Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.1057

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.1057

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c5.1057

(10) When it was almost decided that the battle was inevitable Droṇa boasted to Duryodhana that he would annihilate the army of the Pāṇḍavas within a month. (M. B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 193, Stanza 18).
8) Why Droṇa, whose leaning was towards the Pāṇḍavas, took the side of the Kauravas in the battle of Bhārata. At heart Droṇa was on the side of the Pāṇḍavas. But he fought against them, taking the side of the Kauravas. Even at that time he ardently wished the Pāṇḍavas to win the battle. What is the reason for it? An answer to this question is found in Mahābhārata, Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 43.

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit