A qn in Mahabharatha

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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.

 

Does the study of Vedas, Gita, realisation of God,

surrendering to perumAL can only help us in the long

run.

 

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.

 

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?

 

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

 

 

 

 

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