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Bhishma (or Bheeshma or Devavrata or Bhishma Pitamah) was the eighth son of Kuru King Shantanu and grand uncle of both the Pandavas and the Kauravas.

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If Bad Karma for Killing a Insect is Very Small then how Bhisma suffered Bed of Arrows for P...

EXPLANATION Bhisma laid in Bed Of Arrows due to his Bad karma in his past lives by Piercing a Butterfly. As he pierced the Butterfly In Return he got Pierced by Arrows or a Snake that was put into T …
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Is invincibility in a battle dharma or adharma?

Background: Many warriors like Bhishma, Indrajit, etc., had boons which made them invincible in a battle. … Arjuna defeated Bhishma with the help of Shikandi. Question: So if having these kinds of boons is dharma (i.e., allowed) then why should such warriors be defeated using adharma? …
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Why didn't Bhishma, Drona and Karna attain moksha? Why didn't they live with liberation as l...

Great knowledgeable persons like Bhishma, Drona, Karna and others from Satya, Treta and Dwapara yugas didn't attain moksha; they went only to heaven. … Questions: How come knowledgeable persons like Bhishma, Drona and Karna lived a life knowing that the liberation is the life's goal and they didn't live according to it? …
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