Saturday, March 23, 2024

Finger

Duryodhan is lying in the battle field, awaiting death, badly bruised by the wounds inflicted by Bhima. He kept his three fingers in a raised position and is unable to speak. All the efforts made by his men to understand the meaning proved to be futile. Seeing his plight Krishna approached him and said "I know what issues occupied your mind. I will address them".

Questions and their answers
Krishna identified the issues as -

  1. not building a fort around Hastinapur, 
  2. not persuading Vidur to fight the battle, 
  3. not making Aswathama the commander-in-chief after the death of Dronacharya. 
Krishna explained that

  1. if you would have built a fort, I would have asked Nakul to mount the horse and destroy the fort; Many of us do not know that Nakul can drive 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 Nakul can do this among Kaurav and Pandav warriors.
  2. if you would have succeeded in persuading Vidur to participate in the battle, I would also fought the battle and 
  3. if Aswathama was made the commander-in-chief, I would have made Yudhistir angry.if Yudhistir gets angry, everything that falls within the range of his eye sight will be burnt.


On hearing this Duryodhan closed all the fingers and within seconds he left his body.

http://www.speakingtree.in/allslides/untold-tales-from-mahabharata 

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Four Forms

'Listen, O Partha, to this secret and ancient history as it is, O sinless one! I have four forms, eternally engaged as I am in protecting the worlds. Dividing my own Self, I ordain the good of the worlds. 
  1. One form of mine, staying on the earth, is engaged in the practice of ascetic austerities. 
  2. Another beholdeth the good and the evil deeds in the world. 
  3. My third form, coming into the world of men, is engaged in action. 
  4. My fourth form lieth down in sleep for a thousand years. 




Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Virata

Killed by - 

  1. Virata 2nd commander Drona 
  2. Sons Uttara 4th commander Shalya Shweta by1st commander Bheeshma 
  3. Soninlaw Abhimanyu by 3rd commander Karna 
  4. Grandson Parikshit 5th commander Ashwathama Reviewed by Krishna

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Dice

  1. I myself did not approve of the game of dice. 
  2. Vidura did not approve of it. 
  3. The ruler of the Sindhus did not, 
  4. nor Bhishma; 
  5. nor Salya; 
  6. nor Bhurisravas; 
  7. nor Purumitra; 
  8. nor Jaya; 
  9. nor Aswatthaman; 
  10. nor Kripa; 
  11. nor Drona, 
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m07/m07082.htm

Game 1

Game 2