my doubt cleared

 I always doubted that on the seventeenth day of the war,after yudhishtira,arjuna fled from the battlefield,Arjuna loaded his chariot fully with arrows,weapons before starting to battle against karna.This is mentioned in kmg verison.He had already taken rest,and was fresh.Karna on that other hand was on the battlefield,and his arrows were getting exhausted.When Arjuna started battle with karna,the battle went on for two hours before Karna's chariot was stuck.Shalya refused to lift the chariot wheel.Karna continued the battle from the chariot.The chariot protectors already fled the battlefield.After a while his arrows were almost exhausted.It was here that he got down and asked Arjuna to wait till he lifted the chariot wheel.Because the wheel protectors would have filled the chariot with arrows,and they were not there.And if he had to take the chariot back,he had to lift the wheel.My own opinion is that karna should have fled the battlefield.before Arjuna could have followed him,but he should have reached safety.And the next day,he should have arrived with a new chariot without shalya as the charioteer.he could have defeated Arjuna then.

Karna's useless war

When someone go to war,he should slay the enemies.Thats what war is all about.Karna giving a boon to kunti that he will spare four pandavas except Arjuna made no sense.He defeated all the pandavas except Arjuna ,and spared them.He almost killed Arjuna with his nagastra but Krishan saved Arjuna.When his chariot wheel got stuck,shalya didnt help him.Its useless to give such boons to anyone when someone is going to war.It makes one to be defeated in the war.And also,victory which would have been won,becomes a self defeat.And karna didnt get credit for sparing the lives of pandavas later.The pro pandava writers criticised him for hate against  Arjuna as he didnt forgive Arjuna,and also for insulting other pandavas.He forgave four pandavas,but thats not enough for them.And the pro pandava writers manupulated facts,that he was really spared by the pandavas before he spared them.And he abused them,and deserved to be killed.
So his boon to kunti that he will spare fur pandavas didn't benefit him.And that made him to be killed in the war.So karna shouldn't not give those boons.he should have rejected kunti,and said he will fight for on the kaurava side.Or he should have accepted kunti and joined pandavas.These kind of boons are useless.
Also Arjuna is adharmic warrior and killed karna when his chariot wheel was stuck in earth,and didn't wait till karna lifted it.And Arjuna is praised for his adarmic way of killing people.karna had defeated everyone,the pandavas,satyaki,drishtadyumna.But this boon didn't make him win the war.

