Chapter 1---- (continued from Day-6 )
- Sensing the agony of Duryodhana and in order to encourage and enthuse him, the Bhishma Pitamaha, Commander-in-chief of Kaurava Sainya makes ShankaDhwani. Thereafter, the same is blown by others and heard from both the sides of the armies.
- Arjuna requests his Sarathi, the Lord Krishna to place the Chariot between both the armies as he wished to have a look at them.
- Just as Arjuna looks at the Kaurava army led by his vidya Guru Bhishma, and also Drona, and his cousins and others well known to him, he looses his will-power and courage to engage them in a fight, as he is overpowered by "Bandhu-Guru-Moha".
- It is because Arjuna apprehends committing a great Sin and the ultimate Narakaprapti as a result of such an action, if he proceeds to kill his very kith and kin and Gurus on the other side.
- Arjuna also assumes that he shall be personally accountable for the death and destruction that may occur during the war. He further thinks that, the Kauravas led by the crooked Duryodhana have committed great injustice to the pandavas and have not respected the fundamental tenets of Nyaya or Dharma and therfore deserved to be eliminated. But the fight during the war would also result in the killings of his Gurus and other relatives.
- Thus, dejected and discouraged he disarms himself and sits in the Chariot.
WHAT IS THE MORAL / TATVA OF CHAPTER-1 ?
The root cause for the war is the extreme Greed to possess the wealth by the Kauravas and non-respect of basic priciples of Dharma Nyaya by them. In fact the Pandavas were eligible for their legitimate share on the wealth and property of the kingdom by virtue of their father Pandu being the own brother of Dhrutarastra. But still Dhritarasthra, having been instigated by Duryodhana had refused to agree to the theory of Sandhana (comromise of settlement) proposed by Lord Krishna after the Pandavas returned after their 13 long years of Vanavasa and Ajnatavasa.
It also indicates the Bias on the part of Dhrutarastra towards the children of his own brother, as in the very first address to Sanjaya he questions the fate of His children vis-a-vis the Pandavas, thus openly showing his Mamakara and Vyamoha towards Kauravas.
The word Dhruta means to posssess and Rashtra is Deha- the human body. Thus, DhrutaRasthtra represents not only the King, but the entire mankind.
Lord Vedavyasa had granted special powers of observing each and every incident of the war to Sanjaya even while seated with Dhrutarastra. Sanjaya, here is Aparoksha Jnani and the King is a normal Jeeva.
So, just as the king in his capacity of "Jeeva" requesed Sanjaya to explain the details of Lord Krishna's Upadesha in further chapters, we are supposed to request our Yogya Gurugalu to tell us in detail the advise of Lord Krishna in Bhagavadgeeta.
Duryodhana is nothing other than the "Kali". It is to be noted that the great scholars and Sadhakas, such as Bhishma, Drona etc., and even Dhrutarastra, miserably failed to exercise their wisdom and knowledge in overpowering the influence of "Kali"for one or the other help received from wicked Duryodhana. This is because they refused to obey the advice rendered by Lord Krishna.
Bhagavadgita can be compared to the ever-shining and significant Dhruva Nakshatra. One may not be able to reach the star so easily at a single attempt, but in the darkest hours of night, the star acts as a sole guide to find the correct path to a person who is unable to find his correct path and direction in the utter wilderness of this journey called "Samsara".
It also indicates the Bias on the part of Dhrutarastra towards the children of his own brother, as in the very first address to Sanjaya he questions the fate of His children vis-a-vis the Pandavas, thus openly showing his Mamakara and Vyamoha towards Kauravas.
The word Dhruta means to posssess and Rashtra is Deha- the human body. Thus, DhrutaRasthtra represents not only the King, but the entire mankind.
Lord Vedavyasa had granted special powers of observing each and every incident of the war to Sanjaya even while seated with Dhrutarastra. Sanjaya, here is Aparoksha Jnani and the King is a normal Jeeva.
So, just as the king in his capacity of "Jeeva" requesed Sanjaya to explain the details of Lord Krishna's Upadesha in further chapters, we are supposed to request our Yogya Gurugalu to tell us in detail the advise of Lord Krishna in Bhagavadgeeta.
Duryodhana is nothing other than the "Kali". It is to be noted that the great scholars and Sadhakas, such as Bhishma, Drona etc., and even Dhrutarastra, miserably failed to exercise their wisdom and knowledge in overpowering the influence of "Kali"for one or the other help received from wicked Duryodhana. This is because they refused to obey the advice rendered by Lord Krishna.
Bhagavadgita can be compared to the ever-shining and significant Dhruva Nakshatra. One may not be able to reach the star so easily at a single attempt, but in the darkest hours of night, the star acts as a sole guide to find the correct path to a person who is unable to find his correct path and direction in the utter wilderness of this journey called "Samsara".
