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the problem with an epic like Mahabharatham is that it is a mixture of facts and fiction..

neither of the warring factions were epitomes of virtue or completely evil either..

There can be victory for one side, and later chroniclers had to attempt to give an impression that the good won over the bad..

sort of tinkering with facts and words would have occurred..

But human conduct is normally predictable..

The core is made of selfishness and eagerness for perpetuation of what one did have rightly or wrongly..

adherence to dharma, principles etc were just sugarcoats..

and everyone including Krishna and Vidura.. not to speak of others stretched ethics and morality too much to window dress things..

Let us forget the story but if we can try to draw conclusions about the risks and merits involved in a realistic manner, it would do us a lot of good..