Krishna's friendship with pandavas,his strategy

 I wanted to write this since along time.Its about krishna's reasons for friendship with pandavas,why he guided pandavas,and his strategies.Krishna's friendship of the pandavas began after Arjuna defeated drupada.The mahabharata describes krishna meeting kunti and bowing to her and saying he is son of her brother vasudeva,and both have yadava,naga blood.He seems to have met the pandavas just after that.Though his meeting with them takes place after Arjuna wins draupadi in swayamvara.
Krishna after killing kamsa by rebellion in mathura,was the head of the yadavas,and he wanted to protect the virshni race yadavas,from whom that he descended from, and make them stronger and prosperous.Their welfare was the main task for krishna.And after killing kamsa,and installing ugrasens as the king,jarasandha the emperor of mathura and relative of kama started attacking mathura.But he was repelled everytime,and many yadavas were killed each time.Jarasandha attacked mathura ssome many times and yadavas needed to go elsewhere.Krishna with other prominent yadavas then shifted the yadava city to dwaraka,a place in western coast of Aryavarta which is an island like place connected with land .The yadavas built the city of dwarka there,and shifted their capital from mathura.Some  prominent people even went to hastinapura,whose former king pandu was kunti or pritha's husband.Dhritarashtra was the king of hastinapura at that time.But he didnt help the yadavas because of jarasandha's strength.So once the yadava kingdom was shifted to dwaraka where jarasandha cant attack them.But Krishna was looking for a way to kill jarasandha,who was a powerful warrior,and no king was willing to help yadavas to kill him.
So later Krishna knew about the pandavas,and about Arjuna who is called as the greatest bow wielder and warrior(though there is karna who challenged him),and Bhima who has good strength,who killed tribals like hidamba.There is some contradiction in who is Arjuna's first wife.I will post it later.Krishna also supported all the pandavas to marry draupadi.It was kunti who is said to have suggested this,becasue the other pandavas were jealous of Arjuna because he won a beautiful princess.Kunti wanted unity among the pandavas.
And he soon became a friend of the pandavas.Pandavas who were living in exile at that time because duryodhana might kill them.Krishna then started advising them politically.He soon became their friend and advisor.After the pandavas went back to hastinapura,and got half of the kingdom as indraprastha,Krishna helped them to build Indraprastha.It is said that the pandavas also burnt a forest to build the city.
Arjuna used to trust krishna very much and used to consider him as a divine person.Even kunti used to trust krishna,and belived that he can advise them on important matters.Others also trusted krishna.
Krishna made use of the valour of the pandavas.he took Bhima,Arjuna to jarasandha and made Bhima kill jarasandha.His enemy is now killed.And the yadavas are now safe,and will be prosperous again.Krishna asked the pandavas to perform the rajasuya yagya which should be done by the emperor who defeats all the kingdoms in all directions in aryavarta.The pandavas with their valour defeated all kingdoms and performed the rajasuya yagya.He is now holding the pandavas sway.He ensured they will follow his advice on anything.
By making the pandavas peform the rajasuya yagya,he made sure that pandavas defeat all kings who are opposed to the yadavas.When the indraprastha empire was founded,he made sure that the yadavas will get privelages.The yadavas got privelages in trade with other countries to madra,gandhara and to the middle east east.In those days middle east,egypt used to trade with Indian kingdoms.And yadavas were prosperous,and no one could defeat them because they had the support of the pandavas.
After the raja suya yagya,the dice game happened,and pandavas lost their kingdom,and they had to live in forests for twelve years and one year incognitio or as someone else.Krishna was not aware of this.
Bhima also vowed to kill all the kauravas.after their exile,Krishna gave them advice on how to prepare for war,after duryodhana didnt give them back their kingdom.I think kunti told him just after the pandava exile that that karna is her elder son.He might have said to her that he will reveal it to him at the right time.Kunti trusted krishna more than her own sons on some matters.She should have told the pandavas about karna soon after their exile.It took pandavas four months to prepare for war.If krishna really wanted karna to come to the side of the pandavas,he would have sent a message to him immdietly even before the peace talks began.And even before duryodhana rejected pandava claims to their kingdom.At that time karna would have surely told duryodhana that he is elder brother of pandavas,and would have remianed neutral in the war.And after the pandavs won the war,yudhishtira would have become the emperor of indraprastha, and karna would have become the emperor of hastinapura.Aryavarta would have prospered under the two dharmic emperors.
But krisha didnt want this.krishna wanted the pandavas to get back their kingdom and defeat duryodhana,kauravas and become kings of even hastinapura as well.Hastinapura had many allied kingdoms,and pandavas would have ruled over them also.Krishna became greedy for power.Thats why he decided not to tell karna before that he is elder brother of pandavs.Pandavas will obey Krishna.but Karna wont obey Krishna.Karna is a dharmic person,and would go by his own will.He doesnt need krishna to tell him what is dharma.If karna remained neutral in the war and later became the emperor of hastinapura,the pandavas will then listen to karna.Krishan wouldnt have any influence on pandavas then.The yadavs will then not get the privelages they were getting,and his interests wont be served.Yudhishtira will take karna's advice on anything from then.So to prevent Karna from joining the pandavas,krishna told karna that he is kunti's elderst son just before a week from the war.After duryodhan refused to give kingdom to pandavas,and war preparations were on,and Karna himself was ready to fight with pandavas.Krishna knew that karna at that time,wont join the pandavas.
karna fought well,and defeated all the four pandavas except arjuna and spared their lives.On the seventeenth day,ge defeated yudhishtira,and insulted him and spared his life.Yudhishtira was angry,and asked Arjuna to kill Karna.Krishna took advantage of this.Aruna attacked karna after Bhima killed dushasana.Arjuna killed vrishasena,and karna didnt have any chakra rakshakas,or chariot protectors.And duryodhana,Aswatthama were watching from a distance.Karna,Arjuna fought for a hour,and Karna's chariot went on soft ground,and
the chariot wheel got stuck in earth.karna asked shalya to lift the chariot.Shalya being loyal to pandavas refused to lift the wheel.So karna then got to ground,asked Arjuna to wait till he lifts the wheel.
But krishna then asked Arjuna to kill karna immdiatly.Karna was having an upper hand till then.If Karna lifts the wheel,then he wont be killed.And if bhima kills duryodhana,pandavas will win the war and karna will become the eldest pandava,and krishna's plans wont succeed.So when krishna asked Arjuna to kill karna.Arjuna killed him by unrighteous means.

