[Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] Arjuna as the chosen one.

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Hare Krishna

Dear Veena,

A nice description of arjuna.Well done.

 

agramanVeena Nair <vee_1807 wrote:

Om Namo Narayanaya.Something more on Arjuna...............Arjuna is the epitome of Sakhya-bhakti; in Geeta 4.3 Bhagawan expresses his love for Arjuna & says "Bhakto-si-main-sakha-cheti" you are My devotee and My friend. Arjuna had innumerable qualities; to elaborate on a few: 1) Whether in learning or devotion his concentration was remarkable:-- we all know the story of him seeing only the bird's eye during archery, when everyone else was seeing a lot more than just the bird's eye. The same thing with devotion; once Balaram asked Krishna, 'why do you like him so much?' and Krishna asked Balrama to go to Arjuna's room when he was asleep. Balaram went there and found Arjuna in deep sleep; he was puzzled and was coming away when he heard 'Krishna, Krishna'; Balarama was surprised---there was no one else around; he walked up to Arjuna's bed and realized

that even in sleep, Arjuna was saying 'Krishna, Krishna' --his very breath was focused on the Lord. 2) Deep sense of gratitude:- it was this that actually caused the dilemma at the start of the Mahabharata war -- to Arjuna the battle was not between dharma and adharma; it was between dharma-dharma -- to secure Dharma, he had to fight the Kauravas; not to fight wd have been wrong. But then he would have to kill his most beloved and esteemed elders--how could he do that? the very people who taught him everything, how could he kill them?3) Extreme foresight:-- it is human nature to ask God many things--money, power, comforts, etc; humans don't ask or tell God 'I want You' -- but when given a choice between choosing Krishna and His army, Duryodhan chose the army and Arjuna (he had the first choice) chose Krishna; he said, 'Keshav, I want you with me; if you are with me I can fight the world'.4) Integrity:-- whether in work or love, Arjuna was steeped in

integrity -- in an effort to acquire more knowledge of weapons/warfare, archery and other martial arts, Arjuna went to Lord Indra's kingdom; here Arjuna also learnt music and dance from Urvashi, the beautiful celestial nymph. She fell in love with Arjuna, but Arjuna had no such feelings towards her, she was his teacher. Disappointed in her love, Urvashi cursed Arjuna that he would become eunuch for one year. This curse later was to prove beneficial to Arjuna during his exile to stay incognito for one year. But the story points to Arjuna's sincerity to his cause; he had an acute sense of what he had gone there for and what he could and could not do. (Here we can also draw a parallel with Swami Vivekananda who was much admired by a young and rich woman who wanted to marry him so that she could bear a son like him. Vivekananda did namaskar to her and said "you can consider me as your son!" There is a similar story about LordBuddha. These noble souls were keely aware of their goal

in life and never allowed anything to divert them from that path)5) Self-respect/self-confidence:--he was a man of his word and a man of supreme confidence. When he offered Dronacharya guru-dakshina, Drona wanted King Drupad as prisoner; Arjun went out and fought by himself and brought Drupad to his guru. Arjuna was also never afraid of losing in the Mahabarata war; all during his vishaad yoga, Chapter 1, at no point he says he is afraid of losing; that thought never occurs to him. Arjuna has been described as a true representative of mortal man. He faced a dilemma and was confused and didn't know what to do and surrendered to Krishna. Despite his enormous talents, he was also human and acknowledged that he was confused. We don't need to be at war to have problems like this; all of us have situations where we face difficult choices- this job or that job, to listen to wife or to mother, to do as the boss says (which may be completely idiotic or even wrong sometimes)

or do what you know to be right. Having to make choices and deciding what principles we want to live by-- we have to go through this quite frequently. So we have Bhagawan Krishna imparting to Arjuna, our representative, the supreme principles of life. If the cow represents the Upanishads, Vedvyasa is the milkman, the Geeta is the milk; Arjuna is the calf and we are all enjoyers of that milk. Om Namo Narayanaya.Sarvam ShriKrishnaayasamarpayami.------------------------------Qualities of Arjuna: understood from listening to discourses of Shri Pandurang Shastri Athavale. Esp. his discourse on diffrent forms of Bhakti (Hanuman as daasya bhakta & Sudama and Arjuna as Sakhya bhaktas)-------------------------------

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Hari Aum,

 

As Arjuna rec'd the message from Krishna directly we

can also derive the same by studying the 'Gita'.

 

We are all in a 'Arjuna'type situation as we continue

living every moment on the earth.

 

What on has to do is just declare one's total

discipleship ( Shishyastheham sadhi mam prapannam) as

Arjuna did to Krishna.

 

Knowledge and wisdom will flow to us only if we let

ourselves willingly open to new ideas. i.e be

teachable.

 

As Shree Ganapathy Raman had mentioned in his earlier

mails why krishna chose Arjuna; the main reason being

the teachability. Though Bhima and others were also

brilliant they lacked teachability due to their pride

(ahamkara) in their prowess and knowledge.

