Why did Duryodhana become vicious despite being born in a virtuous family?

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If Duryodhana was born in such a virtuous family, why did he become so vicious? Was something deficient in his childhood or upbringing? No. Actually, the Mahabharata also mentions that Duryodhana was the incarnation of Kali.
So, he was one of the persons who was meant to promote Kali and also the Mahabharata itself contains the past time of how it said the Devatas and Dhanavas, they performed yajna so that they could beget their agent on earth. So, again going to the specific of his birth, the dynasty is virtuous, but whether Dhritarashtra was really virtuous is questioned. Yeah.
Gandhari, was she a Shiva? Now, Gandhari, there are two different aspects. She is especially virtuous in terms of her chastity. Now, although she was married to a person who was blind, she did not resent it, she accepted it and she remained devoted.
So, in that point of view, she is definitely chaste and she was also learned in terms of when in the Shanti Doodh past time, when Duryodhana was very adamant. So, at that time, Gandhari was called. Dhritarashtra called Gandhari, he said, he is not listening to me, at least to you.
Gandhari also spoke strongly at that time. So, she was virtuous in her own way, but another point is that she did not very strongly stop either Duryodhana or Dhritarashtra. Now, she also, we know that she was angry and she cursed Krishna also.
Nobody can curse Krishna. So, yes, in terms of chastity, she was virtuous, but another point, she was also attached and she that anger coming with attachment did lead her to do something quite wrong in terms of cursing Krishna. So, now, yes, Dhritarashtra and Gandhari, Dhritarashtra was not exactly vicious and Gandhari was virtuous in her way, but the point is that there are many factors which determine the child.
So, one of them, of course, is the mentality of the parents, but along with the mentality of the parents, another factor is that everyone has their own karma. Now, they may be right now in a good mentality, but in the past, they may have done something with karma. So, we see anomalies like this happening.
D. C. Prahlad is born from Hiranyakashipur, or for that matter, the Bhagavatam also describes that Anga was a very virtuous king, but from him a very vicious son, Vena, was born. So, yeah, but then before that, that case also, he was instructed, but we also see that before that only, Narada says to the devatas who have come to take away Vyadu that there is a Mahabhagavata in the womb. So, don’t irritate me.
So, it’s not that just because of the instruction, he became a great devotee. He was already a great devotee and further, you know, he was a devotee. So, devotional culture is what is natural and expected.
So, he did that, but the point is that this sort of anomalous things happen. So, again, another principle is to recognize that causes produce effects, but not immediately, and effects have multiple causes. So, it’s not right for, yes, the parents have a responsibility to take care of the children, but if Chema’s children turn out to be not so good, it’s not that the parents have to be blamed for that.
And nor is it that in some cases, the parents, the children may turn out to be very good. So, that doesn’t always mean the credit has to go to the parents. Children have their own life and their choice and their past samskaras also.
So, basically, Durvadhana was arranged by the devatas and dhanavas, and that’s why he had the evil mentality. And further, he did make wrong choices, because of which, now that mentality did not mean necessarily mean that he always has to act wrong. He could have corrected himself, but he did not.
He just made further wrong choices and that’s how he became very vicious.