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YOGA OF DEJECTION OF
ARJUNA
Backgoround
The background story of Mahabharata of whcih Gita is the most brilliant jewel, is that the righful kingship of the kingdom of Hastinapur belonged to the sons of Pandu but since Pandu had died and his sons we minors the kingdom was managed by Pandus brother Dhrutarastra who was blind and whose sons therefore practically posessed the real power. When the question arose about trans ferring power to the real owners, the sons of Pandu, their cousins, the Kauravas, played various tricks to keep Pandvas-sons of Pandu-away from the seats of Power.
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Ultimately Krishna the most venerated personality of the day mediated for arriving at a compromise but Kauravas headed by Duryodhana were not prepared to part with a single inch of land illegally ruled over by them. Dhrutrastra their blind father was equally blind to justice and could do nothing
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