Soul!

After Drona had been killed during the fifteenth day of battle; Sanjaya hurried back to Hastinapura so that he could relate everything to Dhritarashtra. Coming before his master, Sanjaya first offered his respects and then said: My dear King! after killing more than two akshauhinis of the Pāndava army, Dronācharya has been slain by Dhrishtadyumna

 

Upon receiving this news, terrible grief swelled within Dhritrāshtra’s heart. With great agitation he replied: O Sanjaya, please tell me everything that took place. Drona was unconquerable! How could he have been killed?

 

Actually, Dhritarashtra went into a state of shock and disbelief upon hearing of Drona's death. After repeatedly questioning Sanjaya, he suddenly fainted, falling unconscious onto the floor. Dhritrāshtra’s servants quickly came & sprinkled cool water over his body and fanned him as the palace ladies rubbed his hands. Slowly raising him up, the ladies placed unconscious Dhritarashtra back on his throne

 

Soon thereafter, a violent tremor passed through the old blind king’s body as he began to regain consciousness. Finally, after coming to his senses, Dhritrāshtra once again requested Sanjaya to give him a blow-by-blow account of the battle

 

Dhritrāshtra had lost all hope for his sons' victory. In that mood he declared: Oh! Because Sri Krsna is the Pandavas' benefactor & protector, there is no possibility of their being defeated! Sri Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead & refuge of all living entities. He is the Absolute Truth who unchangingly & eternally exists beyond the relative dualities of material existence.

 

For this reason, the great sages chant His transcendental glories to attain the highest state of Tranquility & spiritual bliss. I shall also describe Sri Krsna’s heroic pastimes to pacify my mind, which is reeling because of the grief I feel while contemplating the impending massacre of my sons

 

Dhritrāshtra recounted Sri Krsna's pastimes in Vrindavan, Mathura & Dwarka He had enacted along with His eternal associates. One after another, he narrated the stories of how Krsna killed numerous demons & then defeated all demigods while taking away the Parijata flower from heavenly planets

 

Dhritrāshtra declared: Even if my sons were somehow able to defeat Pandavas in battle, I know that Sri Krsna would put on His armor & destroy them in retaliation. Oh, how foolish my son is for not recognizing supreme position of Krsna & His eternal associate Arjun

 

dharmaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsāṁ viṣvaksena-kathāsu yaḥ

notpādayed yadi ratiṁ śrama eva hi kevalam

 

Occupational activities a man performs according to his own position are only so much useless labor if they do not provoke attraction for the message of the Personality of Godhead

 

We may be involved in different occupational activities as per different conceptions of life. For gross materialist who cannot see anything beyond gross material body, there is nothing beyond the senses, hence his activities are limited to concentrated & extended selfishness limited to the body & mind. But above body & mind is the dormant spirit soul whose absence from body makes the whole range of bodily & mental selfishness completely null and void & is of no value

 

Where we operate?

 

Thoughts? #gameoflife