Why-kinfolk quarreled This is an excerpt from the Adi Parvan (literally, the first section) of the Sanskrit Mahabharata, describing why conficts arose amongst the Kauravasand Pandavas The Kauravas were the ... sons of Dhritarashtra, and the Pandavas cousins. Since Dhritarashtra was blind, his younger brother Pandu ascended the throne of Hastinapura, .. However, after the premanire death of Pandu, Dhritarashtra became king, as the royal princes were were their the citizens of Hastinapura began to express their preference for the Pandavas, for they were more capable and virtuous than the Kauravas. This made Duryodhana, the cldest of the Kauravas, jealous He approached his father and said, "You yourself did not receive the throne, because of your defect. If the Pandava reccives thepatrimony from Pandu, his son will surely inherit it in rurn, and so will his son, and his. We ourselves with our sons shall be excluded from the royal succession and become of slight regard in the eyes of the world, lord of the earth !" Mention the criteria for becoming king as suggested in the excerpt.