In the previous episode, we had witnessed the commencement of the war as Bhishmachaarya is now blowing his “Shankam” (Siren) aloud, in a way that the entire Kurukshetra-Bhoomi is able to hear it. In return, all the other important warriors who are assembled there are also taking out their respective “Shankams” and start blowing them aloud. In those days, the sound of the “Shankam” in the battlefield indicates the readiness of both the camps which are rearing to have a go upon each other! In this way, it is in all readiness now for the war to commence. Finally, Bhagawan Krishna too takes out His “Shankam” called “Paanchajanya” and blows it aloud, in an indication that Arjuna is also all set for the commencement of the war.
“Paanchajanyam rishikeshaha deva dattan dhananjayaha!
Poundrou dadhmou mahaa shankam bheemakarma vrukodharaha!!”
Thus, as Bhagawan Krishna blows His “Paanchajanya”, Arjuna too signals his readiness by blowing his divine “Shankam” called “Deva-Datta”. In turn, Bheemasena takes out his “Shankam” called “Poundrum” and blows it aloud. However, as the “Shankams” of the Paandavas go aloud one after the other and as Bhagawan Krishna’s “Paanchajanya” too joining the sounds, the hearts of Duryodhana and Co. start shivering with fear! Explaining this to King Dhritarashtra, Sanjaya says thus, “Oh King Dhritarashtra! You had asked me about the status of your son Duryodhana in the battlefield, didn’t you? The moment Bhagawan Krishna took out His “Paanchajanya” and blew it, the sound went into all the four directions, echoed and came back to haunt Duryodhana badly! Thus, even before the war commenced, Duryodhana almost lost his confidence that he was going to make any impact in this! Oh King Dhritarashtra! Still the war hasn’t commenced yet. But even before that, if Duryodhana is going to shake with fear upon merely hearing Bhagawan Krishna’s “Paanchajanya”, how on earth is he going to win this war against the Paandavas?”
Meanwhile, as all things are in readiness, Arjuna positions his divine “Gaandeepa” in front of him on his chariot and orders Bhagawan Krishna thus, “Oh Bhagawan Krishna! Please take our chariot and park it in between both the armies. I want to see who are all standing on either side in closeness! Hence, let us go to the middle of the battlefield and have a look!” As Arjuna orders thus, our Aachaaryas enter into a lot of debates in their commentaries. Their only point of concern was this – “Who is ordering whom here?” An ordinary “Jeevatma” called “Arjuna” is ordering a “Paramatma” called Bhagawan Krishna! How is this even possible on this earth? Thus, Arjuna continues further, “Oh Bhagawan Krishna! I want to have a look at who all the key warriors are on both sides. With this, we can strategize our plans better, can’t we?”
As Arjuna says thus, Bhagawan Krishna smiles beamingly and starts the chariot. As per Arjuna’s “instruction”, Bhagawan drives the chariot right in the middle of the entire gathering. Strategically too, He stops the chariot right in front of the place where Bhishmachaarya and Guru Dhronachaarya are standing on their respective chariots! Now, isn’t this a divine “Sankalpa” of Bhagawan Krishna to make Arjuna panic? Having said thus, what is Arjuna going to do now? Is he going to gain confidence upon seeing the Kaurava army closeby, or, is he going to panic? Stay tuned for an important update in the next episode! 🙂
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