![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He had ‘Ichhamrityu’, so lived another six months on his bed of arrows waiting for ‘Uttarayana’. Bhisma would not shoot at Shikhandi, because he had been a woman! He himself revealed to the Pandavas the way of killing him. On the tenth day of the war Arjuna killed grandpa Bhisma using Shikhandi as a shield, goes the story. Traditionally accepted facts, nay ‘ interpretation of text’ hazes our judgement so much that we seldom feel the urge to take a firsthand plunge into the ‘text’ itself to see what is the ‘fact in the text’ if not the ‘fact of history’! However, a close reading of the ‘text’ relating to the death of Bhisma, Drona, Karna and Duryodhana reveals different shades of the accepted myths! The Pandavas and Krishna have earned much ill reputation for these killings. Abhimanyu was killed by seven maharatha’s in of one of the most cowardly acts! It is said the four pillars of the Kaurava side - Bhisma, Drona, Karna and Duryodhana were also killed unethically. The Kuru-war, supposed to be a ‘ Dharma-Yuddha,’ gradually degenerated into one with ‘ Victory-at-any-cost’ becoming the chief protagonist, and ‘ Dharma’ the main victim! The rules of ' fair' warfare framed at the beginning of the war, were thrown to the winds as the war rolled on through its bloodiest phases. ![]()
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