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King Nal's story was narrated inside the Mahabharata, Vana Parva, by Brihadashva to comfort Yudhishthira during the exile period. Nala was the noble king of Nishadha who fell deeply in love with Princess Damayanti even before meeting her, and she chose him over gods at her svayamvara. But the spirit Kali, angered by this, entered Nala and drove him into a destructive gambling addiction, causing him to lose his kingdom to his brother Pushkara in the dice game, though unlike Yudhisthir, he didn't gamble his wife too.

Nala and Damayanti wandered in exile, suffering greatly, until Nala, consumed by shame, abandoned her in the forest. After many hardships, disguises, and years apart, Nala learned mastery over dice and regained wisdom, while Damayanti went to her father's kingdom and searched for him tirelessly. Eventually they reunited, Nala defeated Pushkara in another dice game, regained his kingdom, and the couple was restored to happiness.

What's even the point of the Great War even then when it can't provide the fruits and long-term effects, the age of darkness, Kaliyug, starting in just 36 years or so? If all the evil and wrongdoers were punished and uprooted, why did evil become so strong in just 36 years?

What's even the point of the Great War even then when it can't provide the fruits and long-term effects, since the age of darkness, Kaliyug, starting in just 36 years or so? If all the evil and wrongdoers were punished and uprooted, why did evil become so strong in just 36 years?

I don't think there would be any change at all, so why not just keep Abhimanyu being born of Draupadi? Even after the relationships formed with this marriage relationship with Yadavs, Pandavas don't get much benefit because Krishna gave a choice to choose between him and his army. So, was it necessary for Abhimanyu to be born of Arjun and Subhadra rather than Arjun and Draupadi?