But Krishna underestimated Yudhihstira though.Yudhishtira is a dharmic person,and would never agree to kill his elder brother,.He knew that krishna had cheated him,and didnt forgive him after that.Infact yudhishtira didnt even meet krishna after the war.Yudhishtira knew that after this,the kuru race will be extinct.Aad after the pandavas stopped ruling,no one really knows who ruled hastinapura,indraprastha kingdoms.Parkishit might not be Abhimanyu's son.

Krishna wanted Abhimanyu who belongs to his dynasty to to rule over hastinapura,and prativindhaya who is elder son of yudhishtira to rule over indraprastha.But his plans didnt succeed.And god has spunished krishna for his unirghteous,selfish deeds.Krishna was killed by an arrow of a hunter jara.Krishna is not incarnation of god as many say,but is only an ordinary person with some knowledge.Bhishma,Drona,Karna were as knowledgable as he was.

Karna,Krishna conversation

 Some people know about this,but not many know details.I will post some details here
When krishna took karna with him outside of hastinapura city,he revealed that he is kuni's eldest son and asked him to join the pandavas.Krishna offered the entire Indraprastha,hastinapura kingdoms to him.
That is entire aryavarta.But karna rejected it saying that he is indebted to duryodhana,and he cant desert him now.So he will have to fight for him against the pandavas.
Karna said that the war will happen anyway,and many kings will be killed.He knows whats going to happen next.He said that the all the kauravas will be killed,and the pandavas will be victorious in the war.He said let the dharmatma yudhishtira win.He compared mahabharata war to a big yagya, with krishna as the authority of the yagya and as the witness,Arjuna as he main priest of the yagya gandiva as the main paddle of the yagya by which the offering is poured,the prowess,valour of the warriors will be the ghee which is offered to the yayga,The divyastras of the dhanrdharis or the Archers will be the mantras of yagya,Abhimanyu will be the main vedic hymn chanted, Yudhishtira will be the brahma of the sacrifice or the weilder of the results, Nakula,Sahadeva will be the slayers of the sacrificial animals,all types of arrows will be the spoons which will distribute the soma juice, The maces will be the pokers to stirr the sticks of the yagya, the disciples of drona,kripa will be the assisting priests, satyaki will be your assistant, duryodhana will be the performer of the yagya.
The words the blood of the warriors is the ghee offered in the yagya comes twice again in this description of the mahabharata war.So this could be manupulated by some later writers.
The lines that bheema kills dushasana,duryodhana,and arjuna slays him and jackals take away the bodies of the warriors,thenthe finla bath of the yagya takes place are later additions.According to some versions,karna says he will slay Arjuna.Slaying Arjuna wont make a difference to the war.
These are great words,and an apt description of the mahabharat war by karna.Karna seems knowledgable person,and it is unlikely that he said those words to pandavas,draupadi.

As I said earlier,the unrighteous slaying of karna was not necessary to win the war.Arjuna,bheema could have attacked duryodhana and captured him,and then killed him.Karna would not have stopped them.

But karna erred in judgement though.When he said to duryodhana that he will fight pandavas,he was a suta putra,denied to show his valour by society.And he gave back to duryodhana more than what he gave him,Duryodhana gave him kshatriya status,and made him the king of Anga.Though basically he was a sub king.But he gave duryodhana an empire.He conquered many kingdoms,and duryodhana performed the vaishnava yagya becasue of karna.Duryodhana could not have performed the rajasuya sacrifice though,becasue Yudhishtira is still alive.And hastinapura became an empire becasue of Karna.And duryodhana 's confidence was due to him.Even Bhishma didnt conquer that many kingdoms as karna did.
But karna is now kunti putra,the kanina putra of pandu,the elder brother of the pandavas.He is a different Karna now.He gave back to duryodhana more than what he gave to karna.So there is no need to be loyal to him.I think Karna took time to accept the fact the he was a kshatriya,and krishna didnt give him time to think.He was told a week before the war.Karna should have told duryodhana,that he is elder brother of pandavas,and he cant fight hem.And he also cant fight agaisnt duryodhana.So he should have remained neutral.The pandavas would have won the war,and Karna would have been the king of hastinapura,while
Yudhishtira would have been the king of Indraprastha.Both the dharmic persons ruling the entire aryavarta,would have been beneficial to India.India needed both the kings who would have established a proper dharma,and made India prosperous.But by not accepting krishna's offer,he allowed krishna to turn the situation in his favour and kill him in unrighteous manner,and make aryavarta weaker.
Although it takes sometime to accept certain facts.Karna was just begining to accept that he is elder brother of pandavas,and he allowed bhima to kill dushasana also shows that he would have allowed duryodhana to be killed as well.Krishna realised this.Thats why he asked Arjuna to kill Karna immdiatly after Karna's chariot wheel got stuck in earth.krishna thought karna might reveal the truth to the pandavas,and come to their side.I will write another post on this.

