Lamentation!

 

As great kings sat, surrounding Krsna & Pāndavās, each of them excited with anger against the Kauravas, Draupadi took opportunity to approach the Lord. Giving vent to her pentup anger, grief & frustration, she addressed Krsna with great agitation & said: We’ve heard the great authorities, such as Narada, Devala, Asita, Kashyap, that you’re the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the cause of all causes & the ultimate goal of all processes of elevation

 

It is You alone who manipulates all creatures, even upto the limit of Lord Brahma & Siva. The entire universe is resting in You alone & You’re omnipresent throughout the entire creation, being the Supreme Soul of all entities

 

Because I’m the wife of Your aunt Prthā’s sons. I know that You’ve great affection for me. How then it is possible for me to be dragged into the assembly of Kurus & insulted by our vicious enemies? I’m Dhritrāshtra daughter-in-law & yet his wicked sons dragged me into the assembly, trembling & weeping, & clad in but a bloodstained cloth, as if I had no protector. The mighty Pāndavās are also to blame, for they simply sat silently & their wedded wife was abused in the royal assembly

 

To hell with Arjuna’s Gāndiva bow! To hell with Bhima’s strength! Both heroes allowed me to be insulted in their presence. It is the eternal law of morality that any husband, no matter how weak, endeavors to protect his wife. Although Pāndavās previously never neglected anyone seeking protection, they were indifferent when I solicited them

 

Why these lions among men, after making such a great endeavor to win me in Swayamvara, cast me off when I was plunged in distress? After saying this Draupadi hid her face in her hands & began to weep bitterly. Then after wiping away her tears, she sighed loudly & said in choked voice-I’ve no husbands, friends, or brothers or even You, Krsna. Even though all of you knew how cruelly I was being treated by my enemies, you remained unconcerned. Because You’re my eternal worshipful deity as well as my relative & friend, I deserve to be protected by You

 

Sri Krsna replied-My Dear Krsnaa! Pls don’t cry, for I can assure you that the wives of all those whom you’re angry at will also weep like you. When Kauravas ladies will see their husbands lying dead on the battlefield, being pierced by Arjuna’s arrows, they’ll lament very bitterly. The stars may fall from the sky, the Himalayas may split open, or the ocean may one day dry up, but My words will never prove futile. I promise to exert My full prowess on behalf of Pāndu’s sons, so that you may once again become the queen of queens

 

We also lament calamities we face in our lives & ask question to the Supreme Lord-Why me? If our values don’t reflect real values which is as per scriptures, then we will be jolted & be even devastated facing life’s inevitable reality checks. Whatever we undergo is due to our past Karma but what we do makes our future. We need to realize soul’s essential characteristic, our consciousness, whose enrichment we neglect. When our values are real, reflecting soul’s relationship with the whole, then we further our divine relationship & don’t lament then

 

Thoughts? #gameoflife

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