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Not only is the rumor of sakuni having 100 brothers false, but also none of his brothers died in a prison camp or jail, or got starved to death.
Below i will provide details regarding what mahabharat says about sakuni's sons & all his brothers (it is unknown the total number/amount of brothers he had).
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Swayamvara:
"Sakuni, Sauvala, Vrisaka & Vrihadvala, these sons of the king Gandhara have also come."
Note - here Subhala/Sauvala earned a mention, implying he is a suitor of Droupadi but its not known if this Sauvala character is a son of Sakuni's father or if he is actually sakuni's father but a translation error happened. Another point worth thinking about is that possibly during this time period sakuni's grandfather was the king not his father.
Maybe sauvala was actually a older brother that raised Sakuni and was a father figure in his eye sight/perspective then. Or maybe its just another screwup/mistranslation, other similar incidents (which are illogical screw ups made by an author) would be Aniruddha (krishna's grandson) being a teenager when droupadi's swayamvara happened.
Yet another example of a mistake would be when king NILA is mentioned to be a kourava army supporter by Bhishma in this chapter;
Anyone who reads events of day 12 and bhishma parva (6th day till 7th day) knows that Nila was a important king who fought for the pandav army not kouravas. Or a ret con in any film.
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When did Shakuni become a independent monarch?
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"This thy wise uncle, fully conversant with the duties of the Kshatriya order--this deceitful gambler Sakuni, the prince of Gandhara, let him fight now! The Gandiva, however, doth not cast dice such as the Krita or the Dwapara, but it shooteth upon foes blazing and keen-edged shafts by myriads."
Note - According to Aswathama in the 13th year of exile still uncle Shakuni was a prince not a king.
Proof this was more than 13 years that has passed on.
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"In consequence of their fractional excesses and the deviations of also of the heavenly bodies, there is an increase of two months in every five years. It seems to me that calculating this wise, there would be an excess of five months and twelve nights in thirteen years."
Note - that is 4912 days. Still he is a prince according to the son of Drona.
Proves that Sakuni was their latest king before the horse sacrifice;
"Unable to bear and, therefore, burning to avenge, the slaughter of their king Sakuni, those warriors, armed with bows, rushed together at Partha. The unvanquished Vibhatsu of righteous soul addressed them peacefully, but they were unwilling to accept the beneficial words of Yudhishthira."
Logic - possibly ashwathama just made a casual mistake speaking (in virata Parva) or maybe sakuni becomes gandhar raaj during udyoga parva.
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"Younger brothers of Suvala's son, possessed of great wisdom, rode out of the Kaurav army to the battle, mounted on excellent charges that were well-trained & neither old nor young. Those 6 brothers endued with great strength, Gaya, Gavaksha, Vrishava, Charmavat, Arjava & Suka dashed out of the mighty array, supported by Sakuni & by their respective unit's of great valour, themselves clad in mail, skilled in battle and possessed of exceeding might."
"Breaking through that invincible cavalry division (of the Pandavas) those Gandhara warriors who could with difficulty be vanquished, supported by a large force, desirous of heaven, longing for victory, and filled with delight, penetrated into it. The sons of Suvala, although they moved about on their fleet steeds, could not find an opportunity for striking Iravan. Beholding him on foot, his foes surrounded him closely and wished to take him captive."
"Then that crusher of foes, seeing them contiguous to himself, struck off, with his sword, both their right and left arms, and mangled their other limbs. Then those arms of theirs adorned with gold, and their weapons, fell down on the earth, and they themselves, with limbs mangled, fell down on the field, deprived of life. Only Vrishava, with many wounds on his person, escaped (with life) from that dreadful battle destructive of heroes."
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Logic - Suka was also a common identity name used by a fourth son of Vyasa too.
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DAY 12.
They fought with Arjuna.
Quote:
"Vrishaka & Achala, both mounted on the same car began incessantly to pierce Vibhatsu with arrows. Indeed, those princes, relatives of thine by marriage (Vrishaka & Achala) struck Partha very severely, like Vritra or Vala striking Indra of old. Of unfailing aim, these 2 princes of Gandhaar themselves unhurt, began once more to strike the son of Pandu."
"Then Arjuna slew those princes & tigers among men Vrishaka and Achala, staying on one chariot side by side, with a single arrow. Then those mighty-armed heroes, with red eyes and looking like lions, those uterine brothers having similar features, together fell down from that car."
Proof they (Achala & Vrishaka) were brother's to Sakuni but not sons.
Quote:
"Sakuni also, conversant with a hundred different kinds of illusions, seeing his brothers slain, created illusions for confounding the two Krishnas."
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Logic - this line was from right after the death's of both brothers.
Possibly this "vrishaka" was VrishaVa who survived the carnage done by Iravan on day eight.
Accolades they gained:
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"Both the brothers Achala and Vrisha are Rathas. Invincible (in battle) they will slay thy foes. Endued with great strength, those tigers among men, those foremost of Gandharvas, are firm in wrath. Young and handsome, they are possessed of great strength."
Logic - here gandharva means gandhara citizen/warrior.
Reference in karna parva;
"Thy two brothers-in-law the princes Vrishaka and Achala, who were endued with great prowess, have for thy sake been slain by Savyasaci."
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3rd mention 13th day.
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"Slaying Aswatthaman's steeds and two Parshni charioteers with that mace of his, Subhadra's son, pierced all over with arrows, looked like a porcupine. Then that hero pressed Suvala's son, Kalikeya, down into the earth, and stew seven and seventy Gandhara followers of the latter."
Note; Kalikeya is most likely the name of a brother to Sakuni.
4th mention is 14th night.
