Hastinaapur is Divided

Accidents are parts of life. Nobody is responsible for them. Dhritraashtra called Kripaa, Drone, Vidur, Bheeshm etc for consultation. He said - "Now there are two Crown Princes of Hastinaapur, so we have to solve this problem." Dhritraashtra asked Bheeshm as what he should do now. Bheeshma said - "Nobody should feel bad (injustice) with this proposal, I propose for the division of Hastinaapur. Divide Hastinaapur half and half between both of them." Others also agreed with Bheeshm.

Dhritraashtra called Yudhishthir to help him out of this problem. Yudhishthir said politely - "The younger people do not help their elders, rather they obey their orders. What are the orders for me?" Dhritraashtra said - "It has been decided that Hastinaapur should be divided between you and Duryodhan." Yudhishthir said - "You may give even my share to Duryodhan but please do not divide the kingdom." Dhritraashtra said - "I should have given you Hastinaapur, and Raajaa Yayaati's capital to Duryodhan, but then  he asks me to go along with him. But I am the shadow of Hastinaapur, so where can I go from here? Therefore you take Khaandavprasth area and inhabit it." Yudhishthir accepted his decision bowing his head in the feet of his Great uncle.

The arrangements were immediately made for his coronation. One thousand Braahman were invited to complete the ceremonies. Vyaas also arrived on this occasion. Krishn and Vyaas blessed Yudhishthir with these words - "May you conquer the whole world. May you perform Raajsooya and Ashwamedh Yagya. May you live long and rule the world." Braahman said to Yudhishthir - "As a king, you have the duty to protect Draupadee and with this relationship, you have more rights on her than your other brothers."

As Dhritraashtra announced about the partition of Hastinaapur, Ved Vyaas came there. He said to Shakuni - "You are very fortunate that you have taken birth in the period of this great warrior's life time (Karn's life time)." He said to Yudhishthir - "Life is an ocean. To churn it is your duty, but keep in mind that you will be responsible for both, Vish and Amrit (poison and Ambrosia), coming out of this ocean by its churning." Then He said to Draupadee - "You should take care of your hair."

Everybody was very happy but Duryodhan. Dhritraashtra tried his best to pacify him, but... He said to Yudhishthir - "Now you are the ruler of Khaandavprasth, so it is better if you go there as soon as possible and start ruling it as early as possible. It is the capital of Raajaa Pururavaa, Raajaa Yayaati and Raajaa Nahush. It was the capital of Kuru kingdom for a very long time."

Khaandavprasth was a non-arable area across Yamunaa River and was inhabited by Naag and Asur people. Theoretically it was half kingdom but there was nothing there, that is why Bheem, Arjun, Nakul and Sahadev were not happy with this partition. "Right" word is not an ordinary word, but in fact many duties are tied to this ordinary word. So with every right one has to pay something for it.

Yudhishthir consoled his brothers saying - "The Great uncle has given us our "Karm Bhoomi" (where one can do some activities). Now we have to convert it into Indraprasth. Don't worry, we are just postponing the war. Just think, when Krishn can go to Dwaarakaa abandoning Mathuraa to maintain peace, then why can't we go to Khaandavprasth abandoning Hastinaapur to keep peace? Just wish that Maamaa Shakuni lets us live there in peace."

Both Dhritraashtra and Gaandhaaree were not happy with this partition but were helpless because of Putra-Moh. Shakuni was also not happy with it, so he was continuously thinking to get that half kingdom back to Hastinaapur. He said to Duryodhan - "It is difficult to control Yadu family people, so Krishn is a difficult person, but you may try Balaraam. Balraam is fond of food. Feed him good food and hold his feet tightly." So one day Duryodhan came to see Daaoo and took him saying that "Come, we will show you our Hastinaapur." Krishn went to see Vidur, Pitaamah and Drone etc.

Days are not good or bad; good and bad are actions. Trees are tied to soil by their roots. Neither they can go forward nor they can go backward. They can only break, or they can be cut to fuel the fire of circumstances. The greatest demerit of anger is that it cannot differentiate between a faulty and faultless person.

Bheeshm knew that why was this happening, but couldn't do anything. Vidur and Krishn got worried that why Duryodhan has taken Daaoo to show Hastinaapur. During that meeting Duryodhan made him agreed to teach him Gadaa.

Yudhishthir went to Khaandav Prasth after taking all people's blessings. But partition is not the solution of any problem, because it shortens the borders and nobody likes the shortening of borders.