Real well-wishers!

 

As Sātyaki saw Duryodhana, Dushasana & other Dhārtarāshtrās trying to overtake him from the rear, he instructed his driver to slow down so that he could encounter the onrushing foe

 

As Kaurava army attacked, Sātyaki quickly killed 300 horse soldiers, 400 elephants & numerous foot soldiers. Dushasana ordered some mountain warriors who fought only with stones to attack Sātyaki. He encouraged them by saying that the Yādava hero wasn’t familiar with this mode of warfare. When these mountaineers surrounded him with their upraised stones, Sātyaki not only smashed their rocks to pieces with his arrows, but severed their limbs, so that at least 500 fell dead, some of them crushed by their own boulders. As the remaining warriors fled, Sātyaki killed them by the thousands

 

After seeing Sātyaki route the Kaurava army, Drona wondered whether he should continue to follow the Yadu hero or go back to where the Pāndava & Pāncāla warriors were assailing his army. While Drona was thinking in this way, Sātyaki came into view as he gave chase to the retreating Kauravas. When he saw Dushasana fleeing in fear after the defeat of his elder brother, Drona chastised him very harshly in the hope of making him rally the Kaurava army

 

Drona said: O hero! Previously you had addressed Draupadi very cruelly by saying, “Princess of Pāncāla, now that they have lost at dice, your husbands are as good as dead. Therefore, without hesitation, you should renounce them, along with your chastity & become Duryodhana’s maidservant”. Dushasana after uttering such bold words in the presence of Pāndavās, why are you fleeing from merely Sātyaki? If you want to avoid fighting, you should surrender to the Pāndavās & return their kingdom after establishing peaceful relations

 

Dushasana pretended not to hear Drona’s words. Without uttering a reply, he rallied his army & proceeded to where Sātyaki was staying

 

Drona confronted Pāncālas & as he began to slaughter many of their leading warriors, Dhrishtadyumna rushed to check him. With great rage, he pierced Drona so severely that the Preceptor fainted. Hoping to take full advantage of this golden opportunity Dhrishtadyumna put aside his bow, took out his sword, jumped from his chariot & hastily leapt onto Drona’s

 

The Preceptor had already recovered & released stream of arrows causing Dhrishtadyumna to turn back & mount his chariot again. During the intense duel that followed, Drona cut off the head of Dhrishtadyumna’s driver so that the unguided horses carried him away from the battlefield

 

Both encouragement & chastisement are instruments to bring one out of the cold and perform. Encouraging others is not about enticing others with a better future but is about enabling them to realize & release the potential that is entrapped within them.

 

Sometimes when we are in a difficult situation, not what we want, then someone may promise us that you do this, and your future will be better. Some people may allure & mislead us with an intention to exploit us with such promises. But if we are to know who really wants to help us, we need to look at what they emphasize upon. Are they simply promising something external to us or they are enabling us to discover what is within us and realizing that potential perform what we are capable of

 

Those people are our real well-wishers!

 

Thoughts? #gameoflife