Time I Am!

As Yudhisthira was adamant to fast until death, Vyāsdev again said: Your determination is not at all proper. As the nature of our activities is determined by Destiny, one only increases his miseries if he attempts to avoid performing his duties. The eternal living entity is wandering throughout the creation in various forms of life. Thus, he acts in various ways, according to his acquired nature & the temporary relationship he establishes with similar conditioned souls

 

Due to being temporary & external, our relationships with kinsmen & friends can be compared to the meeting of travellers at night in a hotel & their subsequent continuing on toward their separate destinations the next morning. One should not grieve for any misfortune encountered in such temporary relationships, since everyone follows his own course, guided by the hand of Destiny

 

Although Srila Vyāsdev tried to dispel Maharaj Yudhisthira’s intense grief, the king remained silent & morose. Seeing this Arjun requested Sri Krsna to speak, since his elder brother’s burning grief has placed them in a very precarious position

 

Sri Krsna took Yudhisthira’s hand & said: My dear King, do not allow yourself to be overburdened by grief. The appearance & disappearance of everyone in this world is like coming & going of those we see in dreams. Why should you lament? All the heroes that died in the great war are now enjoying themselves in the heavenly regions

 

Still, Yudhisthira remained practically inert due to grief. Vyāsdev again said: Dear grandson, it is the duty of a king to chastise miscreants. The Kauravas committed many offenses & so the fact that you caused them to be killed in battle can never be considered sinful

 

Yudhisthira replied: Dear Grandfather, I can’t give up the conviction that it was my greed to rule the earth, and not the noble execution of my duty, that caused the slaughter of so many fathers, sons, husbands, relatives & friends. What will happen to their dependents? Upon the deaths of their husbands, so many women will voluntarily give up their lives. As the killer of innumerable women, how is it possible that I will not have to suffer in hell?

 

Vyāsdev thought over & said: O King! In my opinion you & the other warriors on your side have acted instrumentally in the hands of Eternal Time, which is the destroyer of everyone’s duration of life. The kings that supported the cause of unrighteousness have met with destruction because of their own misdeeds. Therefore, your grief & feelings of guilt are illusory. You consider yourself to be the cause of war, but in reality, you have acted instrumentally. Still, if you feel that you have become implicated in sinful reactions, you can properly atone for them by performing the Ashvamedha-yajna

 

Krsna says:

kālo ’smi loka-kṣaya-kṛt pravṛddho lokān samāhartum iha pravṛttaḥ
ṛte ’pi tvāṁ na bhaviṣyanti sarve ye ’vasthitāḥ praty-anīkeṣu yodhāḥ

 

Time I am, the great destroyer of the worlds, and I have come here to destroy all people. With the exception of you (the Pāndavas), all the soldiers here on both sides will be slain

 

Time is destruction, and all manifestations are vanquished by the desire of the Supreme Lord. That is the law of nature. So, we are just instruments to act as per the will of the Lord. He only devises plan & executes it by His own free will. The whole world is moving according to the plan of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Foolish persons who do not have sufficient knowledge think that nature is moving without a plan and all manifestations are but accidental formations. That is the biggest delusion

 

Thoughts? #gameoflife

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