Devapi had told me the same thing that he had told Bahlik—Hastinapur is doomed. But he did not tell why. But, I know why Hastinapur is doomed. Too many sins have accumulated beneath the coveted throne of the kingdom, beyond anybody’s notice. Many secret sighs have overcast the fortune of the Kauravas. I can smell the imminent disaster that has been invited by the limitless ambition of my mother, Satyavati. Yes. Now have I realised that she is the real nemesis of Hastinapur.
