03-09-2005, 03:26 AM
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Keep in mind that the Kauravas had flouted the rules of statecraft and even humanity many times before. They had tried to kill Bhima as a kid, they tried to burn the house the Pandavas were staying in etc. On many a occasion they had ignored the very foundations of dharma.
Thus Krishna told the Pandavas to fight fire with fire, he told them to stop feeling sad and sorry for themselves and do what they know in the end is going to be the only way to end the matter once and for all, war. The Kauravas on many a occasion gave the Pandavas reasons to declare war, aside from the attempted murder attempt the Kauravas also rigged the dice in the gambling game, Mama Shakauni had used magic and prayer to fix it so that they would win.
Before the battle the Kauravas trick one of the uncles who was going to fight for the Pandavas to join their side by luring him to the wrong camp.
During the battle itself it is the Kauravas who initially break the rules by attacking Abhimanyu. The rules were for one on one fights but they all gang up on him and even when he is injured and obviously no threat they continue their attack. Only after this do the Pandavas truly become the Chanakayan yindoos they need to be to uphold Dharma.
Indeed in many ways the Brits and the Yanks now are like the blind king Dhidrashtra, they have the power to put to end at once all the idiocy but they can't see past their own ego and self interest and eventually they will pretend to be neutral yet their support will lie behind their MuNNA. India like the Pandavas will have to eventually overcome the obstacles and learn to ignore Dhidrashtra and take what is rightdully its. Ofcourse the question is, who will be Krishna in all this?Â
The Kauravas time and time again flouted dharma on many a occasion. And Krishna time and time again hinted what needed to be done. And that was that there it is no good to show compassion and trust to those that dont deserve it, there are inevitably going to be times when reason and truth alone won't win. That is when war must be waged, to up hold the dharma and truth sometimes you will have to engage into battle and ignore the rules of the dharma to protect it in the long run.
We in India too often rush to make peace with Pakis in the same sense, only when we have unleashed the fury of righteousness as in 1971 did we get peace for a while. Indeed Sre Aurobindo even said that this like the Mahabharata repeating itself and India will one day have to take to the battlefield, even if we are outnumbered by the Allies of the TSP to truly let dharma regain its preeminence in the subcontinent. For in the end the truth alone triumphs. I feel that a proper study of the Mahabharata will reveal many lessons that are still very relevant to us in this day.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Keep in mind that the Kauravas had flouted the rules of statecraft and even humanity many times before. They had tried to kill Bhima as a kid, they tried to burn the house the Pandavas were staying in etc. On many a occasion they had ignored the very foundations of dharma.
Thus Krishna told the Pandavas to fight fire with fire, he told them to stop feeling sad and sorry for themselves and do what they know in the end is going to be the only way to end the matter once and for all, war. The Kauravas on many a occasion gave the Pandavas reasons to declare war, aside from the attempted murder attempt the Kauravas also rigged the dice in the gambling game, Mama Shakauni had used magic and prayer to fix it so that they would win.
Before the battle the Kauravas trick one of the uncles who was going to fight for the Pandavas to join their side by luring him to the wrong camp.
During the battle itself it is the Kauravas who initially break the rules by attacking Abhimanyu. The rules were for one on one fights but they all gang up on him and even when he is injured and obviously no threat they continue their attack. Only after this do the Pandavas truly become the Chanakayan yindoos they need to be to uphold Dharma.
Indeed in many ways the Brits and the Yanks now are like the blind king Dhidrashtra, they have the power to put to end at once all the idiocy but they can't see past their own ego and self interest and eventually they will pretend to be neutral yet their support will lie behind their MuNNA. India like the Pandavas will have to eventually overcome the obstacles and learn to ignore Dhidrashtra and take what is rightdully its. Ofcourse the question is, who will be Krishna in all this?Â
The Kauravas time and time again flouted dharma on many a occasion. And Krishna time and time again hinted what needed to be done. And that was that there it is no good to show compassion and trust to those that dont deserve it, there are inevitably going to be times when reason and truth alone won't win. That is when war must be waged, to up hold the dharma and truth sometimes you will have to engage into battle and ignore the rules of the dharma to protect it in the long run.
We in India too often rush to make peace with Pakis in the same sense, only when we have unleashed the fury of righteousness as in 1971 did we get peace for a while. Indeed Sre Aurobindo even said that this like the Mahabharata repeating itself and India will one day have to take to the battlefield, even if we are outnumbered by the Allies of the TSP to truly let dharma regain its preeminence in the subcontinent. For in the end the truth alone triumphs. I feel that a proper study of the Mahabharata will reveal many lessons that are still very relevant to us in this day.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->