Guest guest Posted September 15, 2000 Report Share Posted September 15, 2000 Smt. Hariniji! Jai Srimannarayana! We are very happy for the questions you have and they are good. When we have questions, it shows that we are thinking something about what we have heard. That itself is clear indication that we are in the path of our progressive journey. We are giving replies to your questions then & there only in your letter. So that you can easily understand the answer. O.K.!!! --- Harini Raghavan <harini_raghavan wrote: > Dear Jeeyar Svaami, > > Namaskaram. > > I have a question with respect to the Mahabharatha. > Arjuna has listened to the whole of Gita from the > Lord > himself and I presume after it, he understood all > its > contents and he also became self realised. > > Yet when Abhimanyu is killed, Arjuna is subjected to > deep anguish and violent emotions and pledges to > take > revenge on Jayadrad. I am not refuting his duty to > kill as a kshatriya, but that he gave into such > emotions just because it was his young son who got > killed, makes me wonder. There were so many others > who > got killed in the battle. Yes he does grieve for > them, > but he was not affected as much as this (as far as I > know the story). > > My knowledge of Gita (I only know the bear gist of > it) > and Mahabharata is extremely limited and I may be > wrong in my statements. If so please do correct me, > and the questions following hereafter won't have > much > meaning. HERE IS THE REPLY FOR THE QUESTION> -- In fact, Gi:to;pade:sam, to Arjuna is not for him, it is for the humanity at large. Arjuna was only NIMITTA. That is why inspite of hearing from Lord directly, very little went into the brain of Arjuna. To speak truth, Arjuna was not at all interested to listen to Lord Krishna. Lord forced Him by His ability-divine and made Arjuna an instrument to the whole. So, it is not surprising that Arjuna cried rolling, when his beloved son, abhimanyu, got killed. Here what we need to understand is, that the Nature is so powerful to cover any person, no matter, what the knowledge he is possessing, when he lost his bodily relatives, or , lost something mundane. We must be very careful aboutthe nature, it is warning. ------------- > Does the study of Vedas, Gita, realisation of God, > surrendering to perumAL can only help us in the long > run. THE ANSWER IS: Yes, in a sense.That is, our surrendarance is like turning green light on. It allows the cars to move ahead, without any stop, but it may not bring cars, right? So also, our surrendarance allows the Divine Compassion ofLord toreach us and not in bringing that compassion. Whenever He graces, then only we are saved and that IS ONLY THE WAY TO ATTAIN MOKSHA ARE ATTAINING THE DIVINE BLISS. --------- > Do they only help us to take such things better > slowly > and only by reminding ourselves with their conveyed > meaning constantly. If so, looks more like time has > an > important role to play along with all this. > > Or in this case did Lord Krishna wantedly cause such > emotions in Arjuna, so that Jayadrad could be > killed, > because of the boon he (Jayadrad) had. But if it is > so, wont people get a wrong idea of the story and > wont > they say that Bhagwad Gita doesn't help us. WE ARE SURE THAT YOU HAVE GOT THE REPLIES IN THE ABOVE PARAGRAPH FORTHE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE POSED. ---------- > Arjuna who has had the fortune to listen to all of > this from the Lord Himself and also being an exalted > soul became disturbed so much. Is it such that the > passing of a dear one, whatever/whoever you are, > doesnt fail to shake you a little bit - is that by > nature? WE CAN SAY THAT 'NO MATTER HOW GREAT WE WOULD BE, THE NATURE CAN CAPTURE US AND KEEPS UNDER HER CONTRAL, IF SHE THINKS, This is what Even Arjuna also said, "thasya:ham nigraham manye, va:yo:riva su dushkaram" WE ARE SURE THAT YOU GOT ALL THE REPLIES. Jai Srimannarayana =chinnajeeyar= > Pardon me if I have committed any offence/mistake > while I asked this question. It is mainly because of > my ignorance. > > Thanking you very much for your time. > > Sincerely, > Harini > > > > > Mail - Free email you can access from > anywhere! > / > > Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2000 Report Share Posted September 16, 2000 --- chinna jeeyar <acharya27 wrote: > Smt. Hariniji! > Jai Srimannarayana! > We are very happy for the questions you have and > they > are good. When we have questions, it