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16/11/2018 The Role of Lord Sri Krishna in the Mahabharatam - 12. Swami Krishnananda (Spoken on Sri Krishna Janmashtami in 1972) LAST POST -11.END AS UNDER : Duryodhana said, “I have taken the butter. He has taken the buttermilk. I am going. Wonderful! Foolhardy and stupid is Arjuna.” He said to Sri Krishna, “Thank you for the army.” He thought he had already half won the victory. “What is the use of one man? The whole army is mine.” He went and told his brothers, “Victory is ours.” Then Krishna said to Arjuna, “You are a foolish man. Why did you choose me? What made you choose me, who will do nothing?” Arjuna said, “Even if you do not do anything, your presence will do more than others can do by hands and feet. I know your greatness.” READ FURTHER-12 : “All right, as you wish,” he said. “What work can I do?” “You guide me in the war.” Krishna said, “I will be your charioteer.” And then the Udogya Parva closes and the Bhishma Parva starts, where we have the

01/11/2018 The Role of Lord Sri Krishna in the Mahabharatam - 11. Swami Krishnananda (Spoken on Sri Krishna Janmasthami in 1972) Then Sri Krishna told Dhritarashtra, Bhishma and Vidura, “This kind of person you are keeping in your palace! It is a shame to you. He wants to bind me. And you want to listen to all this? If you give me permission, I myself shall bind him and take him just now to the feet of Yudhisthira.” Gandhari got very wild and went on reprimanding Duryodhana. She said, “What is happening to my son? Why does he talk like this?” She called him to the court and said, “Have you gone crazy? Why do you talk of binding him? What harm has he done? He is an ambassador. He is not your enemy. Have you no shame?” Then Sri Krishna said, “Duryodhana, don’t be under any misapprehension. You may be thinking that I am alone here – that I have no friends, no assistance, no support of any kind – and that you can bind me and throw me into prison. Everybody is here; all