@ Bolded- Yes I quite agree with it. We cannot judge what took place hundreds of years ago in the context of present mindset. If the people in Mahabharata could time travel and see today's incidents they may find a lot of things quite shocking and immoral, who knows!😊 We have to keep in mind the prevalent customs in those times. keeping promises was considered the honourable thing to do. A woman's emotions and feelings were less important than a king's prideOriginally posted by: bhas1066
hi
though bhishma justifies his descision to kidnap the princesses , because it was a swayam var , all the kings and princes present there fight him but are unable to defeat him.
Kings, however, speak highly of the Swyamvara (the fifth form as above) and themselves wed according to it. But the sages have said that, that wife is dearly to be prized who is taken away by force, after the slaughter of opponents, from amidst the concourse of princes and kings invited to a self-choice ceremony. Therefore, ye monarchs, I bear away these maidens hence by force. Strive ye, to the best of your might, to vanquish me or to be vanquished.
so it seems that in those days kidnapping from a swayamvara was considered acceptable.
though it seems totally barbaric in present mindset.
Originally posted by: angelic8219
Wasn't bhisma a brahmachari? Wasn't it against his own rules to abduct the princesses in the first place even if it was for his step brother?
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