The False Propaganda !

Followed by some, distorted by a few, misconceived and benefited by many by …

What is Hinduism, after all? 

While explaining what it is would take an encyclopedia’s length, I’m here today to tell you what it is not. Many of us and false benefit makers have misinterpreted the religion due to many cultural and linguistic barriers, but I’m here to break those stereotypes. You may be shocked but you will definitely learn, even if you are Hindu. 

Ready? Let’s start.

BY THE NUMBERS, HINDUISM IS THE THIRD LARGEST RELIGION IN THE WORLD WITH MORE THAN 1 BILLION FOLLOWERS

According to latest statistics, there are nearly one billion people that believe in Hindu religion. The number of worshipers of Hinduism will cross 1 billion any time now. At the moment, 14% of world’s population is Hindu worshipers.

And despite the large number, there are still many misconceptions about one of the largest religions in the world. By the numbers, Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world. By age, Hinduism is regarded as one of the oldest, if not the oldest religion. The belief is that Hinduism “consists of thousands of different religious groups that have evolved since 1500 BC in India”. The most notable feature of Hinduism is freedom of belief and practice, all because of the variety of traditions.

Most of the followers are in India, where Hinduism is the dominant religion. Aside from India, Hinduism is common in Nepal and Sri Lanka (among Tamils). After Christianity and Islam, Hinduism is the largest religion.

NOT ALL HINDU PEOPLE ARE VEGETARIANS

One of the biggest misconceptions is that all people that follow Hinduism are actually vegetarians. The reality is that Hindu people practice vegetarianism, but that is exclusive or obligatory. The reason for popularity of vegetarianism among Hindu people is because they believe “animals are sentient beings”. Because of this, Hindu people refuse to eat meat.

However, statistics show that only 30% to 35% followers actually practice vegetarianism. Others treat themselves with occasional meat. What is true though, is that the minority of Hindu vegetarians actually makes the majority of worldwide vegetarians. According to stats, more than 300 million people in the world are vegetarians, and large number of those are Hindu followers.

One of the principles worth mentioning is “spiritual belief of ahimsa”. This principle preaches for nonviolence against all living things. Negative karma follows after slaughtering and consumption of meat products, but not all Hindu people follow this rule.

Humans are not carnivores, nor are they herbivores. Their physiology and instincts place them 100% firmly in the category of omnivores. So everyone's blood is with the essence of meat !

 And thus, you can eat what ever you want !!!

HINDU PEOPLE DO NOT WORSHIP IDOLS 

Let’s group this misconception together, as people like to joke about Hindus that they are idol and cow worshipers. Let’s start with worshiping of idols. You’ll never hear a Hindu say that he/she is worshiping an idol. According to their belief, idols are “physical representation of God”. The idols worshiped by Hindus are different, and chosen because of their representation. For example, when starting a new business, Hindus worship Ganesh, who is the elephant god representing success. The irony is that even Western people buy elephant figurines for success.

And remember that the actual Hinduism follows a fact that God is Every where !!!

HINDUISM IS NOT AN ORGANIZED RELIGION

Let’s clarify first what an organized religion actually is. Organized religions have one particular leader of the faith. For Muslims, that is Allah, a singular representation of God. Christians believe in the Holy Trinity of God, which is God the father, Jesus Christ his son, and the Holy Spirit. Buddhism has Buddha. Hindu people have no particular leader of the faith, meaning that their religion is not organized.

Hinduism has never been powered by any sort of empire. Hinduism was never organized, and never in the history of the religion, has it spread through political influence or religious teachings. Hinduism has evolved into a list of teachings. There is no founder, no specific origin date, and no leader of the faith.

And that's why the religion went into many hands, and many people made rules so as to benefit themselves !!!

HINDUISM DO NOT ACTUALLY SUPPORT CASTE SYSTEM

Long ago, back when society was divided into upper and lower classes (aristocrats and slavery), a group of upper-class priests and rich people in India decided to create a new social hierarchy system. The system was called the caste system, and it is one that still holds ground today. The tragic is that the caste system has been associated with Hinduism, not the culture. Caste system was a cultural brainchild, never a religious rule. The discrimination that comes from caste is rooted in the culture of India.

Modern Hindus argue that caste-based discrimination should not be religiously sanctioned. According to them, the discrimination is not intrinsic to Hinduism.

