Hope against Hope! Maharaj Yudhisthira asked Bhisma: Pls enlighten me on the subject of hope. The hope that people cling to appears so strong that nothing seems capable of removing it. Everyone has strong hopes for achieving something. If that hope is somehow destroyed, the grief that follows is equivalent to death I had hoped that all along that when it would come down to fighting a war, Duryodhana would come to his senses & make peace with us. The son of Dhritrashtra destroyed that foolish hope & the grief I now feel after killing so many friends & relatives continually burns my heart Bhisma told a story-There was once a king of the Haihayas named Sumitra. One day, while hunting in the forest, the king pierced a deer with his arrow, but instead of being killed or even wounded, it ran away very swiftly with the arrow stuck in its body. The king gave a chase on foot, but the deer elusively led him far, across fields, rivers & woods Sometimes the deer would come ...