Vedanta Sandesh-Oct 51 Jivanmukta great veneration, used to visit me everyday. Once he told me that real sadhus who shun wealth and women and devote themselves wholly to God visited the place but rarely. The judge was a highly religeous man who was never tired of treating sadhus with the utmost devotion. The function of the spiritual teachers in this la- nd has been to revive the Sanatan Dharma which became moribund under the stress and strain of ages, and to establish a new dharma. If it was to create a new dharma as a pot mak- er makes a pot, the dharma so created can- not be eternal. The sun of Sanatana darsha- na may sometimes be eclipsed by shortlived systems; but by the efforts of phiosophers who have realized Truth it is restored to its pristine brilliance again and again. Once, when the Advaita darshan grew weak and dim under the attack of inimical faiths, Shree Badarayan rescued it by composing the Brahma Sutra. He tore the dualist systems into shreds.
Vedanta Sandesh-Oct 52 Karna’s death STORY Section
Vedanta Sandesh-Oct 53 Karna’s death Karna's Death On the 17th day of the Mahabharata War, Arjuna and Karna are face to face. Sri Krishna knew Karna could not be defeated in this war unless some tricky means were adopted. So Sri Krishna makes special plans to defeat the mighty warrior and He also unfolds the plan to Arjuna. The entire plan was also based upon the various curses that had been bestowed upon Karna in various situations of his life. Kar- na had been cursed by his Guru Parshuram, that he will forget the skill of using his weapon
Vedanta Sandesh-Oct 54 Karna’s death when he will truly need it. He was cursed by a Brahmin that he will be killed by his enemy when his attention will be diverted elsewhere in the war. Karna was also cursed by Mother earth due to which his chariot gets stuck in the battlefield ground. In the begining Karna uses Bhargavastra against the Pandava army. Arjuna is not un- able to counter this weapon. So Krishna told him to withdraw temporarily. They visited Yu- dhishthira who was outside the battlefield, wounded by the weapons of Karna. But soon after Arjuna returned to the battlefield. Now both Karna and Arjuna are face to face with each other once again. It was such a historical scene that everyone in- cluding Devas, celestial Rishis, Apsaras, Gand- harvas, and all the beings in the higher realms witness this battle between two of the greatest warriors.
Vedanta Sandesh-Oct 55 Karna’s death The fight started between Arjuna and Karna. Both are equally capable warriors. As the bat- tle intensified, Arjuna pushed back Karna’s chariot 10 steps backwards every time by the energy of the arrows. Karna was able to push Arjuna’s chariot only 2 steps backwards. Yet, Krishna praised Karna and admired the skill of Karna. When questioned by Arjuna, Krishna said it is impossible for any human ever to push his chariot backward because the chariot of Arjuna contains both Hanuman and Krishna, thus holding the entire weight of the universe. Krishna said no human ever had or ever will attain this feat as it is impossible to even to shake the chariot. Unfortunately for Karna, the Curse of his Guru Parshuram- ji, the Brahmin, and the curse of
Vedanta Sandesh-Oct 56 Karna’s death Mother Earth begin to fructify.During the war, suddenly Karna’s chariot wheel was trapped in the mud as a result of the curse that he had received earlier from Mother Earth. Karna still defended himself, but he forgets the incan- tations to invoke Brahmastra due to the curse of his Guru Parashurama. At this time Karna asks Arjuna to pause as he gets down from his chariot to free the wheel. He reminds Arjuna of the etiquette of war. But Krishna encourages Arjuna to attack Karna against the rules of the war. Arjuna attacked Karna when he was trying to lift the wheel of his chariot. Karna somehow defended himself and invokes Rudra Astra, hitting Arjuna on his chest. Arjuna’s bow Gandiva for the first time fell down as he loses his grip on it. Following the rules of the war, Karna did not try to kill un- conscious Arjuna but instead use this time to lift the wheel. Soon Arjuna recovers and uses
Vedanta Sandesh-Oct 57 Karna’s death the Anjalika weapon against Karna. Though it is prohibited to attack a weaponless warrior or to attack an enemy from the back according to the rules of the war. But now the curse of that Brahmana fructi- fies that he (Karna) will be killed by his enemy when his attention is diverted in the middle of combat. Arjuna attacked weaponless Karna from the back and killed him as suggested by Sri Krishna. This attack can be questioned as a gesture of a cowardice to attack someone unarmed, but One should remember that Kar- na did the same thing to Abhimanyu (Arjuna’s son) who was mercilessly killed by the Kaura- vas and Karna unarmed attcked by various warriors together. Ultimately Karna is killed by the arrow of Arjuna. In this manner the death of the mighty warrior who could not be chal- lenged by Arjuna also, was killed by the con- sequences of his own misdeeds.
58 Karna’s death The law of Karma is Ishvara’s arrangement to help function the Universe in a just manner. It simply means that as one sows so shall he reap. The situtaions gifted to us in life by Ishvara are not based on his preferences but they are a direct consequence of our karmas. Ishvara neither has any special likes for anyone nor does he despite anyone. Karna was a great man. He was known for his great charitees, at times given at the cost of his own life. But ulti- mately he too faces the consequeces of his own karmas. The two curses do impact Kar- na’s fate, but ultimately it was his deeds that resulted in his fall and death in the Kurukshetra war in Mahabharata. Vedanta Sandesh-Oct
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