was written compared to the original incidents. Oh yes, the authenticity of the storyline is verified by checking the number of times that story was repeated in the same way in all versions of Mahabharata. So let's take an example, if there are 20 to 30 written records of Mahabharata, Karna getting insulted by Draupadi and not even given chance to take part in Swayamwar happened in only 2 to 4 versions, and those were mostly the newer version of Mahabharata where karna was shown as a more positive character than in the Sanskrit versions where he was as much as negative character like duryodhana. These were folktales, and in folktales they have completely whitewashed his character to the point that even Draupadi had secret crush on him....and many other nuisances. And yes, according to what I have heard, karna did failed to shoot the arrows, he had his last chance but I guess Draupadi wasn't very interested in him......given his bad reputation for being in the side of duryodhana. She is very prideful woman who had similar mentality like that of kshatriya men, and karna wasn't very honourable man in the eyes of kshatriya clan. That's what I have heard.
It is good explanation except for the part that Eklavya was rejected by dronacharya. It was karna whom dronacharya rejected as the gurukul was given by kings hence only king's children could learn archery there. Eklavya had stolen the archery skill and thus was punished. People can say that this was an act of biases and nepotism, however, little they understand that those were the time where there was not intellectual property acts and copyright laws. The archery was a very skillful talent which had many secrets to it. The dhanurveda describes few of them in details which includes the very specific details of forming bow such as type of wood used how to polish the wood, ways of testing the wood, number of knots, the angle of at which bows must be fired, the types of head of bows and their different use and thousands more secrets. Eklavya was son of Hiranya Dhanu; who was a head of a battalion of Jarasandh army who had always been an enemy to Hastinapur. So, eklavya a potential enemy of hastinapur stole the skill of archery from hastinapur hired acharya which he might use against hastinapur one day. He had to be punished and so he was. I don't think Dronacharya did anything wrong there. He simply preserved his archery knowledge and punished a person who tried to steal it.
Bheem and the rest cross a river, and then Bheem walks for miles trying to find water... Yoo Vyas, can you pass me a hit of that bong after your done..?! 28:00
Well done! i read the comments and it looks like i am the only one who noticed that is missing the part of the gurudakshina asked by drona...i think is a main part...when Draupada got captured and lost half of his kingdom...etc..etc...anyway i like this videos!
Eklavya was no hero ., instead he was guru drohi .. it is necessary to read history as it is written rather than listening or reading someones mental concoction
Aadhya Mathur varnashrama system was in place for spritual advancement where society is divided into 4 sects not by birth but by characteristics of a person similarly 4 orders of life were also defined . It is also imperative that only brahmna and khatriyas were allowed to study scripture since they were intelligent and brahmna has to live by the orders of veda and preach others whereas khatriya rulled according to vedic injunctions mentioned with guidance of brahmna .. also various mantras where only allowed to chant in pure state with correct pronunciation otherwise it could lead to catastrophic effects similarly art of war were only to taught to those who have qualities of a warrior and administrator. Eklavya lack these qualities and hence ordered by his guru to not to practice not because he was afraid or unjust to him but as pr vedic injunction , whereas eklavya showed his characteristics of not following orders of his guru (which guru apradh) but also learn quietly by observing him teaching others ( theft) hence he was ask to give his thumb to reduce further commitment of chaos in society.
I mean this actually proves that the caste system was a horrible thing even back then. No matter how much people argue these days that the caste system back then wasn't rigid and people could switch castes based on their profession, the story of Karna and Eklavya proves that the caste system was infact very rigid and you belonged your father's caste and you can't change that.
Epified channel is making a good job by making such videos of Mahabharata. Please extend the length of this videos. The videos you make is running fast and is covering only three to four minutes. If you do like this videos you can miss many important parts of the Mahabharata story. One mistake is that Karna did not know about his birth until Krishna said him about his birth secret. You are showing the story very fast. You did not show the story of Arjun defeating Drupada, the birth of Amba as Shikandhi in the kingdom of Drupada, etc. Please continue the series of Mahabharata because you had stopped at story at 54 or 55 videos. Please continue the story upto the Kurukshetra battle.
This video should be titled more like 'why pandavas were evil and they destroyed lives just so that they can benefit and get to the throne' At the end of the day, history remembers the one who won as the good guys and the one who lost as the bad guys. Even though both committed equal sins in their lifetime.
Karna was forced to go to Parashuram lord to learn the bhramastra because of Duryodhan and Karna only did so because he valued his friendship with Duryodhan.
@@Siturambo Yes, that's the era my brothers lived in and they are still nostalgic about it. But by 'proper' I mean at the scale of GoT, if not grander.
@@farooqansari totally agree . There is a buzz about the 1000 crore Mahabharata project by Aamir khan if it's happening hope it stays as close as possible to the actual scriptures and hope they do their homework correctly.
