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... accepted Karna as his son had Kunti fessed up to him?
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I didn't put the option there in my choices, b'cos at the point of time that I'm asking about, Pandu had already abdicated. Remember, in the Rama-Sita case, Rama exiled Sita b'cos he was still the king, but he never disowned her as a wife. But in this case, Pandu was no longer the king, so had he disowned Kunti, it could only have been in terms of terminating the marriage.I happen to think that Pandu would have accepted Karna had Kunti fessed up to him after Rishi Kindam's curse. However, I think it's an open question had Kunti fessed up any earlier - had she told him after her wedding about this, he may have considered her impure and abandoned her for Madri. I think the latter is a tough call, and in this case, Satyavati, Bheeshma or the subjects may have been in a position to force him to disown Kunti. But I don't agree that either Dhritarashtra nor Shakuni could have done that (Shakuni was actually not in the picture, contrary to the serials) Given that Bheeshma may have approached Shalya b'cos of his knowledge of Kunti/Karna's secret, it may not have been such a smooth sailing for Kunti had her secret come out that early.
Shakuni was an outsider, & Dhritarashtra was not even the king - he'd be in no position to influence something like this. As king, Pandu would be supreme, but if the opinion of his elders mattered, then the opinions of Satyavati, Ambalika & Bheeshma would have been what mattered. Dhritarashtra, Gandhari & Vidura would have been irrelevant here.
The Pandu-Gandhari closeness in this serial is about as fictional as Karna celebrating Pandu's marriage.
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