The divine vision!
As Dhritrāshtra was lamenting, Vidura continued: Dear
king! Just as a traveller has to make regular stops when he becomes tired, so
the living entity traversing the path of material existence has to again &
again take shelter within the wombs of different mothers. Because of this inconvenience,
the wise person very carefully gives up lust, anger & greed. He restrains his
senses & speaks only that which is truthful, so that he can escape the
slaughtering process of repeated birth & death
Although Dhritrāshtra was listening, his mind
continually dragged him back to the recollection of his miserable condition &
he fainted. Vyāsdeva, Sanjay & Vidura rushed to pick him. They sprinkled
water and fanned him. Dhritrāshtra regained his consciousness but proceeded to
weep very bitterly for a long time. He suddenly exclaimed: I realize the
intolerable condition of human existence & so will put an end to my life
this very day
Vyāsdev said: Dear son, don’t grieve so much for the deaths
of your children. Once I happened to come to Indra’s assembly & saw him
surrounded by great demigods & kings. At that time the presiding deity of
the earth was begging him to quickly accomplish that which had already been
agreed in Brahmaloka
At that time Sri Vishnu appearing as Indra’s younger brother
Vāmana, smilingly said: My dear Bhumi, be assured that the eldest son of Dhritrāshtra
will soon relieve you of your burden by causing all proud kings to assemble at Kurukshetra
for their destruction
Dear king! Duryodhana was an incarnation of the
personality of Kali & was destined to bring about the wholesale
annihilation that you lament for. On the other hand, the Pāndavas are faultless
& so you should excuse them
At the time of Rājsuya sacrifice, sage Narad had
informed Maharāj Yudhisthira that in the future the Pāndavas & Kauravas
would fight with one another, causing a terrible massacre of Kshatriyas. Ever
since that time, Yudhisthira tried his best to keep peaceful relations with his
cousins, but it was not possible for him to do so because it was the mission of
the demigods to remove the burden of the earth
Now Maharāj Yudhisthira will be pronounced as the
emperor of the world for the benefit of all living beings. You should not think
of giving up your life due to hopelessness. Instead pass your remaining days
performing austerities. In that way you will insure your future welfare
The Supreme Lord knows all. What we see with our naked
eyes is not the reality. Sri Krsna says:
jñānaṁ te ’haṁ sa-vijñānam idaṁ vakṣyāmy aśeṣataḥ
yaj jñātvā neha bhūyo ’nyaj jñātavyam avaśiṣyate
I shall now declare unto you in full this knowledge,
both phenomenal and numinous. This being known, nothing further shall remain
for you to know
Complete
knowledge includes knowledge of the phenomenal world, the spirit behind it, and
the source of both. This is transcendental knowledge
We
all need to have that Gyāna-chaksuh–the divine vision to understand
the reality which is very different from the appearance, visible to our bare
eyes
Thoughts?
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