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Post by indophile Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:28 pm


1. How many shlokas in Bhagavad-Gita are attributed to Dhritarashtra?

2. For how many days was Karna active in the Mahabharata war?

3. Who was Drona’s guru?

4. Except Lord Shiva, did anyone ever defeat Arjuna in any battle in Mahabharata?

5. Did Drona ever commit a gross illegal act in Mahabharata war?

6. Who killed Drishtadyumna?

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Post by charvaka Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:57 pm

2. 14?
3. Parashurama
4. Hanuman? (or was that Bhima that he defeated?)
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Post by charvaka Mon Jun 06, 2011 3:01 pm

indophile wrote:
5. Did Drona ever commit a gross illegal act in Mahabharata war?

In the killing of Abhimanyu -- he ordered his warriors to attack him simultaneously after he was deprived of his chariot and horse.
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Post by Impedimenta Mon Jun 06, 2011 3:07 pm

3. kripacharya?
4.ekalavya defeated him in a contest and karna defeated all the other pandavas but him. this is a difficult question. may i google?

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Post by Arwen LOTR Mon Jun 06, 2011 3:29 pm

# 1. 1
# 2. 2
# 3. Parashurama

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Post by indophile Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:10 pm

charvaka wrote:2. 14?
3. Parashurama
4. Hanuman? (or was that Bhima that he defeated?)

All are incorrect.

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Post by indophile Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:12 pm

charvaka wrote:
indophile wrote:
5. Did Drona ever commit a gross illegal act in Mahabharata war?

In the killing of Abhimanyu -- he ordered his warriors to attack him simultaneously after he was deprived of his chariot and horse.

Yes. He was the initiator of the combined illegal attack on Abhimanyu.

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Post by indophile Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:17 pm

Impedimenta wrote:3. kripacharya?
4.ekalavya defeated him in a contest and karna defeated all the other pandavas but him. this is a difficult question. may i google?

Kripacharya was Drona's BIL, not his guru.
Nobody other than Shiva defeated Arjuna. Karna had a chance with the special weapon granted to him by Indra, but Krishna carefully steered Arjuna away from a direct one-on-one confrontations with Karna until Karna was forced to use that weapon against Ghatotkacha.

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Post by indophile Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:22 pm

Arwen LOTR wrote:# 1. 1
# 2. 2
# 3. Parashurama

1 shloka for # 1 is correct (the very first one - "dharma-kshetre, kurukshetre" is the single Dhritarashtra shloka).

#s 2 and 3 are incorrect.

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Post by Mosquito Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:23 pm

indophile wrote:
1. How many shlokas in Bhagavad-Gita are attributed to Dhritarashtra?

2. For how many days was Karna active in the Mahabharata war?

7?

3. Who was Drona’s guru?

Parasurama?

4. Except Lord Shiva, did anyone ever defeat Arjuna in any battle in Mahabharata?

Babhruvahana? He almost defeated Arjuna I think.

5. Did Drona ever commit a gross illegal act in Mahabharata war?

Killing Abhimanyu?

6. Who killed Drishtadyumna?

Aswatthama?

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Post by indophile Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:31 pm

To PI:

Except # 3 all are correct.

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Post by indophile Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:40 pm

indophile wrote:
1. How many shlokas in Bhagavad-Gita are attributed to Dhritarashtra?

2. For how many days was Karna active in the Mahabharata war?

3. Who was Drona’s guru?

4. Except Lord Shiva, did anyone ever defeat Arjuna in any battle in Mahabharata?

5. Did Drona ever commit a gross illegal act in Mahabharata war?

6. Who killed Drishtadyumna?

All questions are answered correctly except # 3. The answers are:

#1 - Just one shloka, the very first one - dharmakshetre, kurukshetre
# 2 - 7 days. He sat out the war for 10 days when the Kaurava army was under Bhishma's command, fought for 5 days under Drona, and he was the c-in-c for 2 days.
# 3 - Agnivesha, an ascetic who taught Drona the science of arms. Parashurama gave some weapons to Drona as a "daana" (gift), but he was not his guru.
#4 - None except Babruvahana his son (I forgot about this guy), after the main war.
#5 - Yes, Drona when he was the c-in-c, ordered Karna to shoot Abhimanyu from the back.
#6 - Ashwatthaama, when Drishtadyumna was sleeping in his tent.

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