Quite a few mistakes are accidental and very small when committed. But the result of the mistakes are beyond our control.
Making small mistakes are supposed to give minuscule reaction by the law of action and reaction, but the timing and the place can change the story altogether. A Small mistake may even lead to life time regret, suffering or violent war.
Ambalika closed her eyes for a moment and Dhrithrasthra was born, blind, making him suffer for life. Ambalika could not forgive herself.
Kunti's curiosity for testing the boon given by Durvasa was quite natural, couldn’t even be considered a mistake. But that curiosity lead to invoking someone as great as Surya. The result was a painful life of separation from her son Karna,where she could see and hear him only from a distance and eventually had to bear his loss. Karna developed hatred towards his own brothers. Kunti had to silently witness this painful reality till his death and even beyond.
Gandhari, devoted, loyal, chaste and Dharmik,made a small mistake of being a little envious of Kunti, when she heard the news of Yudhisthira's birth. In the spur of the moment, she struck her belly and eventually gave birth to the personification of envy towards Pandavas, which finally culminated in a huge massacre.
Mahabharata exposes us to the realities of life beyond our own imaginary expectations. Certainly, ‘to err is human and forgive is divine’, but in between the human error and forgiveness of the divine there is a portion of our life to be lived, the reaction stage. When an individual accepts committing mistakes with honesty, he or she will get the power to transcend the effect of the mistake, as was the case for Kunti.
Making small mistakes are supposed to give minuscule reaction by the law of action and reaction, but the timing and the place can change the story altogether. A Small mistake may even lead to life time regret, suffering or violent war.
Ambalika closed her eyes for a moment and Dhrithrasthra was born, blind, making him suffer for life. Ambalika could not forgive herself.
Kunti's curiosity for testing the boon given by Durvasa was quite natural, couldn’t even be considered a mistake. But that curiosity lead to invoking someone as great as Surya. The result was a painful life of separation from her son Karna,where she could see and hear him only from a distance and eventually had to bear his loss. Karna developed hatred towards his own brothers. Kunti had to silently witness this painful reality till his death and even beyond.
Gandhari, devoted, loyal, chaste and Dharmik,made a small mistake of being a little envious of Kunti, when she heard the news of Yudhisthira's birth. In the spur of the moment, she struck her belly and eventually gave birth to the personification of envy towards Pandavas, which finally culminated in a huge massacre.
Mahabharata exposes us to the realities of life beyond our own imaginary expectations. Certainly, ‘to err is human and forgive is divine’, but in between the human error and forgiveness of the divine there is a portion of our life to be lived, the reaction stage. When an individual accepts committing mistakes with honesty, he or she will get the power to transcend the effect of the mistake, as was the case for Kunti.
Unfortunately, Gandhari made another mistake, a small one, but having a lasting impact. When she lost all of her sons in the battle, she went through intense suffering, and she vented out her pain by spelling a curse on Krishna, causing the death of theYadus through fratricidal war. Of course, one may think that the dynasty had to be vanquished somehow or the other, but her mistake caused her to bear the burden of becoming responsible for it.
Therefore, mistakes will be made by us, but what kind? That is the question! Those which give small reaction, or perpetual suffering, or the ability to transcend the reactions?
Therefore, mistakes will be made by us, but what kind? That is the question! Those which give small reaction, or perpetual suffering, or the ability to transcend the reactions?
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