No one told us what happened after the Mahabharat war. Mahabharat is the greatest epic ever written. It has a deeply rooted impact on culture and on the way people behave today. The Kurukshetra war is considered one of the bloodiest war ever fought in human history. What is known is that the Pandavas won and the Kauravas lost. So what exactly happened after the Pandavas won?
After winning the Kurukshetra war the Pandavas are crowned as rulers of Hastinapura. With Yudhishthira leading the affairs. Afflicted Gandhari curses Lord Krishna wishing him and the whole Yadav clan a painful death just like her sons. The Pandavas began to rule Hastinapura for 36 long years. Meanwhile, Gandhari’s curse to Lord Krishna began to work.
Many unpleasant events took place in place in Dwarka. Where Krishna lead an exodus from the entire Yadav’s clan to Prabhas. In Prabhas there is a murderous rebellion among the clan and the Yadav’s end up killing each other to the point of annihilating their entire race. While trying to extinguish the rebellion a hunter mistakenly shoots an arrow at the mortal Lord Krishna and finally kills him.
From then on Lord Krishna merges with Maha Vishnu and leaves his mortal human body. After the demise of Lord Krishna Ved Vyas tells Arjun that the purpose of his and his brother’s lives is over. At approximately the same time Dwaper-yuga is about to end and Kali-yuga is about to start. Looking at the chaos and Adharm that seeps into his kingdom, Yudhishthira crowns Parikshit as a king and the Pandavas along with Draupadi decide to climb the Himalayas as final penance to reach heaven. Lord Yumraj (god of death), in the form of a stray dog, joins them on the way to the top.
As they started climbing the Himalayas they began to die. It starts with Draupadi and Bheema is the last one to die. The reasons for their death are associated with their desires, issues and troubles caused by their pride. Only Yudhishthira who was not proud of anything along with the dog arrives at the gate of heaven over the Himalayas. At the gates of heaven Lord Yumraj disguised as a dog reveals his identity and before letting Yudhishthira enter the sky he takes him to travel through the gallows of hell. In hell, he witnesses his brothers and Draupadi redeem their sins. Lord Indra then takes Yudhishthira to heaven and promises that his brothers and Draupadi will be there. This is how Lord Krishna and the Pandavas left the mortal world.
After that, the kali yuga began which is wrold as we know it ‘Today’.
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