Talk:Dhritarashtra

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Sanjaya

Was Sanjaya not given 'divine eyesight' well before the battle of kurukshetra as opposed to during it? From my reading of the mahabharata Sanjaya was born with the gift to see things happening at a distance. He did not possess the ability to read other peoples minds.

If its OK ill just delete the sentence about Sanjaya thereby avoiding any dispute (Saurabhb 22:03, 30 December 2005 (UTC))

Even I remember reading in C. Rajagopalachari's English translation that Sanjaya was born with the gift of "seeing things with the mind's eye". So I guess that its correct to mention that he was born with a gift to see far away things simply by thinking of them...I guess it would be ok to go ahead and change the text to reflect this. Rohitbd 21:47, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

In the Mahabharata the nature of Dhritarashta's blindness is very confusing. He was supposedly born blind, but throughout the text he often speaks and acts like someone who sees. I have some text examples for this if you are interested, but I am wondering if anyone else has more knowledge of the Sanskrit that might explain the discrepancies. I wonder if this would be worthwhile to address in this entry. Thanks.02:30, 21 September 2011 (UTC)Istudentstgeorge (talk)

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Why dhrutrashta photo is portrayed like akbar ?

Why dhrutrashta photo is portrayed like akbar ? 116.72.57.225 (talk) 08:11, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

1st of all, it's Dhritarashtra, not Dhrutrashtra.

2nd, it seems like that you are unaware of the traditional miniature style of painting during medieval India. This painting comes from Punjab and is in Pahari school of painting. Royal attire at time was similar to what is shown in the painting, and there were influences as well. Not everything needs to be viewed under religious bigotry, smh. Seyamar01 (talk) 10:11, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

It's not originally Dhritarashtra either, it is, as in the Sanskrit quoted in the article, Dhr̥tarāṣṭra. This is commonly read as Dhritarashtra in Hindi and other languages of the north and east, and Dhrutarashtra in the west and south. Hindi speakers do tend to assume that their pronunciation is perfect Puranic. No need to bring it here as well. 82.69.76.104 (talk) 16:27, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

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