shows that we > are > thinking something about what we have heard. That > itself is clear indication that we are in the path > of > our progressive journey. We are giving replies to > your > questions then & there only in your letter. So that > you can easily understand the answer. O.K.!!! > > --- Harini Raghavan <harini_raghavan > wrote: > > Dear Jeeyar Svaami, > > > > Namaskaram. > > > > I have a question with respect to the > Mahabharatha. > > Arjuna has listened to the whole of Gita from the > > Lord > > himself and I presume after it, he understood all > > its > > contents and he also became self realised. > > > > Yet when Abhimanyu is killed, Arjuna is subjected > to > > deep anguish and violent emotions and pledges to > > take > > revenge on Jayadrad. I am not refuting his duty to > > kill as a kshatriya, but that he gave into such > > emotions just because it was his young son who got > > killed, makes me wonder. There were so many others > > who > > got killed in the battle. Yes he does grieve for > > them, > > but he was not affected as much as this (as far as > I > > know the story). > > > > My knowledge of Gita (I only know the bear gist of > > it) > > and Mahabharata is extremely limited and I may be > > wrong in my statements. If so please do correct > me, > > and the questions following hereafter won't have > > much > > meaning. > > HERE IS THE REPLY FOR THE QUESTION> > -- > > In fact, Gi:to;pade:sam, to Arjuna is not for him, > it > is for the humanity at large. Arjuna was only > NIMITTA. > That is why inspite of hearing from Lord directly, > very little went into the brain of Arjuna. To speak > truth, Arjuna was not at all interested to listen to > Lord Krishna. Lord forced Him by His ability-divine > and made Arjuna an instrument to the whole. > So, it is not surprising that Arjuna cried rolling, > when his beloved son, abhimanyu, got killed. > Here what we need to understand is, that the Nature > is > so powerful to cover any person, no matter, what the > knowledge he is possessing, when he lost his bodily > relatives, or , lost something mundane. We must be > very careful aboutthe nature, it is warning. > > ------------- > > Does the study of Vedas, Gita, realisation of God, > > surrendering to perumAL can only help us in the > long > > run. > THE ANSWER IS: Yes, in a sense.That is, our > surrendarance is like turning green light on. It > allows the cars to move ahead, without any stop, but > it may not bring cars, right? > So also, our surrendarance allows the Divine > Compassion ofLord toreach us and not in bringing > that > compassion. Whenever He graces, then only we are > saved > and that IS ONLY THE WAY TO ATTAIN MOKSHA ARE > ATTAINING THE DIVINE BLISS. > --------- > > Do they only help us to take such things better > > slowly > > and only by reminding ourselves with their > conveyed > > meaning constantly. If so, looks more like time > has > > an > > important role to play along with all this. > > > > Or in this case did Lord Krishna wantedly cause > such > > emotions in Arjuna, so that Jayadrad could be > > killed, > > because of the boon he (Jayadrad) had. But if it > is > > so, wont people get a wrong idea of the story and > > wont > > they say that Bhagwad Gita doesn't help us. > WE ARE SURE THAT YOU HAVE GOT THE REPLIES IN THE > ABOVE > PARAGRAPH FORTHE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE POSED. > ---------- > > Arjuna who has had the fortune to listen to all of > > this from the Lord Himself and also being an > exalted > > soul became disturbed so much. Is it such that the > > passing of a dear one, whatever/whoever you are, > > doesnt fail to shake you a little bit - is that by > > nature? > > WE CAN SAY THAT 'NO MATTER HOW GREAT WE WOULD BE, > THE > NATURE CAN CAPTURE US AND KEEPS UNDER HER CONTRAL, > IF > SHE THINKS, This is what Even Arjuna also said, > "thasya:ham nigraham manye, va:yo:riva su dushkaram" > WE ARE SURE THAT YOU GOT ALL THE REPLIES. > > Jai Srimannarayana > =chinnajeeyar= > > > > > Pardon me if I have committed any offence/mistake > > while I asked this question. It is mainly because > of > > my ignorance. > > > > Thanking you very much for your time. > > > > Sincerely, > > Harini > > > > > > > > > > Mail - Free email you can access from > > anywhere! > > / > > > > > > > > > Mail - Free email you can access from > anywhere! > / > Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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