Why did Shri Krishna eat peanuts for eighteen days in the war of Mahabharata?

Why did Shri Krishna eat peanuts for eighteen days in the war of Mahabharata? Thanks for asking such an interesting question. I would like to answer this question. In India, there is a lockdown and I utilized my lockdown by watching all the episodes of Mahabharata. I saw all the episodes of Mahabharata and consider myself eligible to answer this question. Please share and upvote my answer if you find it informative. So let's start the whole story and see why it happened. Before sharing the story behind the eating of peanuts, I would like to share the background of Mahabharata. If you don’t want to read, skip this part and go down to know the reason of eating peanuts. It was a battle of Dharma and everyone was present on the battlefield to fight except the two characters i.e. Balram Rukmani amba It is the story of one family, on one side there were 5 sons of Pandu known as Pandavas and on the other side, there were 100 sons of Dhritarashtra known as Kauravas. The names of 5 Pandava were Yudhishthir, Bhimsen, Arjun, Nakul, and Sehdev. Among the 100 sons of Dhritarashtra, Duryodhan was the eldest son. Apart from Pandava and Kauravas, the other important characters in this fight were Pitamah Bhishma, Guru Dronacharya, Guru Kripacharya, Madar Naresh Shalva (Mama of Nakul and Sehdev), Sindhu Naresh Jaydrath (Husband of Duryodhana's sister Dushala), Danveer Karna (eldest kunti son), Raja dhrupad and his sons Dhrishtadyumna and Shikandi, Shakuni (Maternal Uncle of Duryodhan), Matysa Naresh Virat and his sons Utara, the most important Lord Krishna (Incarnation of Lord Vishnu). Who was fighting to whom’s side On the side of Pandava: Apart from Pandava, Lord Krishna, Dhrupad Naresh and his sons, Matysa Naresh and his son, Yuyutsu (Brother of Duryodhan). On the Side of Kauravas: Duryodhan and his brothers, Pitamah Bhishma, Guru Dronacharya, Guru Kripacharya, Karna, Madar Naresh Shalva, Sidhu Naresh Jaydrath, Narayani Sena (Lord Krishna Soldiers). If we read/see Mahabharat and try to find out the reasons behind Mahayudh, then we could find several reasons. Everyone was fighting either to take revenge or due to their prana (pledge). Some of the major reasons were as follows. Duryodhana and his brothers were fighting as Duryodhan wanted to become king followed by his father Dhritarashtra and wanted to take Pandava out of Hastinapur. Pandava was fighting for their rights and to take revenge of bad things happened to them due to Duryodhana especially the insult of Drapaudi. Pitamah Bhishma, Guru Dronacharya and guru Kripacharya were fighting due to pratigya. Karna wanted to prove that he was the best Archer in the universe. Sindu Naresh Jaydrath wanted to take revenge from Pandava. Madra Naresh got the support from Pandava in their earlier battle, so he wanted to support Pandava. Drupad Naresh and his sons wanted to take revenge from guru Dronacharya. Why did Shri Lord Krishna eat peanuts for 18 days in the war of Mahabharata? The actual story began when the king of Udupi came to know about the battle and he came to kurukshetra with his troops. He met with Lord Krishna and said I came here to fight but my heart/mind was not allowing me to take part and I did not want to favour any side. Still, I have one proposal and I request you to accept my proposal and blessed me. Here is the conversation that took place between lord Krishna and king of Udupi Lord Krishna asked : what is your proposal?? King of Udupi said : I want to prepare foods for all the veer and mahaveer participating in the battle. Lord Krishna accepted his proposal and allowed him for the arrangement of food. King of Udupi started making foods and everyday when all the Yodha took their food, whatever he cooked, that food finished completely at the end of day. It means there was no wastage of food, and also it was available in plenty for everyone. The war ended in 18 days and Pandava won the war. Everyone became surprised when they came to know about a proper food planning. Post the possession of crown, one day Hastinapur Naresh maharaj Yudhishthira asked to the king of Udupi about the logic behind this. The king of Udupi asked: Hey maharaj, could you please tell me to whom you would give credit to your win. Maharaj Yudhishthir replied : Lord Krishna Then king of Udupi replied: Lord Krishna is also responsible for my karma as well. Everyday he ate peanuts in the night and on the next day when we entered inside his tent, we collected all the lamella (peanuts chilka) and counted. We multiply the counted lamella with 1000 and we would come to know the number of deaths going to happen on that day and we prepared our foods accordingly. As we know, Lord Krishna knew everything and he knew the result of Mahabharata as well. He was eating peanuts to help the Udupi Naresh in his food making. This is the story which explain why did lord Krishna eat peanuts everyday. 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