THOUGHTS ON THE KURUKSHETRA WAR

God does not paly dice, but shaitan does. This is what Shakuni did in Mahabharata. Shakuni by his wicked powers helped Duryodhana to win the game of dice by deceit. Thus Pandavas had to surrender  their kingdom to Duryodhana and go into exile for 13 years. After the exile Duryodhana refused to hand over  the Pandavas’ territory as agreed upon. This is the background of the Kurukshetra war.

The Kurukshetra war has been the subject of scholarly discussions and disputes. The kurukshetra war wasn’t mentioned in the Vedic literature. It is difficult to assign the exact date as to when the kurukshetra war took place. However 3000 BC might be the time for the war because from the war the transition from the Dwapariyuga to Kaliyuga started. The war lasted for eighteen days. At the end of the eighteenth day the only major warriors including the Pandavas and Krishna survived.

It is the greatness of Mahabharata that guide  life, a simple philosophy with deep meaning namely Bhagavad-Gita was explained to the mankind through Arjuna’s queries by lord Krishna amidst the great war. Lord Krishna even displayed his divine form to Arjuna. Only course left to uphold the principles of virtue and righteousness was the inevitable war- the Kurukshetra war.

India that is Bharat’s ancient wisdom “Vedas” is a tough subject that couldn’t be understood by common man. Hence that great poets Vyasa and Valmiki wrote the epics Mahabharata and Ramayana and an attempt was made in these two stories to explain the essence of Vedas in a simple way, says an argument.

Duryodhana rejected all peace proposals of Krishna. When all the hopes of peace vanished the Pandavas organised their armies. The Pandavas accumulated almost 7 Akshohini  army while the Kauravas had 11 Akshohini army.  In the battle ground the Kouravas stood facing west and the Pandavas stood facing east.  They fought with each other for eighteen days resulting in the victory of the Pandavas.

Krishna was the hero of the Kurukshetra war. Krishna advised Arjuna in the battle ground that ‘Iam the doer and you have to comply your Kshatriya dharma that is fighting in the war’.

To conclude, the kurukshetra war was the war between ‘Good and Evil’.