Study of the Bhagavadgita : Chapter-2 : Post- 8. - Swami Krishnananda.
---------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, September 30, 2020. 12:16. PM. Chapter 2: The Background of the Bhagavadgita-8. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. This was again a blow to Duryodhana. “This old man has spoiled the entire thing; otherwise, they would have gone as paupers, having lost everything.” He had a second plan to play dice once again. This time it was not possible for Dhritarashtra to intervene in this matter because there was a condition, as a sting attached to this play, that anyone who was defeated in this game of dice would be exiled; for thirteen years they would live in the forest, and then live incognito somewhere for one year – fourteen years out. The idea was that in fourteen years they would perish in the forest and not come back at all. 2. So again the dice play was organised, and Dhritarashtra could not intervene. All kept quiet. For the second time, Yudhishthira was defeated. According to th...