Krishna presents Himself in two facets. He attracts the residents of Vrindavan with His charm but as soon as He senses unruly life, He uses His charging power to deal with those who consciously break the principles.
The Gita proclaims that, "Whenever there is a decline in Dharma, by the force of God's compassion, He Himself appears to re-establish the orderliness.
Establishing Dharma may not have a peaceful beginning but it certainly ends in peace after a lot of violence in the execution of the mission. It is an unavoidable reality of life, the universal law. The Mahabharata shows us the complete picture of how both dharma and adharma work. Adharma takes over by unnatural means and creates unrest and disorderliness. And when Dharmik people, headed by the Pandavas, struggle to fight to the best of their abilities and fail, Lord Krishna comes charging and destroys the representative of adharma, headed by Duryodhana, thus establishing the dharmik kingdom.
God's charm is most desirable because it is the ultimate destiny of the atma. But with the imprisonment of this body, the atma is enslaved and immersed in fights within and without, oscillating between its ultimate destiny and puny desires of the flesh. Its ultimate destiny allow it the charming Krishna and its temporary desires invite the charging Krishna in the form of law of action, the time factor, death and repeated push and pull in ghe form of multiple bodies, but with variety.
Duryodhana chose the charging Krishna while Yudhishthira chose the charming Krishna. What is our choice? Because Krishna is ready and available in either ways.
The Gita proclaims that, "Whenever there is a decline in Dharma, by the force of God's compassion, He Himself appears to re-establish the orderliness.
Establishing Dharma may not have a peaceful beginning but it certainly ends in peace after a lot of violence in the execution of the mission. It is an unavoidable reality of life, the universal law. The Mahabharata shows us the complete picture of how both dharma and adharma work. Adharma takes over by unnatural means and creates unrest and disorderliness. And when Dharmik people, headed by the Pandavas, struggle to fight to the best of their abilities and fail, Lord Krishna comes charging and destroys the representative of adharma, headed by Duryodhana, thus establishing the dharmik kingdom.
God's charm is most desirable because it is the ultimate destiny of the atma. But with the imprisonment of this body, the atma is enslaved and immersed in fights within and without, oscillating between its ultimate destiny and puny desires of the flesh. Its ultimate destiny allow it the charming Krishna and its temporary desires invite the charging Krishna in the form of law of action, the time factor, death and repeated push and pull in ghe form of multiple bodies, but with variety.
Duryodhana chose the charging Krishna while Yudhishthira chose the charming Krishna. What is our choice? Because Krishna is ready and available in either ways.
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