Both sides were equal

 Its generally believed that in the Mahabharata war,the kauravas had more warriors,and pandavas had less warriors,but still they won the war.Thats not true.Although the kaurava army has more soldiers,its the maharathis that count.They can win the war.Now Kaurava army has Bhishma,Drona,Aswahtthama,kripa,
duryodhana on its side as main dhanurdharis,which are important to win the war.The pandava side has Arjuna,Satyaki,Drishtadyumna,Bhima,Sikhandi,Abhimanyu.
Arjuna can take on Bhishma, Satyaki can fight with Ashwatthama, Drishtadyumna with Drona, shikhandi with kripa.There are also nakula sahadevas who are good arches and can fight with drona or shalya.
So both sides were equal.The one warrior who could have changed the equation was karna.With adding karna on the kaurava side,the pandava army could have been defeated within just 3,4 days.Because Bhishma,Karna make an invincible pair, both are atirathas,having learnt all divyastras under someone who was like parashurama.Drona was old,and not a kshatriya so was not able to shoot arrows with speed,accuracy.But he is still invincible with his divyastras.Bhishma knew this.Thats why he criticised karna,and removed him from battle until he is commander of kaurava army.Therefore the pandavas fought well till the tenth day when bhishma threw his weapons when shikhandi was brought in front in him.
Even if Drona was not there, Bhishma,karna would have won the war for the kauravas.
So with Bhishma,Drona and later with Drona,Karna both sides were equal.And the pandavas by killing Drona,karna by deceit won the war.
Bhishma said karna is artharatha,and he knew karna will be angry and wont fight under him.
The Pandavas before the war had approached Bhishma,Drona and aksed them as to how they could be defeated.Bhishma said when you think that you cant win the war,then come to me,I will tell how can I be defeated.Drona said if they can make him throw his weapons,then he can be defeated.As long he is holding a weapon,he cant be defeated.So the pandavas lied that Ashwatthama is dead,so that he will throw his bow.
Bhishma defeated Arjuna on the ninth day,and wrecked havoc on the pandava army.and krishna took up a chariot wheel against Bhishma.Then the pandavas appraoched Bhishma ion that night.Bhishma said bring shikhandi in front of me,I will throw my weapons and wont fight.

Why karna was abandoned

 Its an interesting question,as to why karna was abandoned.Many people attribute this to today's standards of morality,and say a girl who has a son before marriage will face social condemnation,ridicule.This is not true.In those days it was common for woman to have have children before marriage.Thats why the kanina putra has been mentioned in different kinds of sons.If it was socially unacceptable to have children before marriage,then kanina putra would not have been mentioned as a substitute for a son.So,there was no social ridicule,then why was karna was abandoned?We should look at certain facts.Kunti was a princess,not just a kshatriya girl.So she having  a son by an agirasa rishi who resembled durvasa would have been accepted by society,and also by her father.Though he would not have been too happy.But a princess with a son,would not be acceptable to any king as a wife.If a swayamvara was arranged very few kings would turn up.Ofcourse,if kunti was beautiful,then some kings might turn up.But those kings might have that much wealth,orm ight not be suitable for her.For her to get a suitable king,she will have to abandon Karna.If no king turned up,then kunti might have to marry some kshatriya who is not a king.Someone who might accept karna as an heir to him.But she wont get the life of a queen,that she hoped for.So she abandioned karna.She always wanted kingdom.
It is surprising though as to why she left Karna in a river in a basket.He might have died by drowning.But she didnt care.She put some gold ornaments,and ear rings so that someone might adopt him.It is those ear rings that karna used to wear as a symbol of his lineage.She has other options,like giving him to her kshatriya maids,and ask one of them to adopt them.Or give him to a kshatriya couple who didnt have children.They would be happy to adopt  a prince.Maybe she was only fifteen or sixteen at that time,and didnt think of other options.But giving karna to a kshatriya women would have been the best choice.As Karna would be  a kshatriya,and wouldn't be discriminated as suta later on when learning Archery or dhanurvidya.
Kunti didnt do anything for karna ,but killed him when she got the boon from karna that he wont kill any pandava except Arjuna.He might have been alive if he killed other pandavas.As a mother kunti didnt do anything to karna,but killed him in the end.
Some people are making a big issue on some words supposedly said by karna to draupadi.There is no proof that he said anything as bhima himself doesnt say that karna said those words.After slashing duryodhana's thighs bhima says duryodhana ordered disrobing of draupadi.The only istance of that ever mentioned again in mahabharata.As for karna supporting duryodhana,duryodhana wouldnt listen to karna or anybody.
So Karna cant be blamed for acts done by duryodhana.