Ask yourself this question -

God is responsible for every birth and death - and if god really wanted the so called untouchables to be untouched , why he will allow their birth ?

In my opinion the caste system was created or caused for  and by some groups to be benefited out of it. It doesn't have any religious background !!!

And  let us now discuss who is "GOD"?

Theists (believers) argue that God must exist because we exist. Somebody must have made this elaborate universe. Scientific believers (who claim to have proved the existence of God using scientific enquiry) argue that the universe could have come into being only in a very specific situation. Think from the cosmological perspective of the Big Bang etc. There is a specific set of values of universal constants in Physics due to which it was possible for galaxies to form, stars to exist, planets to revolve, life to appear and ultimately for you to read this answer today. Someone must have tuned these for us to exist.

Atheists counter by saying if everything that exists requires a creator then who created God? As per them there are far too many Gods across the world and either all are imaginary or all are true. But they all can't be true because they contradict each other each claiming to be the One True God. Hence all are imaginary. The onus to prove that God exists should fall on the able shoulders of theists because atheists can not prove a negative.

For a break let me ask you some questions,

When did time begin?

Did we invent Math of did we discover it?

Where does your thoughts go when its forgotten?

LOL ! I know you are in confusion now. Let us continue......

• To understand God you need to understand religion or more precisely the origin of religion. From time to time in our human civilization there have been great leaders who for the sake of good order have given their people a code of how human beings should live. 

• Imagine yourself living in a lawless land overcome with anarchy and misery. No respect for the law, wars and rapes and all sorts of nefarious activities abound. You want to change it all. So you make some rules for the people to follow. 

• Simple common-sensical stuff like “Don't be evil, be good” etc. So you want everyone to obey your laws. You go to the people and tell them to obey and they tell you to put your laws where the sun don't shine. 

• So you can try to become a tyrant and then make people obey you. Easier said than done. Even if you could, it's an extremely temporary solution - what after you die? 

• People need fear of someone to keep them on the righteous path because the righteous path is most of the times the most difficult one. Parents do it all the time with kids “Go to sleep little one or the Boogeyman will come and getcha”. 

Lord Krishna didn't give a citation for Geeta !!!

Learn the good and leave the bad ....

To me God’s existence is self-evident 

If you need his Personal Form , Do good to People and see GOD

If you need him Formless, Do love People to see GOD

Thanks For Reading

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Why did Krishna choose Arjuna instead of any other Pandava to teach Bhagavad Gita at the war front?

In my previous blog we had discussed Why did Krishna choose Arjuna instead of Karna,Drona or Bhishma ?

As Someone asked me  But why Arjuna alone gets this privilege among the Pandavas?
And here is the answer.......

Nakula and Sahadeva were less significant characters amidst the Pandavas. They were not shown to be too aggressive nor too inquisitive; they were rather duty minded and content to do whatever Yudhishtra ordained them to do. So, we can say, Krishna perhaps discounted them.

Now, we are left with Yudhishtira, Arjuna and Bhima.

As regards Yudhshitira, we was already a knower of dharma. He was basically satvic, knew pretty well about what is dharma and adharma and he was spiritually quite evolved. He does not really need a sermon.

As regards Bhima, he was thirsting for the war. He was just waiting for the time to plunge headlong into the war. Animal impetuosity was still dominant in him. Such a man was not not fit for receiving the teaching of or practicing any form of yoga.

But Arjuna’s personality stood somewhat in between these two characters. He was more evolved from animal tendencies but not to the level of knowing the higher realms of spirituality and dharma. He is like a normal man where both virtue and vice are intermingled, who has nagging doubts about what is right or dharma and what is wrong or adharma. Thus Arjuna represented the normal man who is fit for receiving the evolved subject of the Yoga for his spiritual betterment.

An Avatara Purusha, is interested in the welfare of all, but they would rather exchange pleasantries with you and take care of your needs when your purpose of going to them is just for mundane existential needs. Only when someone genuinely surrenders and seeks sincere guidance and advice from them on the matters of dharma, God or spirituality, they would opt to teach them by donning the role of a guru.

All along, Arjuna had more of a friendly relationship with Krishna; but when he saw the potential destruction the impending war was going to cause by way of annihilating his own blood relations and teachers, he got scared and jittery. It was at that point that he surrendered with humility to Krishna as his guru and sought his guidance. None of the other pandavas were in such a mental turmoil or confusion as Arjuna was. That’s how Krishna took up His Guru bhava to teach Arjuna the Bhagavad Gita.

