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Duryodhana born of Kali, braying like a donkey

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The family was told on day one to abandon the baby.

Duryodhana is born from a portion of Kali, the personified age of strife. At birth he cries with a donkey's voice and the donkeys of the stable answer; jackals howl, vultures shriek. Bhishma and Vidura urge Dhritarashtra to abandon the child, but he refuses out of love.

Who: Duryodhana, Dhritarashtra, Vidura, Bhishma

Bound to

Gandhari's 100 sons from a lump of flesh causes

The game of dice: Yudhiṣṭhira stakes and loses everything mirror

Bhīma's oaths and Dhṛtarāṣṭra's boons to Draupadī mirror

Duryodhana's Fast unto Death, the Dānavas' Counsel and Karṇa's Vow geneal

Places: Hastinapur

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• commentary · Wikipedia: Duryodhana

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