Five Villages

In the Udyoga Parva of the Mahabharata, the Pandavas send word that they will settle for five villages instead of their kingdom. Pancha nas tata diyantam grama. Give us five villages. They name Kushasthala, Vrikasthala, Asandi and Varanavata, and leave the fifth open.

Duryodhana refuses even five villages. The war follows.

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