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Q. Surrender as shown by Bhishma and Vibheeshana.

Reply: Priya Sriman Seshagiriji!

Jai Srimannarayana!.

Your friend had helped us a great deal. If he would

not have asked this question, we should not have

discussed this issue at all and accepted that, this

may the way.

Vibhi:shana and Bhi:shma both are good and

knowledgeable by themselves. The only difference

between them was, Bhi:shma was a Kshatriya and whereas

Vibhi:shana was a Demon.

Vibhi:shana surrendered in total, of course, expecting

his own kingdom back to him, without any interruptions

viz., Ra:vana, Kumbhakarna etc. He wanted it for the

sake of the people, who were suffering under Ra:vna.

Bhi:shma, on the other hand, was a great righteous

scholar, who mastered all the sa:sthras and known to

his ve:dic practices.

He made a promise to his father that he was not going

to marry anyone and at the same time, he would be the

gaurd to the THRONE OF KURU KINGS, in other words, to

the children of his would be step-mother, Satyavathi.

Binding to that word, he remained a brahmacha:ri

(spinster).

After that, due to somany reasons, Kuru Kingdom came

under the control of Duryo:dhana, the most wicked and

croocked. Yet, sticking on to his oath, Bhi:shma

became the protector of the Chair, (i.e, Duryo:dhana).

Pa:ndava:s, unfortunately, being great warriers,

righteous and devotees to Lord Sri Krishna, due to

their ill-fate, they remained homeless. Knowing all

this, Bhi:shma, became prey to his own oath to protect

the chair of the kingdom, no matter, whoever may be

the king.

Now, the point is, why Bhishma, after the war was

declared and Lord Krishna was also on the support of

Pa:ndavas, did not change his mind and join pa:ndavas.

There are two answers:

1. Because, he made a promise to his father to support

the person, whoever may be on the chair.

2. because, he was eating the salt of the kingdom and

that made him feel liable and also responsible to die

for that kingdom. So he faught for Duryodhana.

Unfortunately or Fortunately, Lord Krishna became his

target to fight with. This is what we call as Ordinary

Dharma. Whereas, Vibhishana, observed Extra-ordinary

Dharma in giving up his everything there itself in

Lanka and surrendered to Srirama. He tried his lever

best in enlightening Ra:vana about the consequences.

But Vibhi:shana was brutally insulted and

ex-communicated. So, there was no other choice to him,

except surrendering to Srirama.

Lord Sri Krishna never asked Bhi:shma to remain with

Kauravas or to join Pa:ndavas.

=chinnajeeyar=

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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