Why did Sri Krishna was about to break his vow not to take up arms during Mahabharata? Before the beginning of Mahabharata both Arjuna and Duryodhana approach Krishna for his help in the war, Krishna offers all his army to one side, and himself alone, that too with the proviso that he would not pick up any weapon, against the other side. Duryodhana, due to his ignorance, chooses Krishnas army, while Arjuna humbly begs Krishna to be just his charioteer, knowing that whichever side Krishna is in, is bound to win the war. When Duryodhana goes back to Hastinapur, and brags about this bargain, and how Arjuna was a fool to opt for a weaponless Krishna, Bheeshma sees through the ploy of Lord Krishna, and chides Duryodhana for his shortsighted and stupid option.In course of the argument that follows, Bheeshma also makes a vow that he would make Krishna take up arms at least once in the war. Thus is was now the Vow of Krishna himself vs the vow of Bheeshma. On the 9th day of the war, just a day prior Bheeshma is to fall, Krishna pretends as though he was annoyed by Bheeshmas attacks and goes on to attack Bheeshma with the wheel of the chariot. He was also aware of Arjunas reluctance to oppose the Pitamah wholeheartedly but Bheeshma knew that Krishna is staging an act just to uphold Bheeshmas vow, and thus lays down his arms and submits to Krishna to kill him. This forced Arjuna to stop Krishna or else His (Krishnas) vow was about to break. Thus the very purpose of enlightening Arjuna was served along with keeping his own and Bheeshmas vows. Krishna then goes back as Arjunas charioteer, apparently pacified by the latters pleading to let Arjuna fight Bheeshma next day. The moral of this happening is that The God values the honor of his true devotee even higher than his own honour. Aap Ka Prof-Nirmal Gupta
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 15:11:05 +0000
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