As everything contained in Hinduism scriptures was allegorical to explain the hidden underlying precepts of cosmic life… the role of Yudhisthira (Dharmaraja) was for a specific purpose. As detailed in Bhagavad Gita Yudhisthira was embodiment of Dharma (righteousness) but can a human being reach stage of enlightenment practicing Dharma alone. It was just not possible. Apart from dharma our indulgence […]
If Lord Krishna had not interfered in the battle of Mahabharata… the situation would have been more critical! Many millions more would have lost lives. Duryodhana, the Kaurava chieftain was so adamant to keep Pandavas at bay that a battle of dharma (righteousness) against evil forces of adharma (lawlessness) was the only solution. Such a battle could not be fought […]
The sacred Bhagavad Gita forms integral part of epic Mahabharata. Bhagavad Gita is considered the most sacred of all scriptures existing on mother earth. Following teachings contained in Bhagavad Gita, any human being world over belonging to any religion, faith or belief can ceremoniously indulge in jnana wisdom contained in Bhagavad Gita to reach stage of enlightenment and finally moksha […]
There were primarily two lessons rendered by battle of Mahabharata. 1. In times of strife, extreme tribulation… to put the society back on its pedestal, the mother of all wars like Mahabharata gets necessitated. Every Mahabharata war announces coming of an avatar of that era (God manifest in human form). In Dwapar Yuga came Lord Krishna and to annihilate […]
The battle of Mahabharata was never about past or present but about continuity of life in cosmic system. It was all about re-establishing Dharma (righteousness) in the face of adharma (lawlessness). The entire story of Mahabharata, the epic concentrates on life journey of human beings! Everything contained in Mahabharata epic was allegorical, symbolic. Every single moment of life […]
I started in search of God six years of age. Not for a single moment in life I ventured into trivialities of life whether Mahabharata ever occurred, did Lord Krishna ever exist… what if Mahabharata was a hoax! My goal of life was reaching God and for that I needed understanding gist of Bhagavad Gita in totality. Believing in myself, […]
The battle of Mahabharata conveys only one meaning… every moment a Samudra manthan goes on within every human being. It was a clash between positive and negative forces of nature. Sometimes we too positive, at other times too negative! Between these two extremes lay our character. For a human being to win himself, we need overpowering our negative forces. […]
When confronted with Dharma (righteousness) and adharma (lawlessness)… politics had no role to play! Practice of nonviolence when facing enemy loaded with AK-47 was not practicing Dharma at all. We just could not fight in present times with bows and arrows because they were mentioned in scriptures. The battle of Mahabharata was a battle to re-establish Dharma (righteousness) against evil […]
Mahabharata war was no ordinary battle. It was fought, propelled by circumstances to re-establish Dharma (righteousness) against evil forces of adharma (lawlessness). War of Mahabharata was practically precipitated by Lord Krishna, an avatar of his era (God manifest in human form). Arjuna who was not initially prepared to fight Kauravas, after sermon of Bhagavad Gita by Lord Krishna prepared […]
When it comes to re-establishing Dharma (righteousness)… everything indulged by Lord Krishna was justifiable… perfectly right, based on truth and only truth! In the Mahabharata war the evil Kauravas were hell-bent on decimating Pandavas forever. No amount of persuasion by Lord Krishna yielded any result. He finally gave sermon of Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna to emphasize upon him continuity of […]
The battle of Mahabharata was no ordinary battle… it was a war meant to re-establish Dharma (righteousness). In the Kaurava camp guru Dronacharya asked for Gurudakshina from Eklavya for no services rendered by him to Eklavya. Furthermore he sided, Kauravas who were evil from the beginning. His death at the hand of Pandavas was imminent. Karna, no matter what […]
Arjuna in Mahabharata allegorically represents a seeker, a Yogi in search of God! Diving deep into the bottomless pit of jnana wisdom contained in Bhagavad Gita (the sermon given by Lord Krishna), Arjuna finally succeeds in reaching stage of enlightenment in the battlefield of Mahabharata. The episode of Arjuna clearly indicates… for gaining enlightenment in present life, indulgence in […]
