Shantanu->Lost 9 children.
Satyavati -> Though she had got wat she wanted, she had to endure the death of her two sons….
Amba -> Abandoned in love. Had to jump in fire out of despair.
Ambika, Ambalika -> Lost husband at a tender age. Had to sleep with a stranger to get children.
Dhritarashtra -> Was denied kingship bcoz of his blindness. Son got denied too.
Gandhari -> Married to a blind man. Lost all her sons in the war.
Pandu -> Impotent/Cursed to not father a child. Not a very easy thing for a man, especially when he is a King.
Kunti -> Went through exile at a young age. Had to sleep with strangers to get children at the order of her husband. Lost her husband. Had the guilt of abandaning her firstborn. Lost her first son.
Madri -> Died with the guilt of having caused her husband’s death.
Vidur -> Berrated all his life as a Kshatta. Nobody gave him the due he deserved.
Pandavas -> Fatherless. Uncertain future. Exiled. Survived murder conspiracies. Lost all children in war.
Duryodhan n Kauravas -> Father denied throne. He too almost denied throne. Lived a life of insecurity. Lost sons n everyone. Died a brutal death.
Karna -> Abandoned at childhood. Had a huge moral dilemma of fighting against own brothers. Lost his sons before dying.
Draupadi -> Gambled Away by husband. Assaulted. Disrobed. Exiled. Almost kidnapped. Molested again. Lost father, brother, children in war.
Hidimba -> Lived alone in woods. Lost her son.
Abhimanyu -> Died a brutal death.
Subhadra n other Kuru wives -> Lost their sons.
Iravan -> Remained without father. Died for father, but never got his due.
Uttara -> Lost father, brother n husband at a tender age.
Shakuni -> Lived supporting his ill-fated sister. Lost family in the war. Probably the least unfortunate of the lot.
Lord Krishna -> Almost survived infanticide. Saw his entire family getting destroyed.
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