Faith!

 

Hearing Krsna’s assurance, Draupadi gazed upon Arjuna, who also assured her by saying: Whatever Lord has said is true!

 

Dhrstadyumna promised his sister Draupadi: I’ll kill Drona & Shikhandi will kill Bhisma. Bhima will kill evil-minded Duryodhana & Arjun will kill wicked Karna

 

Then as all faces once again turned towards Him, Sri Krsna told Yudhisthira-If it had been Dwarka, I would have immediately rushed to Hastināpur. By speaking about evils of gambling, & with help of Bhima, Drona, Krpā & Bālika, I would’ve stopped the dice game. And if Dhritrāshtra had dared to ignore My good advice, I’d have killed all the gamblers right there on the spot

 

Unfortunately, I was out of Dwarka on some urgent business. It was only upon my return, I learnt of your plight from Sātyaki. I became furious upon hearing how you’ve been cheated out of your kingdom & exiled to forest & so I came here to meet you without delay. Yudhisthira enquired Krsna about urgent matter which took him away from Dwarka. Krsna said: As I had continued to reside at Indraprastha after your performance of Rājsuya Yagya, Salva came to hear about how I’d killed his friend Sisupāla

 

To take revenge he got in his wonderful airplane named Saubha, which was created by Maya Dānav & was actually a flying city. Thereafter a great battle took place & this took me away from Dwarka. At last, I killed the demon with my Sudarshan Chakra. This was the reason I couldn’t intervene in gambling match. If I’d been present, I could either have stopped the deceitful dice game or have killed Duryodhana, but now as all is done & you’ve taken a vow to live in exile for 13 years, there is nothing we can do at present

 

Krsna then bid farewell to Pāndavās & took Abhimanyu & Subhadrā on His chariot. Dhristadyumna also returned home with Draupadi’s sons & other kings also departed. Later as Pāndavās sat together, Yudhisthira said: My dear brothers! We’ve to pass next 12 years in forest. Pls select a place that abounds with flowers & fruit & inhabited with sages of great piety

 

Arjuna said-Brother you know very well everything that is for our benefit. Still, I think that the charming lake at Dvaitavana would be a suitable & pleasant place for us to reside. Yudhisthira accepted Arjuna’s proposal & all mounted their chariots & departed

 

When the team is in distress, all situations must be clearly explained to gain confidence else mistrust creeps in. Faith is a big confidence builder, and it provides strength when the chips are down. Faith often equates not with certainty but with openness to possibilities. When things start to go wrong, we may have full faith in the Supreme Lord & his plan but can be circumspect about how that will manifest in our lives. To be sure of his benevolence needs faith that the help will come in unexpected & uncharacteristic ways

 

Amidst adversities when all doors seem to close & small window might open somewhere for us to move ahead. We need to have faith on the divine & should chart the ways he has devised for us. We are in safest hands then

 

Thoughts? #gameoflife


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