Hare Krishna Maharaja! Please accept my humble obeisances!

Thank you very much for the wonderful guidance. I was listening to the class this morning and all of a sudden a crazy thought came in my mind. As you had mentioned earlier, "only insane people have thoughts in their mind [head]" So, I'm sure it must be a crazy thought...

Is Mahabharata actually an allegorical story?

Dhritharashtra means someone who is holding on to the kingdom or throne.

Gandhari is considered to be the incarnation of Mati (intelligence).

The names of all the Kauravas mean some kind of devious political scheme.

So, is it an allegory of how a person who is blinded by his political ambition and who covers up his intelligence (blindfolded Gandhari) creates 100s of devious strategies (the Kauravas) to remain in power?

HpS - Krsna accomplishes many things at the same time.

The matches are certainly nice.

I take these things as useful, but look for confirmation of my hypothesis, in statements in the Sastras, as I am reading them in review.

Very nice analysis.

Srila P'pada says that Duryodhana was 'offense personified', no?