Gita stories for my grand children-1

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Why was Gita told?

 

King Pandu the younger brother of King Drutharashtra was ruling over

Hasthinapur.

While King Pandu had five sons, King Drutharashtra had one hundred sons and a

daughter.

Unfortunately King Pandu died early. Because of this all the 106 children were

brought up together.

Maithree asked, " Thatha, it means they need not go to school and school would

come to them. "

Raja Thatha replied, " That is true Maithree and that is what happened. These

children were taught by a great teacher called Drona and also by another teacher

called Krupa. Time passed. The sons of Drutharashtra always quarreled with the

sons of Pandu. They all grew big .They all got married and had children. "

Rohan replied, " Thatha, then one school would not be sufficient. "

Thatha replied, " That is true Rohan. But what happened was the eldest son of

Drutharashtra, whose name was Duryodhana, wanted to become the king after

Drutharashtra. But he was much younger than the sons of Pandu. So by deceiving

them, he drove them away. Our God who was born as Lord Krishna decided to help

the sons of Pandu. He went and requested Duryodhana to give at least five houses

for Pandavas instead of a big country.

The children chorused, " That is not fair Thatha. How can they be satisfied by

five houses? If he did not give even that, he must be a very bad man. "

But Duryodhana refused. So the Pandavas decided to go for a war with Duryodhana,

The grandfather of Pandavas and Duryodhana as well as their teachers decided to

fight for Duryodhana. This is because he was their king,

On the day of the war both armies came face to face. God Krishna who was

driving the chariot of Arjuna took the chariot in the middle of the armies.

Suddenly Arjuna realized that he had to kill his grand father, teachers and

cousins to win the war. This made him very sad. So he told God Krishna, that he

will not fight. He told him that if he had to kill all of them, their children

will not have father and they will suffer. "

Maithree jumped up, raised her hand and told, " I agree with Arjuna. " Rohan and

Yamini also nodded their heads.

Then Krishna advised Arjuna that what he is thinking is wrong. Bad people

whoever they are should be killed. If this is not done they would trouble more

people. But Arjuna was not convinced.

Maithree told, " Thatha I think I understand. The other day some body told me

that our neighbor aunty was troubled by a robber. Suppose you simply keep quiet,

these robbers will start troubling all of us. " Thatha said " Amen. " And concluded

What Lord Krishna told and did to convince Arjuna is called the " Song of the

God " .This is the meaning of its name " Bhagawad Gita " . This is possibly our

greatest religious book. I would try to tell you what the book tells in the form

of stories.

 

A modern Arjuna

Raja Thatha told,

" In a town of Indore there lived two brothers called Pandu and Ramesh. Both of

them suffered lot disabilities. Though Pandu looked after the properties for

some time, he died. He had a son called Arjuna. Arjuna was an extremely good

boy. He lived in the house of Ramesh, even after the death of his father. After

Pandu's death, the family was looked after by Ramesh. Ramesh had several sons

and daughter. The eldest of his son was Kamu. Kamu was a bad boy. "

Maithree told, " Thatha I am able to understand this better because I am not used

to Gods, war etc. "

Thatha continued,

" Arjuna, Kamu and his brothers studied in one good school at Indore Arjuna was

bright and all his teachers praised him. Kamu did not like this and complained

about this to his father Ramesh. But Ramesh did not bother .Kamu got very angry

because of this. He along with other bad boys used to trouble Arjuna very much.

Krishna was the son of the brother of Arjuna's mother. He felt sad that his

cousin Arjuna was being troubled by Kamu. He told Arjuna that he should complain

to the police about his cousins. He agreed provided Krishna accompanied him to

the police station. But just before entering the police station, Arjuna saw that

the police were beating some thieves. He told Krishna that he is prepared to

suffer but will not complain to the police because they would best his cousin.

Krishna told Arjuna that he was being silly. Unless he complains Kamu would

always be troubling him. Kamu was a bad boy. He was not only troubling Arjuna

but also others. But Arjuna was very firm. He was prepared to suffer. "

Rohan told, " Thatha, I feel sad for Arjuna. I think it is right. "

Maithree told, " Thatha, I too feel sad for Arjuna. I do not agree with Rohan. I

feel that Arjuna should have gone to the police. Cannot Krishna complain,

Thatha? "

Thatha replied, " Yes, Krishna could complain. But he thought that it was right

for Arjuna to do it. "

 

Ramachander