In the previous episode, we had witnessed Bhagawan Krishna providing an enthralling spiritual experience to Sanjaya as being narrated by Sanjaya himself to King Dhritarashtra. This happens as part of Sanjaya’s visit to Viraata Desha to meet Yudishtra. As Sanjaya narrates, he had an opportunity to have Bhagawan Krishna’s divine “Darshan” in a totally private space and with Arjuna being present along with Him. Sanjaya had the divine experience of witnessing Arjuna being in constant service to Bhagawan by making Him feel comfortable. As Arjuna sees Sanajaya coming inside that chamber, he points out to an “Aasana” for him to sit, however, Sanjaya feels that this high-profile seat in front of Bhagawan is not for him to sit! Hence, he prefers to sit on the ground, along with Arjuna and the others who are present there. As Arjuna points out Sanjaya to Bhagawan Krishna, Bhagawan Krishna’s divine eyes fall upon Sanjaya and He welcomes Sanjaya with a beaming smile! This surprises Arjuna too, as Bhagawan Krishna normally doesn’t entertain anybody else in this private chamber, including the likes of Abhimanyu and Saatyaki! However, if Bhagawan is wanting Sanjaya to be present in His chamber, we shall understand that Sanjaya is a great “Dharma-Atma” the world has ever seen! Hence, Bhagawan Krishna wants to honour Sanjaya’s “Dharma” and hence, He welcomes Him with His divine look and pleasing words!
As Bhagawan Krishna does so, Arjuna asks Him directly thus, “Oh Bhagawan! Normally you do not allow anybody inside our private chamber, including the likes of Abhimanyu, Saatyaki, Pradhyumna and Aniruddha as well. However, why did you allow Sanjaya to come in?” Bhagawan Krishna gives an important reply to Arjuna’s question thus, “Oh Arjuna! Sanjaya is a person who does not have even an iota of jealousy in him. He is a pure soul! He is also an epitome of “Dharma” and not many people might have realized it, because he is amidst people who are grossly going by the path of “Adharma”! Sanjaya is an embodiment of “Satva Guna” and is completely devoid of the “Rajo Guna and Tamo Guna”. Moreover, Sanjaya knows how to explain things in a very beautiful way. He has been blessed with the divine art of communication. If he sees something, he will be able to explain it in an extremely convincing way to people! Now that Sanjaya has seen us in this manner, he will definitely go and tell King Dhritarashtra and Duryodhana that they are never going to win against you and Yudishtra in the upcoming war! Just look at how Sanjaya is going to explain this scene to King Dhritarashtra and Duryodhana! As Sanjaya explains this to them, there is definitely a chance that the father-son duo will realize what they are up against! This is why I wanted Sanjaya to come inside!”
Saying thus to Arjuna, Bhagawan Krishna gets up from His divine “Aasana”, folds His hands with respect towards Sanjaya and says thus, “Oh great Sanjaya! Now you have an important task in your hands – Whatever I’m going to tell you now, please do not go and convey to kids! Talk about this to seniors such as King Dhritarashtra, Guru Dhronachaarya and Bhishmachaarya. Only they will understand what I’m going to tell you now!” As Bhagawan Krishna says thus, Sanjaya doesn’t know what to reply! He asks Bhagawan Krishna thus, “Oh Bhagawan! Please tell me! I’m here to execute your orders! What are you going to talk about? Is it about peace or war or treaty or what?” Upon Sanjaya’s questioning, Bhagawan Krishna replies thus, “Oh Sanjaya! Please understand one thing very clearly – The war that is looming large is definitely going to happen! There is going to be mass destruction! Your entire Kaurava clan is going to be extinct! This is not Yudishtra’s or Arjuna’s decision! This is my decision and I’ll be executing it in the near future! Hence, there is no use of involving in peace talks! This war is inevitable!”
These words from Bhagawan Krishna stuns Sanjaya to bits! He doesn’t know what to reply after he hears this from Bhagawan Krishna! As he conveys this to King Dhritarashtra, he once again shudders and trembles with fear upon talking to King Dhritarashtra about it! Sanjaya continues with his conversation with Bhagawan Krishna thus, “Oh Bhagawan! I know I’m hearing something which is shocking! However, I would like to know the reason for your decision!” As Sanjaya asks thus, Bhagawan Krishna is going to narrate an important reason behind Him taking such an extreme decision! What is the reason? Let us wait till the next episode to find out! Stay tuned! 🙂
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