Gambling is never a good habit.
I continued reading The Mahabharata by R.K. Narayan pages 30 to 83. In the reading you really
can get a sense of how much hatred Duryodhana has towards his cousins, the
Pandavas brothers. When he visits their city of Indraprastha that the Pandavas
brothers created he think that simple things in the place were created so that
the brothers could laugh at him. Even with his uncle trying to calm him down it
just seems that Duryodhana has an immense hatred for them that will never go
away. You can already tell that he is going to be the downfall to his blood
line. It seems that everyone is the family can see how angry Duryodhana is but nothing
seems to help him calm down. We even learn later that Duryodhana mother Gandhari
tries to tell the king to stop listening to him or the whole kingdom will be
lost but Dhritarashtra does not listen to her. Duryodhana seems to be the
spoiled rich kid who just keeps wanting and wanting. A story could be created
about Duryodhana when he was little always complaining about how the other
Pandavas brothers get something so he goes and whines to his father until he
gets the same thing. After how jealous Duryodhana is his father build him a
room that is grander to show off to the Pandavas brothers but he also invites
then to a game of dice. I was very surprised to read about the gambling in the
book. It actually seems to be the major cause for the Pandavas brothers being
exiled. Yudhistira got really into the gambling. He had previously said that
gambling was a senseless game to play but then he got caught up in playing,
maybe because he had a gambling addition in the past. This could explain why Duryodhana
wanted to play dice with him, he knew Yudhistira would fall back into his
gambling ways. The last part of the reading goes into the Padavas bothers exile
and building up their allies so that they will be ready to fight Duryodhana
when the time comes.
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