7. Know also, O best among the twice-born, the names of those who are the most distinguished amongst ourselves, the leaders of my army; these I name to thee for thy information. Duryodhana now repeats the names of the distinguished heroes of his own army, addressing his master as the ‘best among the twice born.’ Duryodhana is troubled by both, guilt conscience and also a strange nervousness that gripped him. He could not help seeing the strength of the great personalities arrayed in the opposite army as greater than the strength of his own army manned by highly competent heroes. His mental strength is undermined and was slackening, as he was feeling abjectly nervous. Just to revive himself altogether, he wanted to hear words of motivation from his teachers and elders. But, this is only met with Drona’s silence. Now the helpless king had to find something to revive his drooping enthusiasm and so he desperately starts enumerating the names of the great leaders of his army. When a person loses a sense of morality because of the volume of crimes perpetrated by him, his words too lose a sense of proportion. It is during tense moments and when pushed to a corner the person’s mental colour and culture reveals itself. Duryodhana , here addresses his own teacher as ‘ the best among the twice-born. Twice-born’ means a person with spiritual development, a realized person. After one’s biological birth, with study and contemplation, the man is born again as a cultured Hindu, called Brahmana. Here Duryodhana using the phrase ‘twice-born’ insults his teacher Dronacharya indicating that he is suspecting Dronacharya’s loyalty to Kauravas, because of his Brahmana status. He almost conveys that Dronacharya should not fail from doing his best to Duryodhana, just because he is fond of Pandavas. He suspects whether Dronacharya would be able to be sincere to Kauravas, as he has a great affection for the Pandavas. This is very insulting for Dronacharya. Duryodhana with his evil mind casts aspersions on his noble teacher, Dronacharya, a twice-born Brahmin. Duryodhana fails to see that a man Drona’s eminence would never ever go back on his words, whatever it takes for him to do that. And that even to suspect such a person of a failing is a very big insult hurled at him. Drona, is also a Brahmana by birth, with a softness of the heart, and the enemy lines are manned by his dear students. This makes Duryodhana shamelessly entertain doubts about his loyalty to Kauravas. Duryodhana’s foul motives and crooked dealings make him behave like this. When we are impure, unhesistantly we project our weaknesses and impurities on our subordinates working for us.
Posted on: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 17:30:10 +0000
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