Battle of Mahabharata was no ordinary war… it was a battle fought to re-establish dharma (righteousness) against evil forces of adharma (lawlessness). When society reached a point of no return… advent a messiah, savior… an avatar to save mankind from ills of those times! When Kauravas (siding evil) did not budge despite Lord Krishna telling them to follow path […]
The battle of Mahabharata was primarily won by Dharma. The battle of Mahabharata was primarily fought for only one reason… re-establishing Dharma (righteousness) against evil forces of adharma (lawlessness). The battle of Mahabharata was never about winning or losing… it was about re-establishing authority of truth all over again. Allegorically battle of Mahabharata represents an ongoing battle between good […]
Occurrence of Mahabharata happens every 3500 to 5000 years when an avatar of present era advents. The coming of an avatar is preceded by a mother of all wars, a Mahabharata of present times! About 3650 years before came Lord Krishna, an avatar of Dwapar Yuga and about a decade from now mankind would witness advent of Kalki avatar… savior, […]
The greatest teaching of Hinduism lay in Bhagavad Gita, the sermon given to mankind (Arjuna) by Lord Krishna in the battle of Mahabharata! Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita says we were primarily a spirit, spiritual being on its cosmic life cycle of 8.4 million manifestations that entailed an earthly journey of approximately 96.4 million years. We as a soul […]
What use a child going to school when one inherently knows, after death of human body… one shall restart journey on mother earth again as a child. Can we stop happenings of physical manifest world? Can we stop a plant to grow any further or the sun to shine daily? War of Mahabharata metaphorically demonstrates, eulogizes that human beings […]
The climax of battle of Mahabharata was… when society reaches a point of no return, in times of extreme strife… tribulation advent a messiah, savior… an avatar to re-establish dharma (righteousness) against evil forces of adharma (lawlessness). As Lord Krishna being an avatar could not exert its authority, it acts through a medium Arjuna to establish order in the society. […]
In the wake of dharma, when society reaches a point of no return… practicing forgiveness, cowardice was not the call of day. Despite all efforts when Kauravas did not agree to give Pandavas a small piece of land… Lord Krishna emphasized on Arjuna to face the situation head-on. He advised Arjuna to prepare self to fight the enemy full-thrust. Lord […]
Everything contained in Bhagavad Gita was allegorical including character of Lord Krishna. In war of Mahabharata Lord Krishna is always depicted as sarthi (charioteer) of the chariot (human body) belonging to Arjuna. In Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna explicitly details the ongoing war between righteous and lawless forces of nature that existed in human body in form of positive and […]
During the battle of Mahabharata, Lord Krishna, an avatar of his era (God manifest in human form) gave sermon of Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna… a Pandava king! The teachings of Bhagavad Gita rendered to Arjuna form essence of life for entire mankind on mother earth. In absence of teachings of Lord Krishna contained in Bhagavad Gita… none in present times […]
All is fair in love and war said Leo Tolstoy. This quote by Leo Tolstoy was based on epic Mahabharata. In Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna clearly says to save lives of millions, if a few are annihilated then no sin is committed. Chanakya (the most able administrator in the history of entire mankind) to save lives of millions of […]
When young and surrounded by lot of mosquitoes in the village I used to wonder whether or not to kill mosquitoes biting me all over for my indulgence may invoke bad karma. At that young age sometimes I killed, sometimes let them bite me. It was not a stage of do or die so I let it go. Suppose […]
The precept of Lakshman Rekha in Ramayana was more of metaphorical than a historical fact. To keep people bonded within moral and ethical fold, the concept of Lakshman Rekha evolved in Hinduism. It took me many years to realize what Lakshman Rekha truly meant for a traveler of spiritual path. The moment I realized the hidden inner meaning, I practiced […]