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YUDHISHTIRA |
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Kindled Gandhari had a hundred sons and a daughter. Duryodhana was the eldest and Dusshasana the second. Yudhishtira and Duryodhana were born on the same day. Though the sons of Pandu and those of Dhritharashtra belonged to one and the same Kuru race, only the latter came to be known as Kauravas. The Pandavas and Kauravas received training in the use of weapons of war from Dronacharya, a pastmaster of the science of archery. Bhima and Duryodhana became experts in wielding the mace. Duryodhana hated Bhima from the beginning; his hatred grew as they grew up; he planned the murder of Bhima several times, but he did not succeed. He cherished the thought that he would rule the kingdom with his brothers and is happy, if only he could destroy all the Pandavas. |
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