For the love of law

Sri Krishna has a flute to enchant, and stick to implement discipline.

He has chakra for cutting, and lotus flower for putting confidence in the afflicted.

Life is a combination of law and love. We have both Duryodhana and Yudhisthira within us.When we start behaving like Duryodhana, we experience  life chakra coming and giving us back in the form of reaction, that is Krishna’s chakra or stick.When we lean towards Yudhisthira like behavior, then we receive  assurance from the lotus flower, and hear Krsna's flute-play; and harmony reigns.

Since we have conflicting personalities, we need both, love to give us confidence and law to make us disciplined.  Love without discipline makes us pampered, and law without love creates uninhabited death and destruction.  This is the concept of real governance, care and carefulness. 

This is what Hindusim represents, balance between punishment and pure affection.

Fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee...

When Krsna arranged Jarasandha to be killed by the mighty Bhima,the imprisoned kings were very happy. They constituted more than 50% of kings of India.  These kings became friends with Yudhisthira.  So the next step for the  Rajasuya sacrifice became easy, which was  to be establishing Yudhisthira’s supremacy over everyone else.

Krsna knew  whom to befriend and whom to beat . One dead monkey on a pole ensured that the rest of them became sober and came under the control of  Yudhisthira.

Another similar king was Chhtrapati Shivaji. Shivaji was a master strategist. He went to meet Afzal khan, apparently for peace talks and future friendship, but Shivaji very clearly knew that Afzal khan wanted to terminate him.

Shivaji waited for the perfect opportunity and sent him to other world. He also captured the Khan's wealth. This was one of the major turning points in establishing his Svarajaya, self rule.
Shivaji had in built strategy inspired by Mahabharata, and a great character influenced by Ramayana.

Learn to be strategic.

Shivaji was sweet and shrewd; slow and swift.