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Arjun and Krishna rode their horses till past afternoon and reached the outskirts of Indraprastha.Arjun longingly stared at his Indraprasth which still is far away but the tops and terraces of the buildings are visible from where they stood.

Krishna understood Arjun's agony and placed his hand on him assuringly." Parth.dont brood over the past. We can't change that ever. Let us enjoy good memories."

Arjun is dejected." How could I stay not effected Madhav ? Every memory makes me stoop low. We five had failed Indraprasth and the people here And my sons? They became prey to our misdeeds."

Krishna explained." Parth. You wronged only one person. That is Panchali. You failed her at Dyutsabha.And you redeemed your self by fighting the war with commitment. Don't grieve now. Your Indraprasth is calling you inside.Let us go."

An old man put his hand over his eyes and looked at then with wonder. By then the Sun is moving towards the western horizon. He asked them straightly." Who are you two? You resemble someone special for us thirteen years back.Whom do you want to meet in the city?

Krishna questioned back." Who are the ruler in charge here? After the war,some changes must have

Happened here. Just want to know."

The old man smirked and said in a curt voice." What difference it will make whoever ruled the city! Indraprasth's glory diminished the day the Eldest Pandav staked it in Hastinapur's Dice game."

Krishna continued." But surely Duryothan must have cared for Indraprasth and looked after it well. No?

The old man replied bluntly." Suddenly if your parents die and you are entrusted to some one else who took care of you properly,Do you stop missing your parents?

Arjun interfered and pleaded politely." I agree with you Sir. But parting away from Indraprasth is torture for Pandavas. They regretted a lot."

Krishna turned to Arjun and said." Let us go to Yamuna and finish our formalities. Pradosh is approaching. We should worship Mahadev." Both of them bowed to the old man and walked towards the river.

The old man stared at them thoughtfully. Then he heard the sound of horses and turned to see the royal guards on horse back. They saw the two strangers walking away at a distance and alerted each other. Hurry up we have to welcome them.

The old man asked who are they ?

The Royal Guard replied in awe." Krishna Vaasudeva and Third Pandav Arjun."

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Note: Mahabharat describes Krishna and Arjun's visit to Indraprasth after the war. Anu Gita happened there. Krishna again displayed his immense love. for his Parth by again enlightening him in Spiritual matters.

Among the Pandavas it is only Arjun as per the Epic who visited Indraprasth after war,How would the citizens have reacted on seeing him especially after the infamous dice game and disrobing of Draupadi? ...A sincere attempt to imagine Nar and Narayan at Indraprasth...winning the citizens again...

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Indraprasth welcomed the two friends with aloofness. they stood in the streets showered flowers on them but the glow on their faces is missing.

Arjun remembered how they used to dance with joy whenever he came back after his expeditions.

If Krishna arrives People used to fall at his feet not letting him move further.

Now they just folded their hands courteously bending their heads.

They entered the Royal palace where the great Assembly used to gather on every Wednesday and Friday. Arjun gazed at the Throne of his Eldest which used to be the pride of Aryavarth.

He then looked at the sideways where his mother and Panchali used to sit . How nice and eventful those days are. He thought and felt depressed.

They then went to the Mansion of Draupadi that surpassed every other palace in Indraprasth.

There they saw their old attendants who are now caretakers of that wing.

Krishna enquired " How is everything here? Did Duryothan visit Indraprasth frequently? With his family?"

The attendant replied" He never came here my lord.He was afraid of people's outburst as he committed a sin against Maharani Draupadi.Prince Vikarna came twice in these thirteen years."

Arjun 's face became pale . The disgrace that happened at Dyut Sabha would definitely follow wherever they go."

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Indraprasth Royal Garden became the open air assembly hall that day. The wide and spacious lawns accommodated thousands of citizens and administrative staff who eagerly awaited The Third Pandav who sent a request to all of them to gather there.

They were miffed and hurt to that extent that they don't want to listen to any explanation .

After a while they saw Krishna Vaasudev and Arjun walking towards the temporarily constructed Dias .

There is pin drop silence all around .Krishna walked to the edge of the stage and addressed the gathering." On behalf of the Emperor we are here to assure you peace,happiness and security.

It was unfortunate to be away from all of you for thirteen years.But fate can not be averted by anyone.

Better to let go the past happenings.But I am sure now onwards your security and safety will be the prime concern for Pandavas.Now Parth would like to speak his heart out.

