If Duryodhana was generous enough to give the arrows to Arjuna why was he so hateful?
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Duryodhana was so generous that he was ready to give the Pandavas the origin of the five arrows which were meant to kill them, which were going to be used to kill them. Then why was he so hateful towards the Pandavas? Actually, there are many different things going on over here. So, Duryodhana was a very image conscious person.
Although he did grievous wrong things, he always had to justify it. He tried to put on an image of being a very good person. So, even when he did not give the Pandavas the kingdom back, he said, he gave, he did his own mathematical calculation and he said that, actually, you did not hide in Kognito for one full year.
We discovered you before that one year ended. Actually, they had hidden for one year, but there is lunar calendar, solar calendar. So, he got into some technicalities and tried to say that no.
So, he tried to justify, he’s not giving the kingdom back also. So, similarly, in this case, he considered it a word of honor. And in the past, when he had been in danger, he had promised Arjuna that I will give you some boons.
So, at that time, when Arjuna came and asked him for the arrows, he gave it to him. Now, even when Duryodhana said, what do you want? If you want the kingdom, I’ll give it to you. He knew in his heart that Arjuna would not ask for the kingdom.
So, Arjuna said, the time for asking for the kingdom, the kingdom, we have not come here to beg for the kingdom, because the kingdom is our right. So, he knew the Pandavas would not ask for the kingdom. So, Kshatriyas did have their code of honor.
And especially honoring one’s word was considered very important. So, the Mahabharata depicts characters who are black, who are white, and who are also of various shades in between. So, Duryodhana is also not depicted in an entirely black way.
There are moments when he also acts in virtuous ways. Yudhishthira is Dharmaraj, but there are times when he also acts in wrong ways. So, the Mahabharata depicts not just ideal characters, but real characters.
Not people who are totally villainous, and not people necessarily who are perfect in every way. So, that’s why his hate, his hatred was there towards the Pandavas, because he wanted the kingdom. But at the same time, he had a sense of honor, because he had given a specific word to Arjuna.
So, therefore, he gave him the arrow when he was asked.