Bhagavatgita a detailed study- chapter 11-cosmic form

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Bhagavaan uvaacha

 

32.

kaalo asmi lokajshayakrthpravrdDho

 

lokaan samaaharthum iha pravrtthaH

 

rthe api thvaam na bhavishyanthi sarve

 

ye avsThithaah prthyaneekeshu yoDhaaH

The

Lord said

 

I

am the all destroying Time. Now I am intent on destroying the worlds. Even

without you, none of these warriors on

the opposite army will survive.

 

The

Lord says that He is the all- destroying Time. This is the reply to the

question of Arjuna aakhyaahi me ko bhavaan

ugraroopo, "Tell me, who are you with such terrible form ."

 

Then

the Lord says that His work is to destroy all the worlds as the annihilator.

This is the answer to the words of Arjuna, na hi prajaanaami thava

pravrtthim, " I do not know what are your activities."

 

By

saying that even if Arjuna does not fight all these warriors will not survive, Krishna shows that it is His will that is going to operate and hence there is

no need for Arjuna to hesitate to fight.

 

33.thasmaaththvam

utthishTa yaSo abhasva

 

jithvaa sathroon bhunkshva raajyam

samrdDham

 

mayaiva ethe nihathaaH poorvameva

 

nimitthamaathram bhava savyasaachin

 

Therefore

you get up and earn name and fame conquering your enemies and enjoy the kingdom

of prosperity. These have been killed by Me already. You be just an instrument

, Arjuna.

 

Arjuna

is made to realize that everything happens by the will of the Lord and we are

only the instruments in His hands. This is the shattering blow to his ego which

originally made him feel remorse for killing his kith and kin.

 

The

Lord says that all the kouravas were already killed by Him, implying that when Krishna sounded the Panchajanya, it was the death knell of the kouravas.

 

We

decide our future by our own actions. As you sow, so you reap. But we do not

know when and how we shall experience the result of our karma which is known

only to the Lord. He is the dispenser of the fruits of karma as and when it

becomes ripe.

Here

two questions may present to the mind. If all are the instruments in the hands

of God , when one commits a sin is it also the will of the Lord? Secondly when

someone does something bad to us is he also the instrument of the Lord?

 

The

wise act without attachment and as instruments of God and hence the result of

their actions do not adhere to them. Naturally since they are devoid of desire

which gives rise to attachment they will not commit any sin. A sin is committed

not by the will of the Lord but by our own will. The divine will determines

what should happen and when, in accordance with our karma. It is the divine

justice and divine grace which punishes as well as rewards.

 

This

can be explained as follows. The mother or father gives the proper sense of what is right and what is wrong to

the child. But the way the child acts depends on his own karma. And the parents

punish or reward him accordingly. But both punishment and reward are out of

love only. Similarly the retribution of the Lord is for redemption.

 

When

someone harms us it is also due to our karma and the divine hand could be seen

behind it. But if we have faith in Him He will protect us nevertheless. Yet the

one who offends us out of malice will have to suffer the consequence. To us it

is the will of the Lord but to him it is his own ill will.

 

The

Lord says to Arjuna, "You earn name and fame and enjoy the reward of getting

the kingdom with prosperity by killing your enemies." The implication here is

that whatever good things we get like fame, prosperity etc. is due to the will

of the Lord . There is nothing to be elated about it. Also when we get

misfortune it is the will of the Lord who is giving us the fruit of our actions

but all the same the wise do not worry because they put the burden of

protection on the Lord. As He had promised that he will look after the yogakshema

of His devotees. Hence they remain duhkheshu anudhvighnamanaaH sukheshu

vigathasprahaH (BG.2.56)

 

 

34.dhroNam

cha bheeshmam cha jayadhraTham cha

 

karnam thaThaa anyaanapi yoDhaveeraan

 

mayaahathaan thvam jahi maa vyathishTaa

 

yuDhyasava jethaa asi raNe sapathnaan

 

 

Dhrona,

Bheeshma, JaydhraTha and Karna and other

warriors who are killed by Me , you kill them and do not have any anguish and

fight You are the winner of your enemies

 

In

this sloka Krishna mentions the names of those who are prominent among

the kouravas who are going to meet their end, to ensure the victory of Arjuna

in the battle.

 

Bheeshma

and Dhrona were the two who disturbed the mind of Arjuna at the outset and here

the Lord says that their death in the battle is predetermined. Bheeshma had the

boon that he would die when he wanted and

hence his death was chosen by himself, knowing that the Lord Himself has come

there for his salvation. Dhrona on the other hand had great affection for

Arjuna but did not hesitate to do his duty to the king of Hasthinapura who patronized

him.

 

JayadhraTha

was the husband of the only daughter of Dhrthrashtra and his father did penance

and had the boon that whoever makes the head of his son fall to the ground will

have his own head split into thousand pieces. That was why Krishna told Arjuna,

who vowed that he will cut the head of JyadhraTha before the sunset, because he

was responsible for killing Abhimanyu, to let his arrow carry the head of JaydraTha

and drop it on the lap of his father who

was doing penance and when he let it fall on earth out of shock his head was

blown into pieces.

 

Karna

was the only possible rival of Arjuna and was a disciple of Parasurama.