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- After the events of the Mahabharata, and the vicious war that raged between the Pandava brothers and the Kauravas, Gandhari curses Krishna for allowing all of the horrors to happen. Her curse is that his people, the Vrishnis, will destroy themselves and Krishna will die alone in the forest. Much later in time, three sages come to Dwarka, Krishna's city. They are offended by a practical joke that gets played on them and call down a curse that one day all the members of the race will be seized by a madness that drives them to exterminate each other. This curse is essentially a continuation of Gandhari's curse.
- I want to know what the practical joke was. Since it was sages, it is possible that it was something simple, maybe just done in good natured fun, but sages are probably not known for having a sense of humor.
- My thoughts on the events was that several younger sons of the powerful men in the city were put in charge of the three sages. They were supposed to show them honor and all the stuff that sages would look for. But, the sons weren't very bright and they slightly misunderstood their orders. They should also be slightly drunk. So, in an effort to show the sages 'a good time,' they inadvertently offend them.
Bibliography: Cradle Tales of Hinduism by Sister Nivedita. Web source.
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