Gandhari’s curse on Krishna
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Gandhari’s curse on Krishna is a pivotal episode in the Mahabharata in which the grief-stricken queen of the Kauravas condemns Krishna for allowing the war’s devastation, foretelling the destruction of his Yadava clan and his own death.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
episode in the Mahabharata
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mythological curse ⓘ |
| addressesTheme |
consequences of war
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fate and inevitability ⓘ grief of a mother ⓘ karma and retribution ⓘ responsibility of the divine in human suffering ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
invoked in discussions of divine responsibility and human suffering
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used in discourse on the moral cost of war ⓘ |
| directedAt | Krishna’s perceived inaction to stop the war ⓘ |
| foretells |
Krishna’s death
ⓘ
destruction of the Yadava clan ⓘ end of the Yadava city of Dvaraka ⓘ fratricidal conflict among the Yadavas ⓘ solitary death of Krishna in the forest ⓘ |
| hasCause |
death of Gandhari’s sons
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destruction of the Kaurava army ⓘ suffering of the women of Hastinapura ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
Krishna’s departure from the world
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end of Krishna’s earthly incarnation ⓘ self-destruction of the Yadavas ⓘ submergence of Dvaraka in the sea ⓘ |
| hasContext | Mahabharata war aftermath ⓘ |
| hasCursedPerson | Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCurser | Gandhari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEmotionalTone |
anger
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grief ⓘ moral outrage ⓘ |
| hasInterpretation |
seen as a narrative device to end Krishna’s earthly mission
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seen as balancing cosmic justice after the war ⓘ seen as expressing human protest against divine will ⓘ |
| hasLocation | Hastinapura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvesCharacter |
Gandhari
NERFINISHED
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Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ Yudhishthira NERFINISHED ⓘ the Pandavas NERFINISHED ⓘ the surviving women of the Kuru house ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySource | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| occursAfter |
Kurukshetra war
NERFINISHED
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death of Duryodhana ⓘ death of the Kaurava brothers ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Krishna’s death by a hunter’s arrow
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Mausala Parva events ⓘ Yadava civil war at Prabhasa ⓘ |
| relatedPlace |
Dvaraka
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Prabhasa kshetra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| textualSource | Sanskrit Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradition | Hindu epic tradition ⓘ |
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