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Why did Krishna choose Arjuna instead of Karna,Drona or Bhishma?

    The Mahabharata is one of the greatest literature’s in the world. No other work brings out the complexity of human problems in such a profound and entertaining way. It shows us the application of philosophy when it comes to deciding between the right and wrong in such cases where the answer is not straightforward.

    Four of the most striking characters in the Mahabharata are Arjuna,Karna,Drona and Bhishma  . These men were perhaps the four greatest warriors of the era and were also well learned and had firm principles by which they lived.

    They lived their life by different values and their lives came to very different ends. The Mahabharata shows that all four men were great in their own way, but three of them failed in doing what is truly right and therefore came to futile ends, their lives not serving the greater good.

    Out of the four characters, Arjuna is the character who stands out as the hero who future generations of Hindus admire the most. The other three are remembered as tragic heroes. Their names are not associated with the same awe and respect as that of Arjuna. They all met sad deaths on the battlefield, fighting on the side of evil despite knowing in their hearts that they were doing wrong

    There is a fundamental difference in the outlook and character of these four great men that was responsible for their different outcomes.

Karna

    Karna was a great warrior, in many ways greater than Arjuna. They may have been equal as archers, but physically, Karna was by far the stronger of the two. And even in sticking to one’s principles, Karna appeared more steadfast compared with Arjuna. But in Karna’s life there was one fatal flaw. He made his friendship and loyalty to Duryodhan higher than anything else, even higher than right and wrong, and even higher than God. While loyalty is a great value in such cases when it overrides a sense of dharma and even the direct calling of the Divine in the form of Shri Krishna, such loyalty leads one to a tragic end.

    Karna used all his strength to serve his friend Duryodhan, without even one selfish thought for himself. However, his loyalty was so blind that he would even follow his friend when he was doing something totally wrong, selfish and harmful to others. This shows that loyalty to another person can lead even a great man to a tragic end. Dharma, and the call of God, must always be greater than loyalty to another. Karna knew what he was doing was wrong and paid the price for it.

    Karna put loyalty to Duryodhan as his highest loyalty. His tragic story warns us to choose loyalties wisely. Only Krishna deserves such unflinching loyalty.

Bhishma

    Bhishma was another person who never performed a selfish action in his whole life. He was mighty, learned and respected. But he too ended up fighting on the side of adharma, and came to a tragic end. He was actually an impediment to the establishment of a righteous kingdom. Why? Because he put his personal oath on a pedestal and made it the focus and obsession of his life.

   That oath was that he would unquestioningly follow and do the bidding of whoever was the king of Hastinapur (Delhi). This vow, he would never break as long as he lived, even when it involved fighting his own beloved nephews who he knew had done nothing wrong.

    Sticking to a vow is important, especially today when people make promises and break them the very next day (or even the very next second). But the Mahabharata demonstrates that if your attachment to a personal vow stops you from doing what is blatantly right, and ends up making you serve evil, such a vow should be discarded and set aside.

    Bhishma put his personal vow above anything else, even when that vow became an instrument of evil. He disregarded Krishna’s advice, which was that to drop the vow for the greater good.

Drona

    Drona was an employee of the king of Hastinapur, who happened to be Dhitirashtra, the father of Duryodhana. He was employed to teach all the princes of that kingdom in the art of warfare and statecraft, and was considered the very greatest teacher of the era. For his services, he was remunerated handsomely. Before he got this job, he was very poor and therefore was very grateful to the King for employing him.

    When Duryodhan was doing wrong, Drona was fully aware of it. On some occasions he even tried to stop Duryodhan, at which Duryodhan would say: “Do not bite the hand that feeds you.”

    When the battle finally dawned, Drona fought on Duryodhan’s behalf and was eventually slain in a scheme engineered by Krishna. Drona, despite being an outstanding warrior, and well versed in morality, put his loyalty towards his employer before the more important and fundamental question of dharma. Despite knowing better, he never quite had the guts to just leave and tell the king – “Enough is enough, what you are doing is wrong, I will not support you anymore.” He was too afraid of being called ungrateful.

    Drona put his loyalty towards his employer above the bidding of Shri Krishna who tried to tell Drona not to keep supporting the side of evil just because of his loyalty to his employer.

