#and this man with his dusty yayati lineage has the AUDACITY to call her a liar and low born
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So I was rereading the Dushyanta and Shakuntala story, and I just noticed the worst thing ever. Every mortal couple in Hindu Mythology that anyone ever called the "definition of true love" has been sundered from one another in at least one version, and usually this involves the woman being innocent and the man being either duty-bound or a jerk.
Krishna has to leave Vrindavan and Radha for Mathura. I whole-heartedly believe this was inevitable unless Radha left Vrindavan, so I don't take Krishna-slander regarding this but. They never really get together together after that so Idk tbh.
Rama, of course, does the whole Agni-Pariksha thing, even if we don't take the Uttar Kand, and if we do, he goes from reputation-obsessed questionable man to utter jerk who absolutely doesn't deserve to be called Purushottam.
And although Kalidasa did an excellent job of making Dushyanta and Shakuntala's story one of star-crossed lovers, in most other cases, Dushtyanta (in an effort to pull a Rama) outright lies and calls Shakuntala a harlot in open court when she asks him to help raise their son. The only good thing about that "love" story is the ABSOLUTE Tongue-Lashing (TM) Shakuntala gives him. Other than that, it's basically a man coercing a sheltered woman into doing the deed, later trying to humiliate her in public when asked to take accountability, and then passing it off as 'upholding her reputation.'
Honestly, we have so many good love stories I did not expect these to be the benchmark of love 🥲🫠
#like honestly dushyanta trying to act like rama made me so mad#at least rama gathered an army and fought to free his wife#you just saw a woman vulnerable and alone and talked her into being with you#then STRAIGHT UP DISAPPEARED#after promising her A WHOLE ESCORT. Like she had to go to him herself because this AH just abandoned her like a fling#after calling it a gandharva marriage. Also Shakuntala wasn't asking anything for herself she just wanted her son to get his due#and this man with his dusty yayati lineage has the AUDACITY to call her a liar and low born#AFTER knowing her parents were Vishwamitra and Menaka#so not only is HE the liar but he's also classist and casteist and narcissistic and delusional#i like kalidasa's dushyanta much better#yes this was an excuse to go on a dushyanta rant#ramayan#ramayana#rama#sita#krishna#radha#mahabharata#mahabharat#dushyant#shakuntala#dushyanta#hindu mythology#hindublr#boo blabs
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