Hare Krishna,
At the end of Mahabharata, the Kauravas went to Swarga loka after death while the Pandavas had to go through the ironies of hell. It is explained that since the Kauravas died in the holy place of Kurukshetra all their bad karma were nullified. Please explain.
How does daily chanting of Mahamantra relieves us from our karma? Does vaishnavas are also relieved from the bonding of Hell and heaven? Please explain.
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Srimad Bhagavatam, 6.3.31
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Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, the chanting of the holy name of the Lord is able to uproot even the reactions of the greatest sins. Therefore the chanting of the saṅkīrtana movement is the most auspicious activity in the entire universe. Please try to understand this so that others will take it seriously.
We should note that although Ajāmila chanted the name of Nārāyaṇa imperfectly, he was delivered from all sinful reactions. The chanting of the holy name is so auspicious that it can free everyone from the reactions of sinful activities. One should not conclude that one may continue to sin with the intention of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa to neutralize the reactions. Rather, one should be very careful to be free from all sins and never think of counteracting sinful activities by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, for this is another offense. If by chance a devotee accidentally performs some sinful activity, the Lord will excuse him, but one should not intentionally perform sinful acts.
We can see here that Pandavas went to Lords transcendental kingdom, after retiring going north.
SB 1.15.47-48 — Thus by pure consciousness due to constant devotional remembrance, they attained the spiritual sky, which is ruled over by the Supreme Nārāyaṇa, Lord Kṛṣṇa. This is attained only by those who meditate upon the one Supreme Lord without deviation. This abode of the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, known as Goloka Vṛndāvana, cannot be attained by persons who are absorbed in the material conception of life. But the Pāṇḍavas, being completely washed of all material contamination, attained that abode in their very same bodies.
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All ksatriyas who fight without fear for the material body, executing their duties based on ksatriya dharma principles are qualified to go in celestial world. Therefore all Kauravas who died on the battlefield went to swarga.
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In a question of chanting maha mantra you can read this :
for full information on this topic please read first 3 chapters of 6th canto of shrimad bhagwatam at vedabase.com where you can find very good purports also.
Hari bol !!