FORGIVENESS FORGOTTEN

Diversity in the characters of humans is caused by each individual’s background influences, which one can hardly overcome. When one acts otherwise, he or she often creates a disastrous example.

Dronacharya was a great teacher but excessive  attachment to his son made him cruelly ambitious, consciously avoid following his core nature of being a Brahmana, who is supposed to be large hearted, even though he has less resources to live with. He made a vicious circle around his own life, and got involved with adharma. And this chakra was stronger and deadlier than what he formed to destroy young Pandava Abhimanyu. Dronacharya couldn’t escape this chakra till he was released from his bondage by the sages enlightening him, Yudhishthira lying to him and Dhrishthadyumna killing him.

As a Brahmana, Drona possessed the great qualities of learning and teaching. He even taught Dhrishthadyumna, knowing well that he would be the one to kill Drona. He taught Arjuna everything without fearing that Arjuna will become better than his teacher. He was not bothered about his superior position. He was just a great teacher with no competitive spirit against his students. But then why was he killed by adharma by the very people he taught?

Dronacharya was not blind like Dhritarashtra, but he was blinded by the obsessive attachment to his son and performed many adharmik actions in the War field. He had to be terminated, but in power he was unconquerable. Someone so powerful and fighting for adharma can be really viscious and cruel. Pandavas were faced with a dilemma. Dronacharya living meant that his adharma would cause great cruelty to their army. If he lived, dharma would be stifled. Krishna asked Yudhishthira to speak the lie and eliminate Drona, who had given up his nature of ‘ksama’ or forgiveness. Yudhishthira had to use a weapon that would work. And a lie became the weapon that helped eradicated Drona; it had the power to make him throw his weapon so that Dhrishthadyumna could stop him from being adharmik.

When a forgiving Brahaman becomes viciously revengeful and obsessed with attachment, nobody can punish him by any means. But the personification of Dharma, Sri Krishna can use any weapon to put at end to their nasty deeds. Therefore, to stop adharma, it is more important to find solutions that work rather than just those that are right.

We are forced to make choices in life may be adharma of telling lie but it is meant for higher cause and personal agenda are not involved then it may be the thing to do even though apparently it is not right