Pandu was suddenly raised to be the king of Hastinapura even though he was younger than Dhritharastra.
He was hard working but had never thought or dreamt that he would be the next king.
He worked hard to grow, but destiny took him to a another path.
His being king was short lived, since he was cursed by a sage who was in sensual pleasure and was mistakenly shot by Pandu.
The sage cursed Pandu that if he ever engaged in the act of sex for pleasure or procreation, he would be dead.
Destiny did not take away his kingship but took away the pleasure. Pandu on his own gave up his kingship and came to the forest to practice a life of restraint.
After having five children through the grace of different gods, he sealed the destiny of his sons to take over the reigns of Hastinapura even though he died trying to enjoy.
This put the pandavas into great difficulty but their destiny of being king never changed.
Kunti along with her sons suffered a great deal , but in all the difficult conditions, they continued to remain the prospective kings of Hastinpaura. All scheming all conspiracy took them to the death gallows, but could not ultimately take away their kingship.
Destiny placed them as king even though they were dead, and many times they did die for the general mass of people, but not for destiny. Of course, the pandavas did not work hard for the kingship, they worked hard to be complete human beings that was their prerogative, and making them king was the prerogative of destiny. That means ultimately the lord was master of everybody’s destiny.
The son of Drona wanted to destroy the last heir of the Pandavas, so that the kuru kula would be bereft of their family, but destiny revived the dead Pariskit and placed him on the throne of Hastinapura.
The entire family of the pandavas from Pandu to Pariksita, Kunti, to Uttara learned never to fight the desire of the lord,
and in all this they never stopped fighting the good war of life.
The kauravas worked hard to stop the pandavas to get what they deserved. And pandavas worked harder to accept that also as part of their life as destiny. Not only did they become king, but they were indifferent to the change in their destiny before the stipulated time in an artificial manner, rather they used that life as the time to grow and learn, to row the their boat in the river of life.
Fighting lethargy is our response, and bowing down to our destiny is the best response from us to the lord.
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