Friday 2 October 2015

HRISHIKESH AND GUDHAKESHA

Sri Krishna is also called Hrishikesh for he directs the senses from getting diverted or withdrawn from action.  Gudakesha is another name for Arjuna, which means one who controls senses including sleep or one who has conquered ignorance.
Controlling senses as an inspired act is good but not using them for positive engagement is an abuse of the society.
The abuse may be active or passive .   Arjuna not wanting to retaliate or give justice to the wrong doers and genuinely wanting to forgive and retract from engagement in the world was noble, but when Arjuna  decided to live on begging it seemed like a crime. It almost felt as if he were attacking some one for no cause other than abuse  of the person.
Arjuna's senses were getting distracted and were not focused on his duty, hence Sri Hrishikesh, the director of the senses had to direct Arjuna's senses by inspiring him through the song of compassion, the Bhagavad-Gita.
It was a long dialogue between a person who was distracted for good reason and the person who directs the senses in the right direction.  The conversation between Hrishikesha and Gudakesha is an immortal one.
Whether one is a Gudakesha like Arjuna withdrawing senses for a noble reason or one who is full of ignorance and passion, engaging his senses in a brutal way, both need the direction of the director of the senses. 
Sri Krishna is available through his immortal words to direct our senses.  This alliance of Gudakesha and Hrishikesha is guaranteed to give us contentment and fulfillment.

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