He had also judged Yudhishtir's love for gambling and how he could be manipulated to keep playing in spite of losses.ДЄnother smart move which Shakuni applied was that he had guessed Krishna as one of those persons who would be able to successfully foil all his plans for Kauravas in pitching them against Pandavas. The Smart moves:В Shakuni, by his sheer intelligence and judgement of characters, was smart enough to sense the jealousy and anger trapped inside the heart of Duryodhana towards his cousin brothers, and how he also feared them for their chivalry. The anger, however propelled the king and his son Shakuni to avenge for the insult and Shakuni vowed to being an important tool in eliminating the entire Kaurava clan. The Kurus were mighty kingdom, and refusing the proposal of a mighty king was akin to being suicidal, so they were left with practically no choice but to accept the proposal of Bhishmapitamah. The royal Gandhars felt angry and insulted that their princess was proposed of marrying a blind person. He provoked the Kauravas to do all the incorrect acts and thus formed the very basis of all the wrongdoings of Kauravas.ДЄs per other legends, it is believed that when Bhishmapitamah brought the matrimonial proposal of Dhritrashtra for Gandhari.

He also asked Shakuni to be the reason of downfall of the entire Kaurava clan.ДЄs promised, Shakuni became the guardian of the 101 Kauravas, and was the sheet anchor of the entire 'Chaupad' episode in Mahabharata, which then led to the very war of Mahabharat. The Twist in the Tale:В King Subala, before dying, instructed to make a pair of dice from his bones, which would always produce the numbers requested by him. From then itself, all the rice allocated for the family was fed to the youngest son, who eventually went on to become stronger and much sharper than before. King Subala decided that one of them should live and avenge the death of the entire family. With such a meager amount of food, most of the members of the family died eventually. He imprisoned all of them, and used to supply one handful of rice for all of them every single day. The moment of truth:В Dhritrashtra, eventually learned about the truth of her wife, and decided to punish the entire Subala clan. Gandhari had voluntarily decided to blindfold herself throughout her married life.

This fact, though a bit trivial, however was kept hidden from Dhritrashtra, the eldest prince of Kuru kingdom, who was blind since birth. Technically, this made Gandhari a widow and Dhritrashtra her second husband. Heeding to his advise, King Subala got Gandhari married to a goat, and then killed the goat subsequently. The first marriage:В King Subala of Gandhara, which now falls around modern day Kandahar in Afghanistan, once performed a very holy Yagna in his kingdom.ДЄn astrologer who had attended the Yagna advised him to get his daughter married off to a goat, to bring fortunes upon herself and her family.

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