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    Shakuni was the master strategist behind Duryodhana's plan to defeat the Pandavas through the game of dice. He manipulated Yudhishthira's addiction to gambling to lure him into high stakes games of dice that he rigged to ensure the Pandavas lost everything. As the game progressed, he continued suggesting higher bets to escalate the losses until the Pandavas lost their kingdom, brothers, and finally Draupadi herself to humiliation. After humiliating the Pandavas, Shakuni then devised another dice game to send them into 13 years of exile, achieving his and Duryodhana's goal of eliminating their rivals.

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    Shakuni was the master strategist behind Duryodhana's plan to defeat the Pandavas through the game of dice. He manipulated Yudhishthira's addiction to gambling to lure him into high stakes games of dice that he rigged to ensure the Pandavas lost everything. As the game progressed, he continued suggesting higher bets to escalate the losses until the Pandavas lost their kingdom, brothers, and finally Draupadi herself to humiliation. After humiliating the Pandavas, Shakuni then devised another dice game to send them into 13 years of exile, achieving his and Duryodhana's goal of eliminating their rivals.

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    Shakuni was the master strategist behind Duryodhana's plan to defeat the Pandavas through the game of dice. He manipulated Yudhishthira's addiction to gambling to lure him into high stakes games of dice that he rigged to ensure the Pandavas lost everything. As the game progressed, he continued suggesting higher bets to escalate the losses until the Pandavas lost their kingdom, brothers, and finally Draupadi herself to humiliation. After humiliating the Pandavas, Shakuni then devised another dice game to send them into 13 years of exile, achieving his and Duryodhana's goal of eliminating their rivals.

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    ROLE OF SHAKUNI IN THE GAME OF DICE

    Shakuni was the strategist and acting key person of The Dice Game or Dyut Krida.
    He played the role of a cunning, trickster who was the root of all disaster and
    humiliation that all the Pandavas faced. He planned with Duryodhana the downfall
    of Yudhishthira through the game of dice. Shakuni conceived as interminable evil,
    had a smooth sailing because of the contemporary social moral code and the
    structures of power at the time. Yudhishthira had to obey Dhritarashtra’s word, as
    father’s word is law unto him. Once Yudhishthira had agreed to the proxy game, he
    had to honour his word at all costs. Shakuni said: “When we sow out the dice, let
    there be a covenant to the game.” Yudhishthira sayd:”Gaming is trickery, an evil,
    there is no baronial prowess in it, nor steady policy, prince. Why do you praise
    dicing? For no one praises as proud a gambler’s trickery; Shakuni don’t defeat us by
    crooked means and cruelty.” But Shakuni was all determined to use trickery of his
    crooked game to defeat him. The game started and at every stake Shakuni decided,
    tricked and cried, “Won”!

    When Duryodhana returned from Indraprastha, Duryodhana was burning in fires of


    jealousy & envy. Duryodhana wanted all the luxuries & comforts Pandavs have in
    Indraprastha, no pleasure could satisfy him. So, Shakuni devised the plan to invite
    Yuddhishtira on a Dice game of Gambling on Chausar. Shakuni knew that
    Yuddhishtira although knew next to nothing about Chausar, but was highly addicted
    of Gambling. Shakuni made Dhritrashtra sent request to Yuddhishtira for A Dice
    Game. Shakuni knew if Dhritrashtra sent him a request for a dice duel, Yuddhishtira
    could not reject the offer.

    Shakuni played the dice and manipulated Yuddhishtira to gamble each & everything
    including Draupadi. Shakuni was master of Chausar and throwing dices. He threw
    dices and played in such a way that Yuddhishtira won't win any single bet. Shakuni
    made Yuddhishtira fall in his words and game, such that Yuddhishtira did not think
    about consequences of anything he was doing. When Yuddhishtira lost a bet,
    Shakuni & Duryodhana suggested him what he could bet next. When Yuddhishtira
    lost all his money & kingdom, they suggested him to put his brothers on stake,
    when he lost his brothers, they suggested him to bet Draupadi.

    Yuddhishtira thought that he would win this time and would free all his brothers and
    his kingdom, he never thought about the consequences of betting Draupadi. As he
    was in such a state that he was only thinking of “Winning a bet to win everything
    back”. Now, Duryodhana & Karna committed a blunder. If Duryodhana and Karna
    had not disrobed and humiliated Draupadi, Dhritrashtra would not had to return
    kingdom or free Pandavs, and Duryodhana would have ruled Earth for whole life
    with Pandavs & Draupadi as slaves.

    Shakuni devised a plan to send Pandavs to exile. Shakuni requested Dhritrashtra


    that he & Duryodhan had humiliated Pandavas badly, and Pandavs should get a fair
    chance to humiliate them. So, a game should be played again and whoever would
    lose would have to go on a 12 years exile & 1 year Agyaatvaas.

    Dhritarastra sent orders to Yuddhishtira to come back and have a dice game.
    Shakuni won this game too. Now, Shakuni got what he wanted - 13 years exile to
    Pandavas & Draupadi, and kingdoms of Pandavas for Duryodhana. It was all Shakuni
    who was playing from both sides in dice game, only thing he lost is due to stupidity
    of Duryodhana, Karna & Dushasana. But he won that again, with a condition.

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