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"Sakuni also surrounded by his sons & grandsons as also by his brothers, that were equal to Indra himself in prowess."
"With these he encompassed the mighty bowman Somadatta."
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5th mention.
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"Slaying next 7 car-warriors among thy brother-in-law, with his shafts, the heroic Bhima pressed Satachandra down into the earth. Unable to bear the slaughter of the mighty car-warrior Satachandra, Sakuni's brothers, the heroic Gavaksha, Sarabha, Bibhu, Subhaga & Bhanudatta, those five mighty car-warriors, rushing towards Bhimasena, attacked him with their keen shafts."
"Thus attacked with those shafts, like a mountain with torrents of rain. Bhima slew those five mighty kings with five shafts of his. Beholding those heroes slain many great kings began to waver."
Note - whether or not satachandra is a warrior from gandara is not known. Also i wonder why 5 men bheem slew are named but the other 7 were not granted that privilege of getting their names remembered.
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Sakuni's brothers were still alive on day 17.
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"Thus addressed the valiant son of Subala, competent to wage dreadful battle, proceeded, surrounded by his brothers. Approaching in that battle Bhima of terrible prowess, the heroic Shakuni checked him like the continent resisting the ocean."
"Bhima proceeded against the sons of Subala."
Kripa mentions the brother's of Sakuni:
Arjuna, putting forth his process upon all thy kinsmen and brothers and allies and maternal uncles, and placing his feet upon their heads, slew king Jayadratha in the very sight of all.
Note - but a obvious issue is that kripa's statement was after the 17th day, so either the remaining brother's of shree sakuni died on the seventeenth afternoon (after karna vadh) or maybe it indicates that all brothers that sakuni ever had were murdered during the chapter of Jayadrath Vadh instead of the other days of Kurukshetra.
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Sakuni's SONS.
Who Arjuna conquered in asvamedha yudh.
Quote I;
The sacrificial steed then proceeded along the coast of the western ocean and at last reached the country of the five waters which swelled with population and prosperity. Thence, O king, the steed proceeded to the country of Gandharas. Arrived there, it wandered at will, followed by the son of Kunti. Then occurred a fierce battle between the diadem-decked hero and the ruler of Gandharas, viz., the son of Sakuni, who had a bitter rememberance of the grudge his sire bore to the Pandavas.
Quote II;
"The heroic son of Sakuni, who was a mighty car-warrior among the Gandharas, accompanied by a large force, proceeded against the Kuru hero of curly hair."
Pattatri (the lesser known).
Quote:
"Piercing Duhshasana with three arrows made wholly of iron & Shakuni with six, he deprived both Uluka and his brother Patatri of their cars."
I will not give Ulook any attention as he's already known by most individuals. Apart from ulook's win against Bhagwan Yuyutsu their was nothing else relevant done by him in kurukshetra or mahabharat (just being a messenger to the pandavas does not matter).
Sakuni might've just had 2 sons not 3, possibly Pattatri was the king that arjuna annexed.
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Identity of the Nagnajita that was defeated by Karna during his vaishnava conquest (in vana parva) most likely he was either a older brother of sakuni or a cousin or perhaps a uncle. It's also entirely possible that nagnajita died in that war instead of just being defeated and it was fought by karna with another motive that is to coronate Sakuni on gandhar's throne (so sakuni becomes king in vana parva itself).
That'd also make it make sense for the digvijaya (Vaishnava campaign) to happen instantly after the gandharv war events. Because that is when sakuni started giving duryodhan contradictory advice that he should make peace with pandavas so karna invading gandhar desh and bribing sakuni with position of king their could be a way of shutting him up when it comes to giving positive advice that avoids war against pandavas.
Nagnajita was a father in law of Sri Krishna, as his daughter was among the ashta bharyas (eight life partner's/companions or beloveds of Krishna).
Quote 1.
"Of eyes like the lotus petals, and endued with great bravery, Krishna, vanquishing all the kings at a self-choice, bore away the daughter of the king of the Gandharas. Those angry kings, as if they were horses by birth, were yoked unto his nuptial car and were lacerated with the whip."
Quote 2;
"The princess of Gandhara, Saivya, Haimavati, and queen Jamvabati ascended the funeral pyre."
In bhagavatam king Nagnajit ruled Kosala
Logic - this does not make sense because according to mahabharat no ruler of kosala is named the word "Nagnajit" rather kosala was ruled by vrihadvala only.
Who karna annexed?
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"And, having conquered the mighty charioteers, headed by the Nagnajitas."
"The ruler of the Kosolas, having slain many hundreds of foes, hath himself been despatched to Yama's abode by Subhadra's son exerting himself with prowess."
Note - clearly abhimanyu killed the king of kosala not a son of nagnajit or nagnajit himself.
Another passage showing the offscreen incident involving Nagnajit's character.
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"It was this favourite of the gods, who, having speedily smashed the Gandharas and conquered all the sons of Nagnajit, forcibly liberated from confinement king Sudarsana of great energy."
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Note - who exactly the sons of nagnajit are is not elaborated on, its either unknown, or not considered important enough to mention their names.
Quote;
"Then was born the disciple of Prahlada, Nagnajit, and also Suvala. And from Suvala was born a son, Sakuni, who from the curse of the gods became the slayer of creatures and the foe of virtue. And unto him was also born a daughter (Gandhari), the mother of Duryodhana."
Logic - here it's clear that Nagnajit was a brother to Suvala, so he became ruler after suvala's death (suvala might've died in an invasion on Mathura as he was also a vassal for king Jarasandha).
The mention of Suvala in draupadi's swayamvara would've likely been a reference for a son of suvala participating or being invited as a guest/suitor, not suvala himself as he would've been dead.
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