Stories From The Mahabharata

Stories From The Mahabharata - Part 2

Jayadratha's Killing

During the great war of Mahabharata, Dronacharya made the Chakra Vyuha. Only Arjuna knew how to break that. But he had gone away to fight. That time Arjuna's son Abhimanyu tried to break open the Chakra Vyuha. Many Kauravs killed Abhimanyu together. That time after Arjuna returned he vowed that he would kill Jayadratha before the end of the war on the next day. Otherwise he would kill himself by entering fire.

That was both a good and bad news for the rascal Kauravs. Good because if Arjuna could not kill Jayadratha, he would himself die and bad because Jayadratha could get killed by Arjuna. Next day the kauravas kept Jayadratha behind and came forward to fight. They did not want Arjuna to reach Jayadratha. The battle went on for the whole day. When Lord Krishna saw that the day was about to end, he graced Arjuna with his favor. Lord Krishna hid the sun with his maya and as everybody began celebrating in the camp of Kauravs, Lord Krishna told Arjuna that the day had not ended and asked him to kill Jayadratha. As soon as Jayadratha was killed, the great Lord removed his maya and the sun began shining again. Lord thus deceived the kauravas and Arjuna was saved.

Lord says that you will surely all suffer the results of your karma. But pray to me and I will show you the way out of all these sufferings. Surrender to me. Surrender everything you have to me and I will take your care. He did this for Arjuna. Lord has saved all of is followers with his grace. Meerabai was saved from the poison. Lord has great mercy but he is equally violent upon the wrong doers. During the war of Mahabharata he got all those who were not following true Dharma killed.

Lessons Of Mahabharata

Hindus consider Mahabharata as the greatest epic in India. It is a story of love, courage, truth, lies, deceit, selfishness, foolishness, and every other human emotion. Today when we see people of selfish interests all around us, that reminds us of Mahabharata. When we find nations states fighting with each other for frivolous reasons that also reminds us of Mahabharata. Everything that is bad and everything that is good reminds us
of something in Mahabharata. That is beauty of this epic. It showcases human emotions so totally that you need not study anything other than Mahabharata to understand human nature.

The characters are many and all have their own specialty. The circumstances play different roles in shaping destinies and this gives us a lot to learn from Mahabharta.
- Kunti teaches us the lesson of lie. She spoke lie about birth of Karna and suffered all her life.
- Bhishma teaches us the lesson of what happens if you become a mute observer to great injustice.
-Dhritrashtra teaches us the lesson of misplace love which in the end killed all his sons.
-Karna teaches us the lesson of undying friendship with a man of no principals. This led to karna's death.
-Duryodhana teaches us about the reasons of destruction. He managed to get all his brothers and friends killed because of his hatred.
-Bhima teaches us about why one should never forget a wrong done to oneself.
-All the pandava brothers teach us about how the orders of the elsest brother are to be followed.
-Love between Kunti and madri teaches us about how love can be sustained between step wives.
-Pandus death teaches us about how he could not control his sexual desire at the cost of his life.

Every character of Mahabharata teaches us something. It is for us to understand the lesson and follow a path in life that brings joy and peace in life.

During the great war of Mahabharata, Dronacharya made the Chakra Vyuha. Only Arjuna knew how to break that. But he had gone away to fight. That time Arjuna's son Abhimanyu tried to break open the Chakra Vyuha. Many Kauravs killed Abhimanyu together. That time after Arjuna returned he vowed that he would kill Jayadratha before the end of the war on the next day. Otherwise he would kill himself by entering fire.

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