Deception!

For some time, Pāndavās & their newly wedded wife stayed at Pāncāla capital receiving hospitality of Drupada. The alliance between them was secured. Soon by means of spies, all kings & princes who attended Draupadi’s Swayamvara learned that it was Arjun who had pierced fish target. They marveled at Pāndavā’s prowess & condemned Kurus & Purocana for their wicked assassination attempt

When Duryodhana found out it was Arjun who won Swayamvara, he plunged into gloom & depression. He lamented-May Purocana be damned for his carelessness. It appears that fate is indeed supreme & thus due to Pāndavās miraculous escape only, Arjun was able to win Draupadi instead of him. Now that his cousins are allied with Drupada, his position has become weak too

Duhsāsana, himself ashamed & dejected, tried to console his elder brother saying-if Arjun had not disguised himself as a Brāhmana, he wouldn’t have won Draupadi. It seems fate is supreme & exertion is useless

It was with gloom & despair that Kauravās returned to Hastināpur, but Vidura was overjoyed to hear that not only Pāndavās were alive & well but had won beautiful daughter of Drupada. He happily announced to Dhritrāshtra that Kurus have prospered by achieving good fortune. Hearing this Dhrita blindly thought Vidura was informing him about Duryodhana winning hand of Draupadi. Without even waiting for Vidura to say more, he ordered special ornaments for his supposed daughter in law & commanded that his son & Draupadi be brought home with great pomp

Vidura then disclosed real situation to Dhrita & said-It is Arjun who has won Draupadi’s hand & not your son. Pāndavās are alive & well & also have made alliances with many powerful kings. Upon hearing this Dhrita expressed joy & said-Virtuous sons of Pāndu are as dear to me as my own sons & they deserve all success in life. This is wonderful news. Vidura was pleased listening this & said to Dhrita that hopefully he maintains this magnanimous outlook in future

As Vidura left, Duryodhana came to see his father & said in hushed voice-Why did you speak so highly of Pāndavās? This is improper. How can you laud prosperity of our enemies? We must act in a way that Pāndavās position becomes weakened day by day

Dhrita replied-My dear son, there is no need to become agitated. You can be rest assured that I only desire which is agreeable to you. However, I don’t want Vidura to know this & hence I made a show of being pleased just to fool him. Now my son, tell me what is in your mind?

When one deceives others, in turn they deceive themselves. It’s an illusion thinking that our perception is true. Our senses drag our minds from reality into illusion and thereby keep us far away & bewildered not to see what is good for us & what is destructive. Focus on the desires which is the starting point of such deception


dhyāyato viṣayān puṁsaḥ saṅgas teṣūpajāyate
 saṅgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmāt krodho ’bhijāyate
krodhād bhavati sammohaḥ sammohāt smṛti-vibhramaḥ
 smṛti-bhraṁśād buddhi-nāśo buddhi-nāśāt praṇaśyati

Thoughts! #gameoflife


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Image
  Victory! It was early in morning as both sides awaited the rising of Sun, a brisk wind carried drops of water & thunder was heard, although not a cloud was seen in sky. After some time, the wind picked up so that not only was there a dust storm, but even small pebbles were blown here & there. Meteors fell from the sky & earth trembled. When the Sun rose, it lacked its usual splendor. And yet both armies looked magnificent & all warriors appeared jubilant in anticipation When Maharaj Yudhisthira saw the vast Kaurava army with Bhisma in its midst, he became disheartened & his face became pale. He said to his brother Arjun: I don’t think that we have a chance for victory. The vast army containing so many illustrious warriors appears impenetrable Arjun said: Dear brother, you must remain confident, knowing that even though we are inferior in numbers, victory is always with the righteous. You have forgotten that Lord Krsna is protecting us? Sri Krsna is the Supreme Per
Read more
Image
  Principles to fight & die for! Arjun had Uttara halt his chariot at some distance from Kaurav army to survey the opposition. He thought that if he could simply vanquish Duryodhana, other Kauravas would automatically desist. But he noted that Duryodhana was absent. Arjun ordered Uttara: Avoiding the Kaurav army, take the road to Hastināpur so that we can overtake Duryodhana and retrieve the plundered cows   From Arjun’s course, Krpā could understand his intention & so he had ordered the entire Kaurav army to go & protect Duryodhana. Meanwhile as Arjun approached the army, he covered the entire sky with his showers of arrows so that Kaurav soldiers were thrown into confusion   Taking advantage of this, Arjun ordered the creatures on his flagpole to roar more loudly while he twanged his bow & blew his conch shell, causing the earth to tremble. At this time the Kaurav army was stunned with fear & so Arjun took the opportunity to make the cows turn back towards Virāta’
Read more
Image
  Human form of Life🕺 I thank all from the bottom of my heart for the love, wishes & blessings by all of you on my birthday. I am overwhelmed & indebted to all Linkediners, my extended family for this I was just reflecting what it means to remember the day we are born. Why is it special & what difference it makes? For what purpose we have been given this human form at the first place? How we humans are different in 84 lakh different species including land, water & air animals, birds, plants & other forms as mentioned in scriptures? We, as human beings are different because of our consciousness by which we can think, reason & elevate ourselves from mundane to spiritual The very first step in self-realization is to realize one’s identity as one separate from body. “I am not this body but am spirit soul” is an essential realization for anyone who wants to transcend death & enter the spiritual world beyond. It is not simply a matter of saying-I'm not this b
Read more