Arjuna

    Arjuna was a great man. Yet he had weaknesses that were actually absent in Karna, Bhishma and Drona. He was in some ways foolhardy, saying and doing several stupid things that could have landed his brothers and himself in serious trouble.

    For example, at one point, Arjuna had made a vow that he would take the life of anybody who insulted his ‘Gandiva bow’, which he was exceedingly proud of. During the Mahabharata war, it happened to be Arjuna’s eldest brother and leader, Yuddhistir, who dealt the fatal insult.

    Arjuna drew his sword and was about to kill his own brother, and was restrained only by Krishna’s presence. Instead of killing Yuddhistir, Arjuna instead insulted him in public. But then, Arjuna felt bad for insulting such a virtuous person as Yuddhistir, and said that he would commit suicide as there was no point even being alive after doing something so vile as insulting his own brother in public! Once again, it was only Krishna’s presence which restrained Arjuna. Krishna eventually talked Arjuna out of suicide, but Arjuna was sad that he had not kept his own word,and felt very bad. Krishna gave Arjuna a loophole. According to dharma, praising yourself in public is a sin that is as bad as one’s own death. So Krishna said to Arjuna that just praise yourself in public, and your vow will be fulfilled. And thus were the lives of both Arjuna and Yuddhistir saved.

    Yet despite this foolhardy streak in his character, Arjuna is the one who is etched upon the heart of humanity as the ideal to which to aspire.

    This story illustrates that while Arjuna was far from perfect, he had one over riding quality which sets him above and apart from the others. To Arjuna, it was Krishna’s words that were absolute.

    He would follow Krishna’s words even at the expense of other principles or promises that he held dear. Therefore he had the grace and favour of Krishna’s guidance throughout his life.

    Therefore, Arjuna’s fate was to be the hero of the era, and the instrument of God in being the restorer of dharma to society, rather than a tragic figure who ended up wasting their huge life potential in fighting on behalf of a fake cause. Arjuna put Krishna as his highest guide and ideal, and despite his faults, stands out as the most successful and glorious of the four.

Conclusion

    The comparison between Karna, Drona, Bhishma and Arjuna shows us that while we can admire a person’s loyalty to a friend, loyalty to their employer and dedication to their principles or promises, all of these things must never be allowed to become an obstacle in doing what is truly for the benefit of the greater good. Krishna, the divine guide, will always shower his grace on people who will put Him first, and thus we remember Arjuna as the true hero above any of his contemporaries.

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The Only Kaurava Who Stood Against The Humiliation Of Draupadi

He was the son of Dhritarashtra and Gandhari. He was one of the most reputable Kauravas. And no,  I am not talking about Duryodhana or Dussasana.

While reading about intriguing tidbits from Mahabharata today, I came across a character, who, mythologically speaking, despite being a Kaurava, was a ‘true’ warrior. Moreover, far above the ground games of power and pride, he, unlike his brethren, was seen as an ardent follower of ‘Dharma’.

The name is Vikarna.

In Mahabharata, there are two particular instances, which depict the character of Vikarna, perfectly.

1. He stood against the Game of Dice and the shameful act it led to

This was clearly not taken well by Duryodhana who then asked Vikarna to quit voicing his opinions.

Nothing helped. Even the leaders who were considered the wisest of heads did nothing to stop the evil and save the victim. However, Vikarna emerged as the one who wouldn’t shut and see the wrong brewing before his eyes.

In a world outside Mahabharata, when a girl is humiliated and harassed before a mute mob, the person who dares to pull her to safety is harassed too.

Vikarna’s heroic act is documented in the book ‘Vikarna’ which was released in March of this year. Authored by journalist Ch. Srinivasa Rao, the speakers at the book launch were quoted saying,

“Vikarna, one of the 100 Kaurava brothers in the epic Mahabharatam, is the right role model for youth. He is worthy of emulation in the present context of rising atrocities against women,”

2. His encounter with Bhima during the Kurukshetra war

Despite harbouring apprehensions, he fought the Kurukshetra battle for his brother Duryodhana.

On the fourteenth day of the war, Arjuna in progress with implementing his vow of killing Jayadratha before sunset was navigating the chakravyuh of Drona. In a counter action, Kauravas had formed a defence to keep Jayadratha safe from the upcoming danger. Bhima, in order to assist Arjuna, pierced fiercely through the defence. At this, Duryodhana gave Vikarna the responsibility to check on Bhima.

