All the answers for these questions can be found in Sabha parva and Swargarohana parva. Why Duryodhana attained heaven? Duryodhana attained heaven due to his practice of Kshatriya dharma on the battlefield. Sage Narada mentions this to Dharma raja as part of their conversation in heaven "Narada, smiling, told him, ‘It should not be so, O king of kings. While residing in Heaven, all enmities ...
2 Duryodhan came to shackle and imprison Krishna when he had come to Hastinapur with peace treatly , what exactly happened at that time ? Did Krishna show his Vishwa-Roop to everyone there or did he create an illusion to confuse Duryodhan ?
mahabharata - What exactly happened when Duryodhan came to shackle and ...
Yes, it is mentioned in Mahabharta, Book 18: Svargarohanika Parva: Section 1 that Duryodhana went to heaven because he sacrificed his life in war. "Narada, smiling, told him, ‘It should not be so, O king of kings. While residing in Heaven, all enmities cease. O mighty-armed Yudhishthira, do not say so about king Duryodhana. Hear my words. Here is king Duryodhana. He is worshipped with the ...
A verse found in Virāṭa Parva of the Mahābhārata suggests that Duryodhana (meaning, one who is difficult to fight with) was the former/given name of the Duryodhana and Suyodhana (easy to be fought) was acquired later. 18 moghaṃ tavedaṃ bhuvi nāmadheyaṃ; duryodhanetīha kṛtaṃ purastāt na hīha duryodhanatā tavāsti; palāyamānasya raṇaṃ vihāya Arjuna said, Renounce your ...
Yudhishthira was best choice for Yuvaraja because Yudhishthira was more worthy of becoming a king than Duryodhan: Vaisampayana continued, 'After the expiration, O king, of a year from this, Dhritarashtra, moved by kindness for the people, installed Yudhishthira, the son of Pandu, as the heir-apparent of the kingdom on account of his firmness, fortitude, patience, benevolence, frankness and ...