Dhritarashtra and Sanjay! #Last blog we saw how Dhritarashtra knew that he lost the war to Pandavas by giving 30 reasons of Defeat to his charioteer Sanjay!. Dhritarashtra said " 31. When I heard that out great warriors could not stand in challenge to Arjuna , but instead killed his son Abhimanyu in Chakravyuh and were celebrating it, that moment I had left the hope of our victory! 32. When I heard that my son's have killed their our cousin Abhimanyu who was a great warrior and were happy about it and Arjun in his rage of anger had decided to kill Jayadrath , that moment I had left the hope of our victory! 33. When I heard that Arjuna has finally fulfilled his promise of killing Jayadrath who was surrounded by his great warriors , that moment I had left the hope of our victory! 34. When I heard that in the battlefield when Arjuna's horses were thirsty , Shri Krushna himself let them free and satisfied their thirst with water and then himself tied the horses again to Arjuna's Rath , that moment I had lost all my hope for victory! 35. When I heard that Satyaki himself had defeated Guru Dronacharya's army which even an army of elephants could not Defeat , that moment I lost my hope for victory! 36. When I heard that Bheem was trapped by Karna but instead of killing bheem he only insulted him and pricked with his arrow on his chest as a sign of insult and that Bheem had escaped death nearly! That moment I lost the hope of our victory! 37. When I heard that Dronacharya , Karna , Krutavarma , Krupacharya , Ashwathama , and even great Shalya did not interfere when Arjuna killed Jayadrath , that moment I had left the hope of our victory! 38. When I heard that Shri Krushna had cleverly made Karna use a deadly weapon on monstrous Ghatotkach which was meant for Arjuna and would have caused his death , weapon given to Karna by Lord Indra in exchange for his Kawach ( Karna's strongest armour, which he was born with) , that moment I had left the hope of our victory! 39. When I heard that Dronacharya has let down all his weapons in sadness over his son Ashwathama's death and sat on ground near his Rath in meditation till death , but Dhristyadhumna had crossed all the boundaries of Dharma yudh (war of Dharma and all warriors following a certain set of rules) and killed Dronacharya in meditation , that moment I had left the hope of our victory! ( At that time if a warrior had dropped his weapon , other warrior would not kill him as the other person is defenseless! - a moral code of conduct in war) 40. When I heard that Madri's son Nakul was all alone in front of brave Ashwathama and his troop but they could not Defeat him , that moment I had left the hope of our victory! 41. When I heard that Ashwathama in rage of his father Dronacharya's death has unleashed the powerful weapon called " Narayana Astra" but could not kill Pandavas , that moment I had left the hope of our victory! 42. When I heard that Bheem has killed his brother Dushasana and drank his blood as promised that moment I had left the hope of our victory! 43. When I heard that the brave undefeated warrior Karna was killed in the battlefield by Arjuna , that moment I had left the hope of our victory! 44. When I heard that Dharma Raj Yudishtir was single handedly confronting warrior Ashwathama, brave Dushasana and aggressive Krutavarma with ease , that moment I had left the hope of our victory! 45. When I heard that King Yudishtir has killed the great king Shalya who was the only match for Lord Krushna's charioteering , that moment I had left the hope of our victory! 46. When I heard that Shakuni (the reason of the infamous Dice Game) who lived his life in deceiving others and playing political games has been killed by brave Pandava Sahadev , that moment I had left the hope of our victory! 47. When I heard that Duryodhana was very tired , had lost his strength in battle , he alone went near a lake and slept at the bottom of it, that moment I had left the hope of our victory! 48. When I heard that on that same lake Shri Krushna and Pandavas were standing and hurling abuse and mean remarks just to provoke Duryodhana to come out , that moment I had left the hope of our victory! 49. When I heard that my son was displaying his skills in Gadhah yudh ( Gadhah a particular type of weapon used for displaying strength and fighting a war) and by Shri Krushna's advice Bheem broke the rule of Gadhah yudh to attack Duryodhana on his thighs and killed him, that moment I had left the hope of our victory! 50. When I heard that Ashwathama and his troop had attacked at night and killed the innocent people of Panchal kingdom and Draupadi's son's against the rules of war , that moment I had left the hope of our victory! 51. Sanjay when I heard that on being chased by Bheem, Ashwathama has used the ultimate weapon " Brahmastra" which killed all the kin and kith of Pandavas , that moment I had left the hope of our victory! 52. When I heard that the dreaded weapon Brahmastra used by Ashwathama was subsided by Arjuna's chant of Swasti-Swasti and his weapon ,and Ashwathama had to give his precious stone (Maniratna) away , that moment I had left the hope of our victory! 53. When I heard that Ashwathama was planning to kill Uttara's child which was still in her womb by using his divine weapons , but Shri Krushna and Ved Vyas himself cursed him , and at this time Gandhari was in a depressed state as she had lost all her kith and kin , sons , brother's and cousin's in war , Pandavas won and had their kingdom back, that moment I had left the hope of our victory! Oooo Sanjay it is thus so sad that only 10 people were alive on the battlefield - Three from our side that is Ashwathama, Krupacharya and Krutavarma and remaining 7 that is - Shri Krushna , Satyaki and 5 Pandavas! In this great battle of Kshatriyas total of 18 akshohini army was destroyed ( 1 akshohini army is 1,96,830 soldiers including horsemen and light infantry , elephants troops etc - so 18 akshohini is 35,42,940 soldiers) thus seeing this there spreads a great darkness in front of my mind, overwhelmed by all this destruction! Saying this he expressed extreme sadness and fell unconscious on the ground!!! #Next blog - Sanjay's advice to Dhritarashtra! And benefits of reading this great Grantham to individual and his/her family!
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