Another mystery which I fail to understand

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Sahadeva was a great astrologer and was supposed to have known the events of the

Mahâbhârata war aforehand but was cursed that if he disclosed the knowledge, his

head would split in pieces. Hence, his relatively silent role in the epic

compared to the other brothers. Bhagavata Purana have a passage in which

Sahadeva predicts events of future when asked by his elder brother Yudhisthira,

the king.

 

As per Bhagavata Purana, he is one of the greatest devotees of Lord Krishna.

Krishna once asked Sahadeva, what should be done to stop the war. Sahadeva told

him that Krishna must be tied down and imprisoned and all the Pandavas along

with Duryodhana must be sent to forest and Karna must be made the king. When

Krishna challenged him to tie him down, Sahadeva started meditating and

envisioned Krishna as a small baby and tied him down. Since Krishna could not

move out of his bondage created by Sahadeva in his meditative trance, he blessed

him with divine vision and Sahadeva released Krishna from the bondage.

 

At the time of Mahabharat war, both the sides were trying to give sacrifice to

Goddess Durga seeking success. Duryodhana sought the good time from Sahadeva.

Sahadeva advised him to give the sacrifice on new moon day.

 

When question by his brothers and Krishna, Sahadeva gave the polite reply that

he is ready to die doing his swadharama of being an astrologer. Probably, he was

following the teaching of Krishna even before the Bhagavad Gita was given out.

 

Krishna was supposed to have played a trick on sun and moon gods to create the

bodhana amavashya which is one day earlier than the normal one. Pandavas gave

the sacrifice on that day and got the boon of success from Goddess Durga.

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NOw after reading all above,my question is did Pandava were not able to take

full use of their own brother Sahdeva OR Shri Krishna himself created such maya

which was beyond all limits(for pandava) and capabilities to ask questions to

him.

I somehow feel Sahdeva could have played a very vital roll in Mahabharata but

was sparingly used by his own brothers!

All glories to Shri Krishna's maya,

Jai Shri Krishna.