Sanjay's Advice! #Last blog we saw how King Dhritarashtra expressed his sorrows to Sanjay. And after regaining his consciousness was adviced by Sanjay thereafter. Dhritarashtra says " By seeing what has happened in this war I at this very moment is willing to leave this body and leave the mortal world!! "
And thus Sanjay said the words of truth , He said " My king , you yourself have listened to the great history of superior men and kings from the great sage Narada and Vedvyas himself ! Futher Sanjay said " You have listened to the great deeds of many great kings , vessels of all good guna's (qualities) , who held great weapons , equivalent to Devraj Indra himself , those that fought a great many dharma yuddha's (holy wars) , great charities done by them , who became famous , but ultimately had to surrender to time! Kings like Shaibya , warrior Srujjay , Suhotra , Rantideva , Kakshivan , Aushij , Bahalik , Daman , Chaidya , Shairyaati , undefeated Nala , slayer Vishwamitra , mahabali Ambreesh , Marut, Manu , Ikshwaku , Gaya , Bharat , Dashrath's son SHRI RAM , Sashabindu , Bhagirath , the blessed Krutavirya , Janmejaya , and Yayati who through their karma and yajna had given this land a long-lasting name in the world history ! These 24 kings were described by the great sage Narada to king Shwetyaka who was lost in sadness after his son died , to end his grief. Sanjay says " In previous yuga's (there are 4 yugas) , apart from above said 24 there were many other great sages , warriors , kings , men of honours , list which is very long starting from Puru to Shruti which comprises of 61 more mahapurusha's (great men) from mahapurana's and many more such men who have been described many times, their great deeds told and retold. Have also left this world just like your sons. Those men whose deeds were great, sacrifice , love for humanity , truth , purity , forgiveness , simplicity have been described by great poet's in great many poems and scriptures also left this world!! Your son's duryodhana and rest were Dur-Atma (corrupt soul) , angry , and greedy and also indulged in bad karma's !! You should not be saddened by their deaths. My king you have listened to your Guru's who taught the great Shastra's (sciences) , you have a sharp memory , a strong intellect , and are respected by the learned , you are Bharat Vansha shiromani ( jewel of Bharat clan/family) , and your thinking is according to Shastra , not influenced by Moha (attachment) and Shoka (sadness) but My King you have shown more partiality towards your sons and had abandoned the Pandavas , that is your mistake undoubtedly! Hence do not become sad for your son's death . We have to experience the fruits of our deeds - thus is written ! No one can be free from it , birth-death _ happiness-sadness are the products of KALA (TIME) and it is the root cause of the above said things! KALA is responsible for the world all living things , and also for its destruction ! Then it is pacified by the great Mahakaal himself. IN ALL THE UNIVERSE IT IS THIS KAAL WHICH IS THE DOER OF ALL GOOD AND BAD THINGS , IT IS THE DESTROYER AS WELL AS THE CREATOR ! "कालो हि कुरूते भावान् सर्व लोके शुभानाशुभान्।
कालः संक्षिपते सर्वा प्रजा विसृजते पुनः॥२४८॥" When all the senses and with it the mind sleeps , it is this KAAL which is awake. No one can disturb its speed and direction . It does its action equally on every living creature without interference. Whatever that existed in the past , is existing now and will exist in future all are created by this KAAL. By understanding this my great king you should not abandon your senses in grief! Thus great Ugrashrava says " This is how Sanjay comforted king Dhritarashtra when he was in grief. Thus based on this history the great sage Vedvyas narrated this history of Mahabharata. Thus great scholars and great poet's have been mentioning it in puranas since ancient times! Thus by doing Adhyayan (STUDY) of Mahabharata , which purifies the thoughts! One who studies this great history with faith and belief , even if one studies only a single shloka it will destroy the roots of corrupted thoughts entirely! In this Grantham - the devtas , devrushi , pure brahmarushi's , yaksha's and maha-nagas and other doers of good deeds are mentioned. In this Grantham - the main topic is Shri Krushna himself , one who is truth , pure , and divine. He is avinashi (non-destructible) , birth-death-rebirth are from him. Satwa-Raja-Tama and Panchamahabhuta (the 5 elements) and their actions are him. Also one who studies the first adhyaya of Mahabharata every single day is free from Raja-Tama-Paap-Taap ! (Aggression- Darkness-Bad deeds-Diseases) . One who studies the Anukramanika Adhaya everyday does not have fear even in fearful events. Even if one reads this chapter's part in day , in evening or in noon , gets relief from thoughts of fear , Bad deeds and anger. The Anukramanika Adhyaya (1st chapter) is the Root of this Mahabharata Grantham. This is the truth and the ambrosia (drink of immortality) , like butter from curd , Brahmins (educated) in humans ,upanishads in Vedas , ambrosia in medicines , sea in water bodies and cow in four-legged ! Only through History and Science one has to explain and make understand the Vedas , one who has none of these..Even the Vedas are afraid of such people !!! But the one who studies this first chapter 1st thing in the morning he/she will get the benefits of reading the entire Mahabharata thus is written! That is long-lasting life , purity of thoughts and deeds and will experience heaven here on earth! There is a short story which says that - All the God's and goddesses , sages , learned men and women gathered together to compare the Vedas and upanishads in qualities of ideal Grantham ( book of science) , they put all the four Vedas on the one end of weighing scale and Mahabharata on other! But when Mahabharata weighted more in qualities of deeper knowledge , justice, popularity among scholars and divinity on weighing scale of truth at that time it was given the name MAHA-BHARATA which earlier was called ADYA-BHARATA . Meditation is pure , studing of sciences is also pure , also wealth acquired through hard work and dedication is pure! , but same things done with greed , anger , ego and injustice gives rise to fruits which created by bad karmas.Hence while studing Mahabharata one should have clean thoughts in order to cherish its fruits!!!!. #This blog marks the end of Adiparva - Anukramanika Adhyaya . Next blog- commencement of Parvasangraha Parav's - Adhyaya 2!!! Please do comment and share your views on Mahabharata's Adhyaya 1 which is entirely shared through blogs Mahabharata Originals 1-8 !!
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