two situations in Mahabharatham.

I am reminded of two situations in Mahabharatham.

The people of Gandhara wanted to wreak vengeance on the Kurus beacuse their princess Gandhaari was forcibly married to the blind Dhritarashtra of Kuru race.

The rebelling prices of Gandhara, hundred in number,were captured and confined to a black cell.

Survival was a challenge for them.

So ninety nine of them gave up their lives and bodies to nourish the hundredth one would so that the survivor could live in and fulfil the mission of vengeance.

The survivor Shakuni, playing with dice made of the borns of his dead siblings plotted the downfall of the Kuru race.

Secondly, in Mahabharatha war ,many heroes fell, many of them half dead and half living. No one on either of the fighting side really cared for their peaceful death. Even the grandsire Bheeshma was only half dead when he fell. He had to wait patiently on a cot of arrows till death arrived.

The hale and healthy survive but no one really bothers about those who are on the throes of death.

History is the witness