About different kinds of sons :karna as heir to pandu

 Its well known that kana is a kaniya putra to pandu,that is a son born to wife before she is married.And that he is also a legal heir to kingdom.Although he cant claim the kingdom as pandu's first son.There are some claims that karna has been adopted by adirataha and he cant be pandu's son,and he will be always be called as son of adiratha with the kauravas or pandavas if joins them.Its an interesting manupulation of the laws,rules that existed at that time.Some facts being changed,and bhishma's words of some parva of mahabharata being quoted.It shows lack of knowledge by those people.

According to those laws,manu there are six kinds of sons who are heirs to a Man.

Swayamjata - A son born to him and his wife
Prayita - A son born with the blessings of a holy  man.
Putrikaputra - Son of one's daughter
Pawairbhava - A son born after remarriage
Kanina _ A son born to wife before she was married
Bhanja - Son of one's sister

Between the legitamate son of the body, and son begotten on a wife, then the legitamate son inherits father's property.This is justified.As the son born between him and his wife gets precedence over any type of son.

There are the sons who can substitute legitamate sons of the body.

Aurasa - A son born to him and one's wife - this is same as swayamjata

kshetraja - A son born to his wife by  aprocess of niyoga by other man, if the man is dead,or impotent or diseased.Pandu was impotent,so Kunti's sons were born by niyoga by different men.So all the pandavas are the ksetraja sons to pandu.

Datrima (datta) - A child of equal caste given by his parents by affection to another man by a water offering, is a datrima putra.

Kritrima - A son made by a man acquanting him with right and wrong.

Gudhotpanna - A son born in a man's house whose father is not known.He sha;; belong to the manand his mother.




Apaviddha - If a man receives a son if he has been deserted by one or both the parents,then he is a son cast off. This description suits karna.Adiratha found karna after being abandoned by kunti.And he adopted him.So karna is an apaviddha son of Adiratha.

 Kanina - A son whom a damsel secretly bears in the house of her father,then such a son belongs to the man who weds her aftwerwards.

 Kritaka - If a man buys a boy from his parents,then he is called kritaka.

 Sahodha - if one marries a girl who is pregnant at the time of marriage,the the son born will  considered as received with the bride, and be called as sahodha.

 Paunarbhava- if a women abandoned by her husband or a woman after remarriage has a son,then that son is called as paunarbaha son of her second husband.

Swayamdutta - if one lost his parents or abandoned by them,and gives himself to another man, then he is called self given or swayamdutta.

Parasava - one whom a a brahmana begets from a sudra woman is considered alive and dead.so he is called as parasava.


Now obviously,if the pandavas are born to pandu,then the question of karna also being an equal heir doesnt arise.But they arent pandu's sons.They are kshetraja sons of pandu.And Karna is a kanina son.
Now since pandu didnt adopt him,we can say he doesnt have rights.But pandu died,kunti has the right to adopt him.If kunti adopts him,then he will have be the jyeshta pandava according to the laws at that time.
And this is the reason why krishna offered karna the kingdom to karna.Since yudhishtira is the king,he wont have any objection to giving the kingdom to karna.The pandavas ruled jointly.Though yudhishtira was the king by name.They headed different aspects of administartion.
As for Adiratha being apaviddha father to Karna,his rights to karna cease the moment Kunti adopts Karna.Karna is not a datta putra who is formerly given by kunti to adiratha.It is adiratha who took karna as a putra,when he was abandoned.When he goes back to kunti,the abandonement is over,and rights over the son cease.But karna can still give pind to adiratha as a father as a pandava.There is no rule that karna should give pind to pandu.
The reason that Bhishma said to yudhishtira that karna is the son of adiratha is that karna hasnt accepted krishna's or kunti's offer of kingdom and went to the pandavas.So Bhishma thought let adiratha give the offering to karna.This should not be taken that karna cant be a pandava,and remans a suta no matter what.This is false.An Apaviddha putra remains a son until he is claimed by his parents.Adiratha's rights as apaviddha father to Karna are overtaken by kunti's rights  to karna as a kanina putra.
I hope people understand this.Some people on the internet have misinterpreted bhishma's statement.I hope we know the real facts now.