Bhima, although had vowed to kill all the 100 Kauravas, didn’t want to fight Vikarna and expressed his desire before him. Bhima knew Vikarna as the man of dharma, and hence his gesture.

To this, Vikarna replied to Bhima that despite knowing that Kauravas fate has defeat written over it since Lord Krishna was on the Pandavas side, he couldn’t defy the orders of his brother.

Bhima reminded him of the dice game where Vikarna stood a hero alone, to which Vikarna replied:

“That was my duty then, and this is my duty now. Fight me, o son of Vayu!”

Following the dialogue, Bhima killed Vikarna in a mace fight, and later lamented,

“Alas, O Vikarna, you were just and knew what was dharma! You fought in loyal obedience to the call of duty. Indeed this battle is a curse upon us wherein men like you…have had to be slaughtered.”

He was also a great archer

Third in stature to Duryodhana, he was one of the best warriors Kauravas had. In fact, it is believed he was the only thoroughly skilled one. However, his skills went unnoticed because of the other twisted personalities from the Kaurava clan. His attribute of a great warrior is mentioned in the Bhagwad Gita’s eighth sloka.

They compare him with Kumbhakarna from Ramayana

There was one thing common between Vikarna of Mahabharata and Kumbhkarna of Ramayana. They both followed their brothers directions despite bearing doubts.

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The Only Kaurava Who Fought FOR The Pandavas

Pleased with the hospitality offered by Gandhari, sage Vyasa gave her a boon.

Gandhari expressed her desire to give birth to 100 children, and over the course of about two years, her desires were fulfilled in an unusual way.

Duryodhana, “the unconquerable one” was the first to appear, and his first cries were given company by the howling of jungle beasts. The ill omen had taken place.

However, in the clan of the Kauravas, there were also righteous, whose goodness although shadowed, surpassed the evil.

Yuyutsu was one such Mahabharata character, who although a Kaurava, had a good knowledge of the good and the evil. He never betrayed his consciousness and stayed where the light was.

He was one of the 102 children of Dhritarashtra

Yes, contrary to a popular belief, Dhritarashtra had more than 100 children. The tale of this Kaurava’s birth is as unique as himself. Yuyutsu was a half-brother to the rest of the Kuru brothers. When the trials of Gandhari were failing at producing a child, a fearful Dhritarashtra produced a child with a Vaishya daasi named Sugadha, and so was born Yuyutsu. He was born on the same day as his other 100 Kuru brothers and a sister Duhsala.

A righteous Kaurava, he chose to play it smart…

While there was a handful of Kauravas who were aware of the evil brewing on their side; in the name of dharma, friendships, and favours, they didn’t act on their inner calling. Yuyutsu, however, was a little different.

Since Mahabharata was called the righteous war, both sides (Pandavas and Kauravas) were given absolute freedom to choose any side they wished. Yuyutsu could see Kauravas going down. He didn’t turn a blind eye towards the fraudulent and evil practices of Duryodhana. He, very smartly, did what had to be done.

He became an informant for the Pandavas that even saved Bhima’s life among other benefits

He provided them crucial information centering around Duryodhana’s cunning plotting and schemes, thereby helping Pandavas substantially. One significant way he helped them definitely has to be of saving Bhima’s life. One of the many Duryodhana’s evil plans included poisoning of water to kill Bhima; a plan that didn’t work out, thanks to Yuyutsu alarming the Pandavas about it.

He sided with Pandavas before the onset of the Kurukshetra War

Possessing the ability to fight 60,000 warriors simultaneously, he was one of the Atirathis among the Kauravas. But, he chose to fight for the right with the right, and hence, took part in the Kurukshetra war from the Pandavas’ side. His ideologies did bore fruit and eventually, he became the supervisor of Hastinapur.

Yuyutsu was one of the 11 who managed to survive the war.

Years after the war and prior to the Yadava crisis, Yuyutsu found the city falling apart. The citizens would pick up fights with each other and live in depravity. When Yuyutsu desired to know the cause, they would hurl abuses at him and call him a traitor and a kinslayer. But, who said the right path was easy anyway?

At the start of Kali Yuga, when the Pandavas chose to retire and Krishna departed; Yudhishthira, the lead Pandava and a former king of Indraprastha and later of Hastinapur, handed over the charge of supervising the kingdom of Hastinapur to Yuyutsu. Parikshit, the grandson of Arjuna, on the other hand, was made the king.

