Dear Mr Neelakantan, Your last question first: > 6.Arjuna asked the question to Krishna, as to `Under what > authority is he giving advice to him on the battlefield'? So is my > first question to u all, as to `Under what authority are you all > going to base your answers?' None what-so-ever! But the point is: What authority will satisfy you? Did it matter to Duryodhana that the Lord Himself had come to his door-step asking for peace? Now to your other questions: > 1. Krishna was asked by Yudhishtra to go to Dhuryodhan and seek > only 5 villages for 5 Pandav brothers, which Krishna being God > himself, could have accomplished with ease. Then why did Krishna > allowed the situation to go out of control, that ultimately lead to > war between brothers? You say: "Krishna being *God* himself, could have accomplished with ease" and then you ask "....Why did Krishna allow..."? Didn't Krishna "actually" accomplish everything?? Do you not see the contradiction in your question? Please re-read your question. If you cannot see the contradiction, I'll be more than happy to explain it. But, please place proper emphasis on your assertion that Krishna is "God Himself" during introspection. > 2. During the war also Krishna made Yudhishtra tell a half lie > to `Dhronacharya' about the death of `Ashwathama', (Ashwathama was > the name of Dhronacharya's son and also a name of an elephant which > was killed by Bishma because of Krishna's strategy, so as to reduce > Dhronacharya's morale in the war, specifically because Dhronacharya > alone could have defeated the Pandavas?) Why did Krishna firstly > allow the war to start and after it started made the truthful person > like Yudhishtra tell a lie (or half-truth) to Dhoroacharya about > Ashwathama's death? So is lying allowed for war? Will you accept the answer that with this action, Krishna decimated Yudhishtra's last trace of ego - thus clearing the path for his moksha? He accomplished many things in that one stroke, but let the details go... Answer this: Why did Krishna "choose" Arjuna as the receipient of BG, and not to any one Yudhishtra, Bhima, Dhrona, Bheeshma, Kripacharya, Vidura etc? They were equally great as Arjuna, if not better. > 3. What was the cause for Mahabharata when Yudhishtra with his > wife and brothers renounced the same kingdom after they won the war. > Yudhishtra completely disagreed with Krishna's teachings and reason > for war and Krishna also could not stop Yudhishtra from renouncing > the thrown at that point? Why? ...because, they did NOT fight "for" a kingdom. They were following their dharma. In renouncing, the continued following dharma. No mystery there. >(Had Yudhishtra renounced the request > for 5 villages as per the 2nd question. Could this war between > brothers be prevented?) Should be obvious now, so, you tell me this. > 4. Did Yudhishtra go to Heaven or Hell? (Because he had the > chance to visit both because of Lord Indra). (The above stated books > give different answers to the above situation) Before answering about Yudhishtra's travails, try answering these integral questions: Where are heaven/hell? What happens when one dies? Does "death" acutally occur? What is the single most important message from Gita? Other confusions will disentangle all by themselves. > 5.Why did Krishna took Ghandhari (Dhuryodhan's mother) to the > battlefield and make her see the dead bodies of all her 100 sons? Simple...to convince her that all her sons are dead! The mother's heart will otherwise cling to illusions which can be an obstacle on her path of moksha. > Then, why did Krishna allow the extinction of himself and his whole > clan (due to Ghandhari's Curse)? Let me just state that Krishna knew EXACTLY what He was doing alongwith ALL its grand and lasting implications. > (I have learnt that hurting oneself > is better than hurting others. So this question.) ....did you learn it right? If so, from what point of view? Finally, a comment: a) > but also brought much > confusion to my thought process. b) > Although I believe in Krishna as a > GOD and practice Krishna Jayanti every year.... The source for a) stems from b)! Whence arose all your questions. Regards, --- In SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Ganaesh Kumaar" <ganaeshram2002@xxxx> wrote: > Dear fellow members, To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Srirangasri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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