In today's episode, the last question to the 5-time champion (4-time so far) - Kusum Agrawal - was to match the following that had a mama-nephew relationship. Here was the combinations
A B
Vidura Nakul
Shakuni Vikarna
Shalya Balarama
The answer given was correct for 2 of them - Shakuni being the mama of Vikarna, and Shalya of Nakul.
But the third one stumped Kusum, and I found it strange as well. Are there any texts anywhere that say that Vidura was the mama of Balarama? In other words, did Vidura have a brother relationship w/ Rohini? I thought that Rohini's father was one of the chiefs of the various Yadava clans, and that her marriage to Vasudev was more of a matrimonial alliance of that type. There wasn't even a equivalent status sort of relationship, such as Shalya being recognized as the mama of Yudhisthir as well, or Krishna being recognized as the mama of Draupadi's sons as well.
If one has to connect Vidura to Balarama, the only thing I can think of is Balarama's bua being Kunti, and Kunti's devar being Vidura. But since when is a bua's devar regarded as a mama? 😕
Edited by .Vrish. - 12 years ago