 Both Yuyutsu and Vikarna (another Kaurava) knew of Duryodhana’s evil scheming. However, what set them apart was Vikarna’s decision to stay loyal to his brother. Whereas, Yuyutsu’s perception of dharma was to stay with the right, regardless of the adversities.

He left behind an epic example of morals and righteousness through the world of mythology.

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What Happened After The Mahabharata War ?

    Little knowledge is a dangerous thing. For all the love and respect we have towards the great Indian heritage, we can at least ensure that we have maximum knowledge about them (maximum, for would take an entire lifetime to have complete knowledge) in order to pass on to the coming generations. We’ve all grown up hearing and understanding the story of Mahabharata, but most of our knowledge about the epic is limited till the completion of the great war of Kurukshetra. What happened after the war was done? There were still prominent characters from the side of the Kauravas – such as Ashwatthama, Gandhari and even Dritharashtra who lived on. What happened of them? They say, the greatest agony in the world after a war lost is a war won. How did the Pandavas sustain after surviving the great tragedy of Kurukshetra?

  

  As it was aimed, the Pandavas were indeed crowned the rulers of Hastinapur, with Yudhishtira being the King. However, the war and the loss of 100 sons had left Gandhari devastated, and she, in no mood to understand the cause behind the death of her sons or forgive the Pandavas for performing their duty towards fate; curses the annihilation of Krishna and the dynasty. The curse took 36 years to materialize, until which the Pandavas ruled Hastinapur peacefully. The 36 years marked the last phase of Dwapara Yuga, after which mass destruction and Kali Yuga as we know today followed.

As for Dritharashtra, the blind father of Kauravas, he tried to sustain himself despite of the agony within Hastinapura. While everyone treated him with consideration and respect, it is said that Bheema, the second of Pandavas, did not find that necessary. He would often keep reminding Dritharashtra how ruefully his sons were killed in battle, and how they deserved the fate they faced. This made Dritharashtra feel disrespected, owing to which he chose to leave the palace and spend his last mortal days in isolation. However, the blind king was not let go alone, for Gandhari, Sanjaya and Kunti (the mother of Pandavas) accompanied him to a forest. It is believed, all four of them chose to part with their mortal forms in a wildfire that engulfed the forest eventually.

    Another character that survived the war was Ashwatthama, the son of Dronacharya who had supported the Kauravas during Kurukshetra. In fact, this man had been so merciless that even after the commencement of the war; he facilitated the cold blooded murder of numerous members of the Pandava camp through treachery. Enraged by this act of his, Krishna had a fierce conversation with Ashwatthama where it was learnt that the warrior was not afraid of death. As a result of that understanding, Krishna cursed him with immortality; and there have been multiple instances recurring on media that validate the possibility of Ashwatthama still being alive. In fact, he is one of the seven immortals referred in the Indian heritage. Regardless of the misdeeds associated with his identity, Ashwatthama is considered to be a blessing of Lord Shiva, and his warrior form is worshipped even today.

    As for Lord Krishna himself, nothing saved him from the curse of Gandhari. After 36 years of war, unrest began inciting itself in Dwaraka, his home town. Sensing that end is near, Krishna tries migrating his entire population of subjects to Prabhasa, where a revolt breaks out. In the same process, a hunter shoots Krishna an arrow which leads to the mortal end of Lord Krishna, and he regains his original form as Lord Vishnu. Most versions of Mahabharata also believe that it was Ravana who incarnated as the hunter, and was destined to kill Krishna owing to the previous legacy of Ramayana.

    The Pandavas weren’t late in sensing the end of Dwapara Yuga. Passing on the crown to Parikshit, Yudhistira and the rest of the Pandavas along with Draupadi begin walking (literally) towards heaven. They are fall off the mountain sequentially on the grounds of their sins in life, beginning with Draupadi. Yudhistira’s sins were so little that they earned him merely a trail through hell where he had to withhold the sight of his wife and brothers endure dire treatments. It all ends with the reference that all Pandavas and Draupadi unite in heaven, after their sins are avenged.

    It’s as beautiful as a fairytale, yet as intense as the great epic we know it to be. Mahabharata has enchanted us as children, as adults and as elders, and will always continue to. It isn’t simply that they say Indian heritage is greater than any knowledge the world can claim to have.

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