Dushala: The daughter of King Dhritarashtra and Queen Gandhari

We all know Dushala is Kauravas’s sibling. She was the daughter of the Hastinapur kingdom and the daughter of King Dhritarashtra and Queen Gandhari. She was the only sister of Kauravas. Ved Vyasa divided Gandhari’s flesh into a hundred parts, this is how she was born. She lived her life luxurious. She didn’t discriminate against her brothers as she was cordial to them.

She married Jayadratha, a king from Sindhu who fought alongside Duryodhana in the Mahabharata war. Her son’s name was Suratha.

Dushal’s Marriage life: Dushal story

Dushala was ignored by her mother. Her unhappy marriage with Jayadratha makes us sad. She is the Kauravas sibling, whom her brother deeply loved. Her marriage with Jayadratha was mismatched and her husband had 2 other wives.

A question might arise in our mind why she didn’t marry Karan? Duryodhana was 15 years younger than Karan. Dussala was younger than Duryodhana and he thought that marriage would be a mismatch. This is the main reason he got his sister married to the Sindhu king. Her marriage was a political alliance with the Kauravas.

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Unhappy marries life of Dushala

Yudhishthira found Draupadi but didn’t find Jayadratha. He told his brothers to find him and Jayadratha was found by the Pandavas. Bhim wants to kill him but Draupadi stops him by saying not to kill him. She mentioned that Jayadratha was Dussala's husband. In the olden days, if a woman's husband passed away, she would live as a widow. If they killed him, she become a widow.

As listening to her, Pandavas didn’t kill him. They shaved Jayadratha’s hair. After that Jayadratha wanted revenge. He asked Lord Shiva for a special boon to help him beat the Pandavas. Jayadratha chased other women after marriage, which makes unhappy life of Kauravas’s sister unhappy.

The Mahabharata war: Role of Dusshala’s husband

Jayadratha had received a special favor from Shiva and joined forces with the Kauravas. He went to the battleground on the 11th day. He successfully makes an Abhimanyu Chakravyuh to defeat Arjuna’s son in the battleground. The guru of all brothers of the Kuru dynasty, Dron Acharya, helps him make the chakravyuh. Arjuna’s son knew to enter the chakravyuh but he didn’t know how to get out of it.

This results in the killing of Abhimanyu. Dushasana’s child killed him. Jayadratha was successful in his plan against Abhimanyu to kill him on the ground. This was how he plotted against Abhimanyu. This event later caused trouble for the Kauravas family.

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Dusshala’s Husband’s death: Dushala story

To this, Arjun becomes angry and vows to kill Jayadratha the next day before the sun sets. And Arjun also said that he would sacrifice his life if he failed to do it. The next day, he is ready to kill Jayadratha with Bhim, Satyaki, and Arjun. After many difficulties, Arjun finally kills Jayadratha. This action cut off his head, and it fell onto the lap of Vridakshatra, his father. Jayadratha dies, making Kauravas’s sibling a widow.

Dushala’s story after the Mahabharata war

Dushala expresses her pain after the Mahabharata war. She regrets the loss of her family members. Here's how she shared her feelings:

The Ashvamedha Sacrifice

After the Kurukshetra war, the Pandavas' horse arrived in Sindhu during the Ashvamedha sacrifice. Suratha was the ruler then, but he was too scared to fight against Arjun. He is afraid of his arrival to kill his father Jayadratha and afraid Suratha will commit suicide.

Dushala arrived at the battlefield with her son Suratha, which made Arjun very sad. He declared their baby as the king of Sindhu.  The Kauravas sibling shows her never-ending grievances to the Pandavas.

The suffering of Dushala: The only sister of the Kauravas

Dushala felt great sorrow after losing her 100 brothers and her husband. She called the Mahabharata war “Vichitra”. She becomes all alone after the war. The battle took the lives of her brothers. This is the reason the only Kauravas sibling breaks her ties with her family from Hastinapur after this battle of bloodshed.

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