In the previous episode, we had witnessed Bhagawan Krishna fuming with anger against Duryodhana, even though He returned back to His normal physical form. As the entire courtroom is looking at Bhagawan Krishna with awe and respect, He goes on to explain His stance clearly – Unless Duryodhana decides to mend his ways, there is no use of anybody talking to him about anything. The ball is now clearly in Duryodhana’s court. It is completely his decision whether we should go for a war, or we should think of a compromise. As Bhagawan Krishna says thus, the entire courtroom is in agreement with what He says. In the meanwhile, we might have a very important question here – Bhagawan Krishna has just shown the “Vishwaroopa” Darshan to everyone in the courtroom, hasn’t He? By seeing this, did either King Dhritarashtra or Duryodhana realize their folly and surrender to Bhagawan? We shall answer this question today as we move on further.
Now, as Bhagawan shows His “Vishwaroopa” Darshan, many of us might automatically think thus – Oh wow! This is a golden opportunity that these people have obtained in their lifetime to worship Bhagawan in this form, isn’t it? Just along with showing His “Vishwaroopa”, Bhagawan should have also taken the initiative to mend Duryodhana’s ways then and there! Can’t He do it? Doesn’t Bhagawan have the power to do it? The answer is a big “Yes”! If such is the case, why is He not doing it then? These are interesting questions that we’ve to seek answers for. The answer is very simple – Bhagawan will not mend our ways, but will always leave the choice to us, whether to mend our ways or not. Of course, He will give us enormous opportunities to mend our ways towards “Dharma”, but He will not put us on the track of “Dharma” by Himself! If Bhagawan has to do this also, why at all should He give us something called “Intellect” or the “Sixth sense”? Hence, it is up to us to utilize our intellect, to differentiate between “Dharma” and “Adharma” in all our words and actions, so that we would follow the path laid by Bhagawan for attaining the highest “Moksha”. This is exactly what Bhagawan Krishna is doing to Duryodhana and King Dhritarashtra here too – Why did Bhagawan go to Hastinapura and visit these two? The reason is very simple – Bhagawan wants to exhibit His divine physical form to these people and see whether atleast now they will change their ways or not! This is also an opportunity that Bhagawan has given them. However, just because He has shown His “Vishwaroopa Darshan”, it doesn’t mean that all these people will attain “Moksha” immediately. It is up to each and every individual to understand what Bhagawan Krishna really is, and act accordingly. Vidura and Sanjaya know the path of “Dharma” and Bhagawan Krishna aided them. However, even when Bhagawan gave eyes to King Dhritarashtra to view this golden vision, King Dhritarashtra did not get impacted by it, because he did not desire to walk the path of “Dharma” by mending Duryodhana’s ways. All that King Dhritarashtra was trying to do till date is to escape from his duties as a father and as a king. This is one way of looking at it.
The second way of viewing this is through the “Karma Theory”. If our “Praarabdha Karma” is extremely strong, it would prevent us from realizing Bhagawan, even if He is standing right in front of us! This is why we perform the “Nitya-Anushtaanam” every day. I’ve mentioned this in many of our previous episodes as well – If we keep performing our “Sandhya-Vandanam” and “Gayathri Japam” every passing day, our “Praarabdha Karma” will start reducing slowly, and therefore, as our “Karma” burden reduces, it becomes easier for us to walk the path towards Bhagawan. On one hand, as we do the “Nitya-Karma”, our sins are getting washed away and on the other hand, this clears the pathway towards Bhagawan. This is how we should understand this phenomenon.
The third aspect to this point is that, even though Bhagawan is right in front of us, we may not feel His divine presence because of all our desires and worldly pleasures. If for example, Bhagawan walks towards us to grant us the highest “Moksha”, in today’s context, all of us are only interested in buying three or four houses and earning more and more money and luxuries! If Bhagawan takes one route, we take just the opposite route of what Bhagawan takes! If such is the case, how on earth are we going to realize Bhagawan? It is like an FM radio – Only if we tune into that particular “Frequency channel” with our radio device, we shall be able to listen to the contents of that FM channel, isn’t it? Similarly, we’ve to tune our hearts which are like radio devices, to match the “Frequency” of Bhagawan’s heart! Only then will we be able to reach Him!
So for the question whether King Dhritarashtra and Duryodhana realize Bhagawan’s significance, even though He was right amidst them, the answer is a sad “No”! So for today, let us understand up to this point and we shall continue this discussion further in the next episode as well! Stay tuned! 🙂
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