Price of anger

I am one of the Kauravas*;
indulged in conceit and caprice,
I died in the field of Kurukshetra*
and was thus absolved of my sins;
I am now a resident of heaven;
but the Pandavas* were, despite fighting 
the holy war, unable to forgive 
us, the Kauravas; this sin was 
the sole cause of their fate, they were
debarred at the gate of heaven; even 
after thirty-six years of ruling Hastinapura*, 
they are seen taking their tour in hell; 
anger will flare up the air for long, 
with many such stories to tell.

 

Note

Kauravas - Kaurava is a Sanskrit term for the descendants of King Kuru (or simply Kurava in Tamil), a legendary king who is the ancestor of many of the characters of the Mahābhārata. Kauravas are a hundred sons and one daughter of the blind king of Hastinapur, Dhritarashtra, and the queen Gandhari. The well-known Kauravas are Duryodhana, Dushasana, Vikarna, and Dussala.

Kurukshetra - According to the Puranas, Kurukshetra is a region named after King Kuru, the ancestor of Kauravas and Pandavas, as depicted in epic Mahabharata. The importance of the place is attributed to the fact that the Kurukshetra War of the Mahabharata is said to have taken place here. According to the epic, The Mahabharata, the sacred ‘Bhagavat Gita’ scripture was first delivered here by Krishna.

Pandavas - The Pandavas refers to the five brothers namely, Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva. They are the main characters in the epic Mahabharata. They were the sons of Pandu, the king of Hastinapura, and his two wives Kunti and Madri. The five brothers shared a wife, Draupadi.

Hastinapura - In the Mahabharata, Hastinapur is portrayed as the capital of the Kuru Kingdom of the Kauravas. Many incidents in the Mahabharata were set in the city of Hastinapur. According to the Mahabharata, the 100 Kaurava brothers were born in this city to their mother, Queen Gandhari, the wife of King Dhritarashtra. On the bank of the Budhi Ganga, two places near Hastinapur (Draupadi Ghat and Karna Ghat) reference Mahabharata personages. The first reference to Hastinapur in the Puranas presents the city as the capital of Emperor Bharata's kingdom. King Samprati (also referred to as Samrat Samprati), the grandson of the emperor Asoka the Great of the Mauryan Empire, built many temples here during his reign. During British India, Hastinapur was ruled by Raja Nain Singh Nagar, who built many Hindu temples in and around Hastinapura.