A story from Mahabharatha

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A story from Mahabharatha

 

LORD KRISHNA VISITED QUEEN GANDHARI, THE MOTHER OF KAURAVAS IN THE

EPIC (MAHABHARATA), TO CONSOLE HER AFTER THE kURUKSHETRA BATTLE.

 

SHE ACCUSED HIM,SAYING , " SINCE YOU ARE GOD, HOW COULD YOU BE SO

PARTIAL?. YOU SUPPORTED THE PANDAVAS BUT COULD NOT SAVE EVEN ONE

SON, OUT OF HUNDRED THAT I BORE.

 

" KRISHANA REPLIED, " SISTER, I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF

YOUR CHILDREN. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE, " GANDHARI SAID, " HOW CAN YOU BE

SO HARD HEARTED AS TO ACCUSE ME IN THIS WAY .

 

" KRISHNA SAID, " SISTER YOU GAVE BIRTH TO HUNDRED SONS, BUT YOU NEVER

CAST A LOVING GLANCE ON ANY ONE OF THEM? YOU CHOOSE TO REMAIN

BLINDED. YOU COULD NOT EVEN SEE EVEN HOW YOUR SONS WERE FARING.

 

THAT WERE MOST UNFORTUNATE OF ALL BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT ENJOY THEIR

MOTHERS,S TENDER CARE AND AFFECTIONATE GLANCE.HOW COULD THEY GROW

INTO DISCIPLINED,DUTIFUL,RIGHTEOUS HER ROLE? A MOTHER IS A PERSON,S

FIRST TEACHER AND PREACHER. " JUST THINK OF YOUR OWN SITUATION AND

COMPARE IT TO THAT OF QUEEN KUNTI,MOTHER OF PANDAVAS.

 

AFTER HER HUSBAND,S DEATH,KUNTI BROUGHT UP HER SONS WITH UTMOST CARE

AND AFFECTION.SHE WAS WITH THEM IN THE PLACE AND ALSO IN THE HOUSE

OF WAX. PANDAVAS NEVER DO ANYTHING WITHOUT THE BLESSING OF THEIR

MOTHER.THEY WERE ABLE TO EARN MY GRACE,NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THEIR

INDIVIDUAL TELNETS, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF KUNTI,S CONSTANT

PRAYERS. " KUNTI WOULD SAY, " OH KRISHNA! YOU ALONE CAN PROTECT THEM.

 

PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO ENJOY THE LOVING GLANCE OF

THEIR MOTHERS CANNOT EARN DIVINE VISION,NOR THEY CAN WIN THE LOVE OF

GOD. " THUS LORD KRISHNA ENLIGHTENED QUEEN GANDHARI ON THE ROLE OF

MOTHER.

 

SOURCE: CHINNA KATHA

 

With Sai Love

 

Ram Chugani

Kobe, Japan

Ramchand Chugani <rgcjp