Mahabharata

 The Epic Mahabharata by Sage Veda Vyasa is one of the eighteen that covered all the three segments of Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara mythology. This epic Mahabharata is also considered to be a historical even that took place just 3500 years ago! Apart from the epic, the historical aspect is one of the great War that took place between the Pandava Kings and the Kaurava Kings. The cause of the war is acceding the flourishing kingdom of the Pandava who were known for equity, justice and pious rule. As the story goes, The Pandava King conducted the Rajasuya Yaga and invited all kings for the function. Sri Krishna invited the guests and even washed the feet of Kings and Nobles! The wealth displayed and the consequent jealous is said to be the root cause of the War. The Kaurava to usurp the flourishing kingdom through a game of dice. The Pandava lost everything in the game due to cheating!

   The present Kaliyuga started after the Great Mahabharata War. It is dated back to just 2000 to 2500 years old! The characters depicted here in the history of Dvapara yuga (that preceded the present Kaliyuga) has a number of mystic aspects that cannot be answered in any rational way. The Central figure of the Mahabharata War is supposed to be Sri Krishna who is an avatar purusha incarnate Vishnu! The Sage Vedavyasa has brought out the childhood days of Sri Krishna in the epic Bhagavata and characterized Him as a King of the Vrishni Kingdom who shared his army with the Kauravas in the epic war. He Himself stood on the side of Dharma supporting the Pandava kings who lost their kingdom in the game of dice where the Kaurava cheated with the help of their Maternal uncle Shakuni. It has along long story dated back to Gandhara days (today's Afghanistan). The Pandava lost their Kingdom in the game of dice and were sent to wander in the forests and even hide or be incognito for a year! Finally, the Pandava never got their kingdom back! This is the state of decline of dharma with the lapse of time from Satya yuga down to kali yuga! Sri Krishna is portrayed by Sage Vedavyasa as a witness here.   

  Sri Krishna is portrayed as the maternal uncle of the Pandava, as also, a King, a Statesman, a divine soul, and the supreme Lord of the Universe (as shown in the Vibhuti Yoga of the Bhagavad-Gita). The story of Mahabharata portrays Sri Krishna in many colorful shades and teaches us how any normal man can rise up to the status of a God! We all know how a person who is selfless, helpful to the needy is already a God for the distressed and the needy! The term God here means the helpful nature compassion, kind and sympathetic to the oppressed, downtrodden, and humane (besides purity of the blemished soul- full of greed selfishness and cruelty, etc.) 

  Hence, the epics are our handbooks of guidance, and it is the history and tradition of our village community to assemble in the temple premises and hear these epics after the hard work in the fields! In fact, it is now an urgent need to revive this culture and also introduce in our school curriculum. The word secular introduced by the corrupt and selfish rulers should be removed since it is only the sick liars who are taking advantage of this and ruining our ancient culture. There is no need to change or twist the history of India to please the 18% and another 4% who are the converts and invaders' clan! India, ie., Bharat is almost a 10000- ears old land of great civilization and there was neither Prophet nor a Messenger of God ever there in India prior to 2000 year. It is indeed a land of the Buddha, the Mahaveera, and the Guru Nanak and Shankaracharya, Madhva and Ramanuja. Forget about the misrule and misadventure of the Mughals and the Europeans who came to loot and cheat and overstayed here and regain the historic culture and tradition of the prosperous civilization!