HERE ARE 20 MORE SHOCKING FACTS ABOUT MAHABHARATA:
1. *BHAGAVAD GITA*: THE BHAGAVAD GITA, A 700-VERSE HINDU SCRIPTURE, IS PART OF THE MAHABHARATA AND IS CONSIDERED A SPIRITUAL GUIDE FOR HUMANITY.
2. *KRISHNA'S DIVINE NATURE*: LORD KRISHNA'S DIVINE NATURE WAS REVEALED TO ARJUNA IN THE BHAGAVAD GITA, SHOWCASING HIS UNIVERSAL FORM.
3. *PANDAVAS' ONE-DAY VICTORY*: THE PANDAVAS WON THE WAR IN JUST 18 DAYS, DESPITE BEING OUTNUMBERED BY THE KAURAVA ARMY.
4. *KARNA'S SELF-SACRIFICE*: KARNA GAVE AWAY HIS NATURAL ARMOR AND EARINGS TO INDRA, DISGUISED AS A BRAHMIN, KNOWING IT WOULD COST HIM HIS LIFE.
5. *DRAUPADI'S QUESTION*: DRAUPADI ASKED YUDHISHTHIRA IF HE HAD LOST HIMSELF FIRST BEFORE LOSING HER IN THE GAME OF DICE.
6. *BHISHMA'S KNOWLEDGE*: BHISHMA WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE WARRIORS IN THE MAHABHARATA, TEACHING BOTH THE PANDAVAS AND KAURAVAS IN THE ART OF WAR.
7. *GANDHARI'S 100 SONS*: GANDHARI GAVE BIRTH TO 100 SONS, THE KAURAVAS, AFTER A TWO-YEAR GESTATION PERIOD, AND A BONUS SON, YUYUTSU, FROM A VAISHYA SERVANT.
8. *YUDHISHTHIRA'S DHARMA*: YUDHISHTHIRA WAS KNOWN FOR HIS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO DHARMA, OR RIGHTEOUSNESS, EVEN WHEN IT MEANT FACING GREAT PERSONAL LOSS.
9. *ARJUNA'S EXILE*: ARJUNA SPENT A YEAR IN EXILE, DURING WHICH HE ACQUIRED MANY DIVINE WEAPONS AND MARRIED ULUPI, A NAGA PRINCESS.
10. *DURYODHANA'S INSULT*: DURYODHANA WAS OFTEN INSULTED BY HIS COUSINS AND OTHERS FOR HIS JEALOUSY AND INSECURE NATURE.
11. *KRISHNA'S DIPLOMACY*: KRISHNA ATTEMPTED TO NEGOTIATE PEACE BETWEEN THE PANDAVAS AND KAURAVAS BEFORE THE WAR, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.
12. *ASHWATTHAMA'S ATTACK*: ASHWATTHAMA KILLED THE PANDAVAS' CHILDREN IN THEIR SLEEP AS AN ACT OF VENGEANCE FOR HIS FATHER DRONACHARYA'S DEATH.
13. *KUNTI'S APPEAL*: KUNTI APPEALED TO KARNA TO JOIN THE PANDAVAS, BUT HE REFUSED, CHOOSING TO HONOR HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH DURYODHANA.
14. *DHRYTARASHTRA'S GUILT*: DHRYTARASHTRA FELT DEEPLY GUILTY FOR HIS ROLE IN THE WAR AND THE DESTRUCTION OF HIS SONS, WHICH LED TO HIS EVENTUAL RENUNCIATION.
15. *PANDAVAS' STRUGGLES*: THE PANDAVAS FACED MANY CHALLENGES DURING THEIR EXILE, INCLUDING THE ATTEMPTED DISROBING OF DRAUPADI AND THE KILLING OF KICHAKA.
16. *BHIMA'S STRENGTH*: BHIMA WAS KNOWN FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARY PHYSICAL STRENGTH, WHICH PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE WAR.
17. *DRAUPADI'S STRENGTH*: DRAUPADI PROVED TO BE A STRONG AND RESILIENT CHARACTER, STANDING UP FOR HER HUSBANDS AND HERSELF IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY.
18. *KRISHNA'S STRATEGY*: KRISHNA PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE WAR BY PROVIDING STRATEGIC ADVICE TO THE PANDAVAS AND ENSURING THEIR VICTORY.
19. *KURUKSHETRA'S SIGNIFICANCE*: THE WAR AT KURUKSHETRA WAS NOT JUST A BATTLE BETWEEN COUSINS BUT A CLASH OF DHARMA AND ADHARMA, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.
20. *THE MAHABHARATA'S TIMELESSNESS*: THE MAHABHARATA REMAINS A TIMELESS EPIC THAT CONTINUES TO INSPIRE AND GUIDE PEOPLE WITH ITS TEACHINGS ON DHARMA, KARMA
