Story
Gandhari Curses Krishna
- verses
- 46
- book
- 1
- chapter
- 1
What the texts say
Gandhari Curses Krishna is the episode in the Mahabharata where Gandhari, overwhelmed by grief for her sons, approaches Krishna in anger and blames him. Mahabharata 11.25.35 She asks why he disregarded the Pandavas and the Kauravas, two mutually hostile sides, as they moved toward ruin. Mahabharata 11.25.36 Then she foretells that in the thirty-sixth year Krishna will meet death, his kinsmen and sons slain, by a reprehensible means. Mahabharata 11.25.41 In the same epic, Krishna answers that the Kurus were ruined through her own fault, and Gandhari falls silent. Mahabharata 11.26.1, 11.26.6
Where the story is told
Mahabharata 11.25-11.26
Begins at 11.25.35Who is in it
Where to read
Every verse that tells the story, book by book.
- 11.25.35
फिर गांधारी का बदन गुस्से से भर गया। अपने बेटों के दुख में वो बह गई थी। उसके सेंसेज़ हिल गए थे। वो गुस्से से शौरि के पास गई। उसने उनपर दोष लगाया।
- 11.25.36
गांधारी बोली। पांडव और धार्तराष्ट्र एक दूसरे के दुश्मन थे, कृष्ण। जब वो बर्बाद हो रहे थे, तूने उन्हें क्यों इग्नोर किया, जनार्दन?
- 11.25.37
तेरे पास पावर थी। इतने सारे लोग तेरे साथ थे। बड़ा बल तेरे पास था। दोनों तरफ काम आता था। लोग तेरी बात सुनते थे।
- 11.25.35