The mahabharat war would have happended anyway.if karna joins the pandavas,then he wouldn't have fought against the kauravas.he wont fight agsinst duryodhana who gave him kshatriya status.krishna knew this.Karna would have remained neutral and woudnt have participated in the war.Duryodhana would have gone to war,and would have been defeated and kaurvas including,bhishma,drona would have been killed in the war.Then Karna would have been made king to hastinapura and its allied kingdoms.And Yudhihstira would have been made king of Indraprastha and its allied kingdoms.Krishna had this in mind when he offered kingdom to karna.Pandavas would have been happy.Abhimanyu,upapandavas would have been saved.
krishna didnt offer indraprastha to karna,as it was built by pandavas.But,he didn't want karna to accept this offer,as I will explain this in my later posts.

The wind and sun story

 Whe I was young,I used to read comics magazine called twinkle.Its published by Amar chitra katha publihsers.
It used to come monthly with some interesting stories.The maulwi naseeruddin stories used to really informative and fun.There was a story about the sun and wind.The wind says to the sun and says 'I am stronger than you.'Sun says 'who says so.I can blow anything away.So I am stronger.You can't, said the wind.Sun says ok,then he points to a peasant who was wearing a blanket walking on the ground,and asks wind to remove the blanket from the peasant.Wind agrees,and starts blowing strongly on the peasant.The peasant surprised by the wind,held on to the blanket.The stronger the wind blowed,the stronger the peasant held on to the blanket.The wind made the peasant float in the air for a long time,but still the peasant didn't remove the blanket.The wind admits to the sun,that he couldnt do what he said,and asked the sun to do it.The peasant after the wind was sitting on the ground.The sun shined a little more brightly,and the peasant to get relief from that,removed the blanket.What the wind couldn't do with so much if effort,the sun did it with ease.
The wind admitted the sun is superior to him.

Now for the fools claiming that bhima defeated karna anywhere in mahabharata, do I need to say that  karna is the son of surya,bhima is the son of wind.They should have understood what I have said by now.

consipiritors spreading lies in this new age of social communication

 Some lies about mahabharata,and its characters are being written on the internet by some conspiritors.Especially about Karna,padavas.kauravas were evil,as there is not that much of manupulation that can be done to their charecters.They are spreading lies that karna lost to Bhima during the Rajasuya yagya,and also during the Mahabharata war.They are also lying that karna lost to satyaki.I already wrote that karna didnt accompany the kauravas to the gurdaskhina war.These false stories are first spread by some karna haters of a particular sect,which is founded by someone who doesnt have knowledge about the spirituality of the upanishads.Karna haters are now using these false stories which were written a long time ago in a translation in a regional edition on the internet and claiming that these things have happened in the Mahabharata.A particular biased translation of mahabharata cant be the basis of any facts.
So no one should believe these false theories.karna defeated bhima and spared his life.Karna defeated  four pandavas and spared their lives.Karna was not defeated by Arjuna.Bhima didnt have the capability to defeat karna.This regional tanslation praised bhima in some ways and even calls him as best pandava.
Another fasle story is that during the final battle between duryodhana,bhima bhima didnt break the rules of war by hitting at duryodhana's thighs.And that krishna didnt signal to bhima to hit at duryodhana's thighs.
They claim that duryodhana did something called avasthana and jumped in the air and then bhima hit at this thighs.This is not true.Duryodhana was winning the battle against bhima.He was thrashing him soundly.And bhima was losing to duryodhana.Then krishna signals to bhima to hit at his thighs.When duryodhan hits bhima and  bhima fell to the ground,he hit at his thighs.Its easy to strike someone when lying down.It logical.Arjuna,bhima broke rules of war to win against their opponents.They wanted their kingdom.So public shouldn't believe these stories.