Mahabharatham : ( 08/06/2013. )

25/07/2018 The Role of Lord Sri Krishna in the Mahabharatam -6. Swami Krishnananda (Spoken on Sri Krishna Janmasthami in 1972) Bhima said, “Right! I am ready just now.” And Arjuna said, “I think it is all right. There is no point in fulfilling a vow that has been thrust upon us by a trick, by a falsehood, by a fraud. Should we fulfil this vow? I think a lie is counteracted by a lie. We shall go back and see our valour.” Draupadi gave a very long lecture to Yudhisthira, condemning him for his imbecility, for his weakness of thought and his unKshatriya-like behaviour, and pitying herself for having married him. Then Yudhisthira said, “I understand everything. I know what you say. And I know that the Yadava princes came here and offered help. Everything is clear to my mind. But I shall not break my vow, for reasons known to me alone.” And they cursed him, but stayed with him because they had no other hope. They had great obedience to him in spite of disagreeing with him. The

11/07/2018 The Role of Lord Sri Krishna in the Mahabharatam -5. Swami Krishnananda (Spoken on Sri Krishna Janmasthami in 1972) Narada, who visited Indraprastha, said, “I have never seen a palace of this kind. I have visited Yamaloka, I have visited Indraloka, I have seen the palaces of all the gods, but they are nothing of this kind.” This became known to Duryodhana. “Oh, still these fellows are prospering! Even if I throw them into the jungle and thorns, they have become like this.” Then it was that he played the trick of dice. When the dice game was played, Sri Krishna was not present. He was outside. It was all a miracle that in crucial moments his presence was not seen. Later on he says, “If I had been present, I would have prevented it. Unfortunately, I was not present.” He was not present; and why he was not present, he only knew. He said, “I was very busy.” That was all he said. “I had a lot of work to do in Dwarka.” Dice was played; the Pandavas were made slaves