 

Once we have Krisna and we become Arjuna then Shree

(prosperity), Vijaya (victory), Bhuti (abundance of

all goodness), Neethi (ethics) are sure to occur

according to Sanjaya (last verse in 'Gita').

 

Afterall are we wll not working to that end day in and

day out?

 

Aum Namo Narayanayah

 

Balagopal

 

 

--- Veena Nair <vee_1807 wrote:

 

 

 

Om Namo Narayanaya.

 

Something more on Arjuna...............

 

Arjuna is the epitome of Sakhya-bhakti; in Geeta 4.3

Bhagawan expresses his love for Arjuna & says

" Bhakto-si-main-sakha-cheti " you are My devotee and My

friend.

Arjuna had innumerable qualities; to elaborate on a

few:

 

1) Whether in learning or devotion his concentration

was remarkable:-- we all know the story of him seeing

only the bird's eye during archery, when everyone else

was seeing a lot more than just the bird's eye. The

same thing with devotion; once Balaram asked Krishna,

'why do you like him so much?' and Krishna asked

Balrama to go to Arjuna's room when he was asleep.

Balaram went there and found Arjuna in deep sleep; he

was puzzled and was coming away when he heard

'Krishna, Krishna'; Balarama was surprised---there was

no one else around; he walked up to Arjuna's bed and

realized that even in sleep, Arjuna was saying

'Krishna, Krishna' --his very breath was focused on

the Lord.

 

2) Deep sense of gratitude:- it was this that actually

caused the dilemma at the start of the Mahabharata war

-- to Arjuna the battle was not between dharma and

adharma; it was between dharma-dharma -- to secure

Dharma, he had to fight the Kauravas; not to fight wd

have been wrong. But then he would have to kill his

most beloved and esteemed elders--how could he do

that? the very people who taught him everything, how

could he kill them?

 

3) Extreme foresight:-- it is human nature to ask God

many things--money, power, comforts, etc; humans don't

ask or tell God 'I want You' -- but when given a

choice between choosing Krishna and His army,

Duryodhan chose the army and Arjuna (he had the first

choice) chose Krishna; he said, 'Keshav, I want you

with me; if you are with me I can fight the world'.

 

4) Integrity:-- whether in work or love, Arjuna was

steeped in integrity -- in an effort to acquire more

knowledge of weapons/warfare, archery and other

martial arts, Arjuna went to Lord Indra's kingdom;

here Arjuna also learnt music and dance from Urvashi,

the beautiful celestial nymph. She fell in love with

Arjuna, but Arjuna had no such feelings towards her,

she was his teacher. Disappointed in her love, Urvashi

cursed Arjuna that he would become eunuch for one

year. This curse later was to prove beneficial to

Arjuna during his exile to stay incognito for one

year. But the story points to Arjuna's sincerity to

his cause; he had an acute sense of what he had gone

there for and what he could and could not do. (Here we

can also draw a parallel with Swami Vivekananda who

was much admired by a young and rich woman who wanted

to marry him so that she could bear a son like him.

Vivekananda did namaskar to her and said " you can

consider me as your son! " There is a similar story

about Lord

Buddha. These noble souls were keely aware of their

goal in life and never allowed anything to divert them

from that path)

 

5) Self-respect/self-confidence:--he was a man of his

word and a man of supreme confidence. When he offered

Dronacharya guru-dakshina, Drona wanted King Drupad as

prisoner; Arjun went out and fought by himself and

brought Drupad to his guru. Arjuna was also never

afraid of losing in the Mahabarata war; all during his

vishaad yoga, Chapter 1, at no point he says he is

afraid of losing; that thought never occurs to him.

 

Arjuna has been described as a true representative of

mortal man. He faced a dilemma and was confused and

didn't know what to do and surrendered to Krishna.

Despite his enormous talents, he was also human and

acknowledged that he was confused. We don't need to be

at war to have problems like this; all of us have

situations where we face difficult choices- this job

or that job, to listen to wife or to mother, to do as

the boss says (which may be completely idiotic or even

wrong sometimes) or do what you know to be right.

Having to make choices and deciding what principles we

want to live by-- we have to go through this quite

frequently. So we have Bhagawan Krishna imparting to

Arjuna, our representative, the supreme principles of

life. If the cow represents the Upanishads, Vedvyasa

is the milkman, the Geeta is the milk; Arjuna is the

calf and we are all enjoyers of that milk.

 

Om Namo Narayanaya.

Sarvam ShriKrishnaayasamarpayami.

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Qualities of Arjuna: understood from listening to

discourses of Shri Pandurang Shastri Athavale. Esp.

his discourse on diffrent forms of Bhakti (Hanuman as

daasya bhakta & Sudama and Arjuna as Sakhya bhaktas)

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