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Divine Arrows and Chess
It is a common misunderstanding game of chausar that had a critical role in Mahabharata a game of only luck. In fact, chausar is also a game of strategy and application. Shakuni does deserve some credit here. He was the master of the game who no one else could defeat. This however also became one of the reasons for the Mahabharata war as Yudhishthira to win out of greed he lost everything he possessed--from his kingdom to his wealth. He gambled away his brothers and his wife Draupadi, in the pursuit of hubris