VANITY

The Pandavas were deprived from their ancestral throne,

By the unrighteous Kauravas and their illegal possessions,

For which a war became evident between the brothers,

That Sri Krishna wished to avert as a peace messenger.

As a creator, he wished to carry out his dual duty duties,

To restore peace among his subjects and safeguard justice,

Hence, he humbly pleaded before the Hastinapur crown,

To grant five villages to the Pandavas, they can call their own.

Duryodhana, the prince underestimated the power of truth,

Significance of Justice and the almighty Sri Krishna’s worth.

He categorically rejected their very small offer,

Riding on the vanity of muscle power and an advantage of number.

Furthermore, he ordered his soldiers to arrest the messenger,

That compelled the Lord come to his original identity of Vishnu, the creator,

But was it enough to remove the strap of arrogance from his sagacity?

It remained there intact and caused destruction of his whole dynasty.

Whenever there is a rising up of the wickedness,

And a decay of the righteousness,

I manifest myself on the earth among human beings

To save the sacred souls and destroy the sinners.

 These are Sri Krishna’s precious assurances,

To the holy souls, his dependents, his believers,

That he conveyed to Arjuna his devoted friend,

Latter on in the Mahabharata battlefield.

यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत ।

अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम् ॥

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् ।

धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ॥

 Sri Krishna, the incarnation of the supreme power Vishnu, approached the royal chamber of Hastinapura, as a messenger of the Pandavas and placed a peace proposal in front of the emperor Dhritarastra to avert a probable fierce war between the Kauravas and Pandavas.

Before the emperor could react, his arrogant son Duryodhana began shouting at Sri Krishna. He was proud of his ninety-nine brothers and warriors like Vishma, Dronacharya, Krupacharya and Karna etc.

He rejected the proposals, even refused to grant five villages to the deprived and deserving Pandavas.

When Duryodhana ordered his soldiers to arrest Sri Krishna, he showed His Vishwarupa (his identity as the owner of the universe) to the whole royal court. Even then, the strap of arrogance did not remove from the wisdom of Duryodhana. He preferred a war against the Pandavas of whom Sri Krishna was a friend, well-wisher and adviser. A strap of arrogance continued to blind Duryodhana throughout the Mahabharata war at the Kurukhetra. He failed to visualize the grip of destruction that gradually but evidently proceeded towards his family. No need to mention the outcome, the five Pandava brothers emerged winners over the one hundred Kaurava brothers (after all Sri Krishna was on their side, justice was on their side)