No one dared to say any thing when. Krishna delivered his speech.But as soon as Arjun got up much noise is heard from every corner.A middle aged man stood up and asked." Forgive our interruption. But Rajkumar Arjun. You should have spoken not here but in the Dyut Sabha when your Eldest staked Indraprasth you did not say anything. How come you want to say now?"

Another one stood and shouted." Probably you Pandavas forgot that Indraprasth is not that was created by Maya . It is the people who matter. You staked the kingdom means you staked us all.

Krishna took Arjun's hand in his.Arjun stood silently waiting for more...

A soldier who was trained by Arjun stood and expressed his feelings." Raj Kumar Arjun we The Indraprasth Army was trained by you thirteen years back.But ironically we all fought against you at Kurukshetr.Most of my companions were killed in the battle.Very few of us remained alive.

Tell me Sir, Why were we forced to fight on Duryothan's side?If your Eldest lost the game why should we be the sacapegoats?

The old man who saw the friends earlier stood and said." Duryothan became our new master.He did not harass us. He did not disturb our lifestyle.But we felt like strangers in our own place.We lost the mental tuning that we used to have with Indraprasth's royal family.

Now again you got the power. We feel more unrest and insecurity.

No words of you can change our mindsets.We feel cheated.

Arjun had moisture in his eyes. He stared at the gathering and folded his hands.He spoke in his calm soothening voice." I agree with each and every word spoken by you.We don't deserve to enjoy your faith.But still I request you all to bear with me.The Dice game was pre planned.Sakuni cheated Eldest with his fake coins.We lost everything including ourselves

Eldest staked Indraprasth but he never considered you all as slaves.

How pathetic it is to be a slave we understood in incognito.

We did the crime of staking you all we endured the punishment in this life only.

The twelve years of Forest life and incognito made us suffer every minute with the guilt.

But now after everything is over,please don't think we will do the same mistake again .

I promise we will protect you at the cost of our lives.

I lost my most precious son in war. Abhi. That is the greatest punishment for my crime of not standing by you and by my wife. I admit I am at fault. Forgive me and give another chance to serve you all."

There was silence around. Krishna stood and said." People of Indraprasth are magnanimous I know. Surely they will forget everything and bless the Pandavas again."

Every one looked at the charismatic Krishna Vaasudev and their Rajkumar Arjun who faced so much in life with courage and nobility.

The old man stood and raised his hand." Hail Krishna Vaasudev,the Vishnu incarnate.

Victory to the greatest warrior of Aryavarth,our Raj Kumar Arjun.

Long live Pandava Empire."

The whole of Indraprasth pledged their support unanimously.

Krishna smiled at his Parth." The miracle happened again."

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Anu Gita

The Indraprasth Royal Garden is ready to witness the historic incident that is going to happen on that Pradosh Samay . Krishna and Arjun just finished their Sandhya Vandana and Sivabhishek.

Krishna closed his eyes for a while and then looked at Arjun with compassion." Parth it is not easy to repeat what I said on that first day of war. It is the knowledge of Brahma.

Now I will recite on the same topic follow it carefully.

Once a Brahmin came to me from Brahmalok. He was honoured by me properly.

Then the Brahmin said." OKrishna! Once a Brahmin by. Name Kasyapa came to another Brahmin who was the master of spiritual knowledge.

Kashyapa heard about the great Brahmin and visited him.He fell at his feet and served him with devotion.One day that great Brahmin addressed Kasyapa thus" Kasyapa due to my desires and sins I had undergone birth and rebirth continuously.I endured miseries life after life.

One day I was depressed.I then relinquished worldly pleasures and concentrated on the Supreme Soul.I will go to Satyalok after my departure from this world.Then I will aim the next stage absorption into The Supreme God.

I know the purpose of your visit.Since very soon I am going to leave this world,I will answer your doubts and address you.

Krishna then said. " Parth listen to the questions and answers carefully." Arjun is listening without blinking his eyes.

Kasyapa asked thus.

How does the body dissolve away? How is another body acquired?

How does Jiva cast off the body given to him by Prakriti?

After getting separated from the body how does Jeeva attain the Supreme Soul?

How does human beings enjoy the fruits of good and bad actions?

Without body how could he act at all?

