Caste discrimination in Mahabharata

 Caste discrimination in Mahabharata

Source: https://twitter.com/VedicWisdom1/status/1295361527612977153?s=20

These are two famous Myths here which will be debunked. 1. Eklavya was discriminated against because of his caste. Wrong there is no Caste issue in this story.

Drona specifically said he needed students who possess good qualities. He did not take students who possessed bad qualities

Now let's see Eklavya, he was actually covered with filth and was very dirty. Those who cannot maintain even basic hygiene can they responsibly use weapons they possessed?

शौच (Hygeine) was the first thing taught to a child at that time most basic, Lacking that meant he was not worthy of learning. He did learn in the forest and he misused that too by shooting arrows in the mouth of an innocent dog. As he was not worthy Drona asked for his thumb.

Also, Same Eklavya later attacked Dwarka and was defeated by Balrama

2. Karna also was not discriminated because of his Caste, utas used to study Vedas, Smritis, Puranas etc at that time, they were not discriminated against. Mahabharat Shanti Parva states-