jabdakhata

One key takeaway from Mahabharata is the message of strength. We find this display of strength everywhere except for the brief moments when mighty characters were deluded by weakness which led birth to great spiritual truths like Bhagavat Gita. This strength is reflected even in the greatest women characters. In Mahabharata man has become greater than Gods in many respects. Indra taking help of Arjuna to tame the Nivatkavachas, Arjuna fighting a dual with Lord Shiva, Karna giving away his Kavacha and Kundala to Indra, Arjuna’s great restraint in the face of temptation by Urvashi, Bheema’s wonderous feats for the sake of his brothers and for Draupadi, Salwa’s decision to fight against his nephews, Abhimanyu’s heroism and great courage in the face of imminent death, Bhishma’s adherence to celibacy in the face of gravest provocations and temptations, even the evil king Duryadhana’s courage to fight till his death, all make humans much greater than the so called gods, who repeatedly fai

Next time when the leadership tells us how hard we have worked and how much sacrifices we have made and thank us for the same we need to remind them that, actually we have not made any sacrifices. We are merely chasing dreams, aspirations and ambitions of name, fame, power, promotions or authority, money – in short our own selfish motives & desires. It is actually our family that does the most sacrifice when we work too hard and chase those dreams. We are merely being selfish and self-deluded (as we attach too much importance to ourselves, our own puny ego that gets all puffed up by the appreciations which are like the pats at the back of a dog when it has brought back its bone successfully after a long run). It is our daughters & sons, our wives & husbands and parents who are making all the sacrifices because they are getting deprived of our associations, the valuable time that we could spend with them, day after day, year after year, until we grow tired of this game of