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Are there any situations in Mahabaratha where either Krishna or any Pandava is/are affected with disease or faced unhealthy situation ?

If there are no such instances, are there any slokas saying that their lifestyle is responsible for such diseaseless life?

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    I am not sure what quality of question is this ? – TheLittleNaruto♦ Jul 16 '18 at 5:53
  • @TheLittleNaruto In order to get clarity about their diseaseless lifestyle if they didn't face any such situations other than pranks. – hanugm Jul 16 '18 at 6:01
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    What is this question? What is your purpose? – user9072 Jul 16 '18 at 6:43
  • The purpose is to know how they are maintaining health at even odd times if they didn't fall ill. – hanugm Jul 16 '18 at 6:46
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    It's a good question! I too had this query before. Most likely they also would have gone through the usual health related difficulties which normal humans go through. It could be in lesser magnitude due to better quality of life during then though. In Gita, lord Krishna mentions that one has to pass through the phases of old age and decay. Probably such things are not documented in detail due to less importance. – iammilind Jul 16 '18 at 9:43
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Are there any unhealthy situations in Mahabaratha?

As mentioned in Puranas (such as Matsya Purana, Kurma Purana, Vayu Purana..) and in Mahabharata, there were very less or no disease in Satya Yuga or Krita Yuga and in Treta Yuga.

Disease came to be known in Dvapara Yuga and it affected few people in Dvapara and it's widely found in Kali Yuga.

We can see few instances in Mahabharata where some one had disease. For example,

Vichitravirya died due to phthisis/tuberculosis/yakṣmā. ~Discussed in How did Vichitravirya die?

We also find few references of dropsy, leprosy and few other skin disease in Puranas.

So, there were few unhealthy situations in earlier Yugas and/or in Mahabharata.

Are there any slokas saying that their lifestyle is responsible for such diseaseless life?

Vayu Purana - Chapter 8 deals with this in detail. From abridged version of Vayu Purana,

In Satya Yuga, people lived on juice that came out of the bowels of the earth. This juice was so miraculous that old age and disease were unknown.

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  • But the question is specific to Pandavas or Krishna, while your answer.... – TheLittleNaruto♦ Jul 17 '18 at 4:34
  • @hanugm is your Q limited to 6 persons (5 Pandavas & Krishna) only or it's general for all major characters in Mahabharat... – YDS Jul 17 '18 at 6:06
  • @TheLittleNaruto let the OP reply...if that's the case then it might be a partial answer or may be deleted if it's irrelevant in your/OP's/other's opinion... – YDS Jul 17 '18 at 6:09
  • My intention is to know among the 6, but your answer is informative, which includes them as well; – hanugm Jul 17 '18 at 7:18
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    @YDS Don't delete it, it is not irrelevant... – hanugm Jul 17 '18 at 7:21

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