Duryodhana was lying in the battle field, awaiting death, badly bruised by the wounds inflicted by Bheema. He was unable to speak. He stretched out his hand and kept three fingers in raised position.
None of his men understood the meaning. Seeing this pity sight, Krishna himself approached Duryodhana. Krishna said her knew what was in the mind of Duryodhana.
Krishna said, the three things you think you should have done are:
1. You must have built a fort around Hastinapur.
2. Persuade Vidhura to fight the battle
3. Making Aswathama the commander-in-chief after the death of Dronacharya.
To this Duryodhana moved his head in affirmative to the extent that he was able to.
Krishna explained further that, even if Duryodhana would have done all those, he would have failed. Krishna said,
1. If there has been a fort, I would have sent Nakhula on horse, to destroy the fort.
2. If Vidhura had been made to battle, then I would have participated too too counter him.
3. If Aswathama was made the commander-in-chief, I would have made Yudhistira angry.
Hearing this Duryodhana closed all the fingers and within seconds he left his body. Reason behind such answer is that,
1. Nakhula can ride his horse even in heavy rain without getting wet. He travels with such a speed between a drop and another drop, without getting wet. Only Nakhula had such skill.
2. Krishna would have fought against Vidhura and would have taken the soul, as he was the one who provides it in his body.
3. When Yudhistra gets angry, anything everything in his sight would be burnt.
We learn from this conversation between Krishna and Duryodhana, that whatever mighty we may think or do with an ill thought will only bring in misery. So keeping our thoughts and actions clean without the intention of hurting others is very important.
Hare Krishna!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment