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Guna (Qualities) of the Pandava, Shri Krishna and Abhimanyu as told by Sañjaya

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श्रावणमासः, शुक्लपक्षः , प्रथमातिथिः, २०८२ विक्रमसंवत्सरः, २५ जुलै २०२५, शुक्रवासरः In the Abhimanyu Vadha Parva of Drona Parva, Sañjaya is telling Dhṛtarāṣṭra about how the very young Abhimanyu was killed. While he conveys this news, Dhṛtarāṣṭra asks questions on how did this happen? Sañjaya starts narrating the details of that incident and starts by saying yet again how the Pāṇḍava are invincible. He then goes on to talk about the guṇa or qualities they have and how young Abhimanyu had the qualities of his father, Arjuna, his paternal uncles, the Pāṇḍava and his maternal uncle, Śrīkṛṣṇa. Yudhiṣṭhira About Yudhiṣṭhira he says: सत्त्वकर्मान्वयैर्बुद्ध्या कीर्त्या च यशसा श्रिया । नैव भूतो न भविता नैव तुल्यगुणः पुमान् ||७.३४.२ || सत्त्वगुण, कर्म, कुल, बुद्धि, कीर्ति, यश और श्रीके द्वारा युधिष्ठिरके समान पुरुष दूसरा कोई न तो हुआ है और न होनेवाला ही है || ७.३४.२ || "Yudhiṣṭhira is unmatched, having...