ON BONDING WITH ONE’S KULA: Contrasting Perspectives in Sarala Mahabharata and Vyasa Mahabharata

In Sarala Mahabharata, (a) In King Duryodhana’s court, where he had gone as Yudhisthira’s emissary of peace, Krishna asked the Kaurava king for five villages for the Pandavas so that a war between the Kauravas and the Pandavas could be avoided. It would not be incorrect to say that during his interaction with the Kauravas …