In the previous episode, we had witnessed some important learnings that we can imbibe from the event wherein Duryodhana and Arjuna seeked Bhagawan Krishna’s help in their war preparations. We’ve seen how Duryodhana was more interested in worldly objects, whereas Arjuna was more interested in having Bhagawan Krishna in his close proximity forever. In fact, we’ve been seeing this approach of the Paandava brothers right from the beginning. Even when Yudishtra took over the throne of Indraprastha, Bhagawan Krishna was there at every point in time to provide guidance to him. Subsequently we’ve seen the Arjuna-Bhagawan Krishna bonhomie prosper at every instance and there has been no looking back at all!
Moving on further thus, we’ve to move ahead with the “Sanjaya-Yaana Parva”. Here we’re going to see how the Brahmana Rishi’s words went unheard in the Duryodhana camp and as a result there is an internal feud between Duryodhana’s brothers and Bhishmachaarya, and King Dhritaraashtra had to intervene in the middle and broker peace between both the camps! Subsequently, King Dhritarashtra assures the Brahmana Rishi that he would send Sanjaya, who is one of his experienced ministers to the Paandava camp very soon. Accordingly, Sanjaya makes his way to the Paandavas’ dwelling place and explains whatever King Dhritarashtra had wanted him to convey. However, Bhagawan Krishna clearly says that whatever King Dhritarashtra is saying is not acceptable at all from the Paandavas’ side, and thus, sends Sanjaya back with an assurance that Bhagawan Krishna Himself will volunteer to come to the “Raaja-Sabha” of King Dhritarashtra very soon and talk on behalf of Yudishtra. Subsequently, Sanjaya returns back to Hastinapura with Bhagawan Krishna’s message and by the time he reaches the palace, it is late night. Hence, Sanjaya tells King Dhritarashtra that he is tired and will explain Bhagawan Krishna’s message in detail the subsequent day in the courtroom amidst everyone.
As King Dhritarashtra hears this from Sanjaya, he starts getting nervous, not knowing what Bhagawan Krishna and Yudishtra are wanting to convey to him – Should it be a war, or is there still an opportunity for peace-making? Should they compromise and let Duryodhana rule the kingdom? Many thoughts are running in King Dhritarashtra’s mind and as a result, he is unable to sleep at night. So he calls Vidura for some advice. With this, we conclude the “Sanjaya-Yaana Parva” and as Vidura arrives, we move into the “Prajaakara Parva” wherein Vidura is going to give golden pieces of advice pertaining to various aspects of “Raaja-Dharma”, also referred famously as “Vidura-Neethi”.
So for today, let us understand the introductory summary of the Sanjaya-Yaana Parva and this is an extremely important phase in the entire Mahabharata story. In our next episode, we shall commence with the detailed discussion on the “Sanjaya-Yaana Parva” and we shall see what Sanjaya had to say to Yudishtra and Bhagawan Krishna! Stay tuned for an interesting and an important accord! 🙂
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