Esoteric Mahabharat-4

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The enemies of the Pandavs as descibred in the 1st chapter of the Gita

are:

 

1. Kripa – Avidya, or delusion. Kripa is the Guru of Kauravs, & one of

their main warriors. Avidya forces man to think he is different from

God. At the end of Mahabharat, Kripa survives, & makes peace with

the Pandavs. This shows Avidya can never completely vanish, as then

the manifested world would go back to the Spirit.

 

2. Bhishma- Ego. Bhisma is one of the most interesting characters of

Mahabharat. He was a Deva, & spiritually advanced enough to see

Krishna in his real form, yet he took side of Kauravs.

 

Bhishma advised Duryodhan against the war- as the Ego is the Grandsire

of both good & bad qualities/habits of man, & loves them equally.

Bhishma or the Ego takes the side of the lower mind when it becomes

powerful(Duryodhan), but soon tires of his evil ways, & feels sympathy

for his good qualities(Pandavs).

 

But Bhishma cant be defeated- which shows the Ego cant be defeated

without its cooperation. In the Mahabharat Bhishma tells the Pandavs

the secret how to kill him.

 

Even then Bhishma doesnt die, as he immortal. He says he will stay

alive till the sun reaches the North in heavens. Later on in the Gita

Krishna says the same thing- people who die when sun is in

North(winter) get Moksha, which has led to a lot of stupid attempts to

die during winter!

 

The hidden meaning is that Ego is rendered powerless by Samadhi, it

doesnt go completely till the Sun of Inner Conciousness reaches the

Highest point(North) in the body- or the Sahasra Chakra in the Head.

 

3. Dronacharya- Habit or inner tendency, or Sanskars. Sanskars are the

impressions made on the Chit, which continuously come up & force us to

do things by habit- Sanskars are collected over many lifetimes. Drona

was the Guru of both Pandavs & Kauravs, as we have both good & bad

Sanskars(good Sanskaars can be habit of meditating regularly). But

since our negative Sanskars are more numerous & powerful, they become

our enemy rather than friend.

 

Drona was the mortal enemy of Drupada, who represents extreme

dispassion. Our dispassion makes us ignore our Sanskars, as we lose

interst in results of Karma. Dron is finally killed by Drupadas son( &

Draupadis brother)- who cuts of Drons head- meaning all Sanskars are

destroyed by the energy born of dispassion.

 

4. Ashvathama- Latent desires- These are our hidden desires- for sex,

money, power etc. At the end of Mahabharta, Ashvathama survives, but

is rendered powerless & cursed to roam Earth forever. This shows our

desires never die, but are rendered helpless, & no longer affect the soul.

 

5. Karna -Raga or attachment

 

6. Vikarna- Repulsion or Dvesha

 

7. Jayadrath- or Body attachment, & fear of death

 

8. Bhruishrav or Karma with egoistic desire

 

Duryodhan & his brothers:

 

As I said, Duryodhan is the 1st son of Dhritrashtra or blind sense

mind, & represents all the bad qualities of it, like anger, ego greed

envy etc. His brother represents various other -ve qualties mentioned

in Vedas:

 

9. Kama or Lust or desire- Duryodhan is the himself his quality, as he

refused to share even a millimetre of land with Pandavs due to his

lust for power.

 

10. Krodha or Anger- Dushansan

 

11. Lobha or greed- Karna & Vikarna represent this

 

12. Moha or deluded attachment- Shakuni represents Moha. Our

attachment blinds us, & confuses us with Maya. In the Mahabharat,

Shakuni tricked the Pandavs by cheating in a dice game. The dice game

here is the game of the material world, with its temptations & lures.

By falling prey to these temptations, the Soul is " banished " from it

kingdom of the body, as the Pandavs were.

 

13. Mada or pride- Represented by Shalya, who was related to the

Pandavs, but joined the Kauravs when Duryodhan flattered his ego &

offered him money. Mada also means insanity, which is what our pride

makes us. He is killed by Nakul/Sahadev, who were his nephews, &

represent power of Yama/Niyama.

 

14. Matsarya or envy- Represented by Kritvarma, who was related to

Krishna, but went against because of envy.

 

As we can see, the enemies are numerous, which makes the task of

Sadhak very hard. But the Sadhak has Sri Krishna, the Divine Guru, the

Hidden Spirit. About him we need no introduction.