Lust!

 

Next morning, Kicaka came to royal palace, just to meet Draupadi. When he once again implored her to accept him, Kicaka was very pleasantly surprised to hear her say: O Hero, I’ve decided to accept your embraces, but only on condition that you keep our meeting secret. I’m exceedingly afraid of being detected by my Gandharva husbands. Kicaka consented & then Draupadi said: Come to the dance hall after dark, for I will anxiously await you there

 

Kicaka joyfully returned home & began to decorate himself in expectation of long-awaited fulfillment of his lusty desires. Being absorbed in imagining how he would be able to meet Draupadi that night, he thought that the day would never end. Draupadi also found that time was passing slowly, for she remembered horrible things Kicaka had said & done. She could not wait to see him killed

 

Draupadi went to kitchen & informed Bhima about meeting she arranged with Kicaka. As soon as Sun began to set, Bhima eagerly set out for dance hall & when it was dark, he went inside. He sat down on fine bed placed there & waited for Kicaka, just as lion awaits the arrival of deer

 

At appointed time, Kicaka arrived dressed & decorated magnificently. Blinded by lust, he approached the bed where Bhima lay. In darkness, he assumed that the reclining person was Draupadi & smilingly said: O lovely moon-faced maiden. I’ve come here after setting aside a spacious apartment for you in my palace, filled with great wealth & many servants

 

Bhima sarcastically said: I’m so fortunate to meet you, for I have heard that as a lover you’re unrivaled within 3 worlds. Bhima then jumped from bed & laughingly challenged: You wretch! I’m Sairindhri’s Gandharva husband & I will now kill you for your wickedness. He then grabbed Kicaka by the hair & a fierce wrestling match followed

 

Soon Kicaka was tired & his entire body trembled. Still to make a last attempt at gaining victory, he rushed at Bhima & struck him forcefully with knees. Bhima fell to floor, but quickly got up & slapped Kicaka in chest. He then grabbed Kicaka & squeezed him in his arms, whirled him around until he lost consciousness & then violently threw him on ground

 

Bhima strangled Kicaka, while simultaneously breaking his limbs with his knees. Wicked Kicaka thus gave up his life. Bhima angrily pounded his body until it became a formless mass of flesh

 

Krsna says:

āvṛtaṁ jñānam etena jñānino nitya-vairiṇā
kāma-rūpeṇa kaunteya duṣpūreṇānalena ca

indriyāṇi mano buddhir asyādhiṣṭhānam ucyate
etair vimohayaty eṣa jñānam āvṛtya dehinam

 

Thus, wise living entity’s pure consciousness becomes covered by his eternal enemy in the form of lust, which is never satisfied & which burns like fire. The senses, the mind & the intelligence are sitting places of this lust. Through them lust covers real knowledge of living entity & bewilders him

 

Lust is the symbol of ignorance by which the living entity is kept within the material world. While one enjoys sense gratification, it may be that there is some feeling of happiness, but actually that so-called feeling of happiness is ultimate enemy of sense enjoyer

Thoughts? #gameoflife