The Brahmin answered thus." When the End nears the person will take resort to practices such as eating at irregular intervals,sleeping more at daytime,indulging excessively in physical pleasures. He will then get afflicted by diseases or health disorders.Sometimes a person resorts to end his life by hanging etc. How will Jeeva leave the body in all these cases?

The heat in the body gets excited and urged by the violent wind reaches every part of the body and restrains the movements of vital breaths.

The heat becomes so strong and pierces every vital part where life resides.Jeeva feels great pain and takes leave of its mortal body.Jeeava slips away from the body overwhelmed by great pain.

O Kasyapa,the pain that happens when Jeeva gets out of the body is same like that of the pain that is felt when he enters the womb or comes out of the womb during birth.

All living creatures are effected by birth and death.

At the time of death the wind that resides in the vital breaths called Prana and Apana rushes upwards leaving the body.Because of that breathlessness happens.The man then becomes devoid of heat,breath,beauty and consciousness.Then the person will be declared dead.

The Jeeva creates life breaths through food.The elements gather together in some particular parts.Those are called the vital parts.When as said above the vital parts are pierced by the wind,jeeva rises above enters the heart and restrains the movement.Then conciousness still there the vital parts not functioning,the living creature becomes overwhelmed by darkness.Jeeva then urged by the wind goes out quickly through a deep painful breath.The motionless body trembles for the last time.

Then Jiva who is out of the body will be surrounded by his acts.The sins and merits hover round him.

Only a pious person can witness all this due to his purity.

There are three regions that can be obtained by Jeeva. The mortal world,the Hell and The heaven.

The good or bad done by the Jeeva can not be destroyed in any way.

Jeeva with his goodness and sinfulness enters the womb of females as the vital seed mixed with blood.That Jeeva enters all limbs of the foetus part by part.The manifestation of Jeeva in Foetus is like that of a lamp burning in a room.

Now mind gets activated.Whatever acts Jeeva did in his former body,are to be enjoyed or endured by him now.

After the former acts are exhausted,the present actions can get accumulated now.

Jeeva taking birth after birth can becomes happy if he practices goodness.

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Krishna asked Arjun" Parth Are you following carefully? Concentrate and absorb this ultimate knowledge. "

Arjun replied." Yes Madhav I am following with concentration. Please continue."

Krishna continued." The Brahmin told Kasyapa.The man who develops equal vision towards every one,who is pious who casts of religion,wealth and pleasure will reach a stage will get rid of the bondage.That man becomes free from all impressions,and uses his senses only for penance.Then he attains Brahma who is eternal and supreme.

I now instruct you the yoga Marg by which one can behold the inner soul.If a good man concentrates his mind on the soul he meditates and succeeds in be holding the supreme soul in his own soul.

He then becomes the master of his own self. He can assume different bodies as per his wish.

He has no fear nothing can touch him now.

Death does not exist for him.He will be the happiest person in the world.

Remember one thing.It is only with the lamp of the mind ,the Supreme soul can be seen.

Jiva can then behold the soul as extracted from the body.That is when he can behold the Brahman

Being freed from all illusions.

The Brahmin then bid farewell to Me and disappeared." Kashyapa told me thus Parth!

Krishna told Arjun." Parth, All this knowledge was heard by you in your chariot.

None other than you happened to hear this other than you.no one deserves to hear this.

Parth this realisation of the Supreme soul is the most blissful state ever.If this yoga is practiced any one be it Vaisyas,Sudras,Kshatriyas,Brahmanas and women can attain the highest state.

If a person practices Yoga perfectly for six months he will get perfection in it. That will make the path to Brahman accessible to him.

Parth in this regard another discourse,a conversation between a Brahmin couple will be helpful by all means. Once a brahmin's wife asked the Brahmin who is the master of every kind of knowledge.

" eIt is said that I as your wife will obtain all the regions obtained by you owing to your acts.Then what goal is determined for me?

The Brahmin replied." I perceived the Brahma within the soul.That Supreme Soul can not be smelt,can not be seen,can not be touched can not be heard It is realised only by mind.The universe gets originated from that supreme soul.

The life breaths called Prana,Apana,Vyana,Samana and Udana flow from it and again enter it later.

Prana and Apana stays even when the person is sleeping.Udana is the controlling breath.Samana and Vyana are absorbed in sleep.In the midst of these life breaths the fire called Vaiswanara blazes forth.it is made up of seven flames.The nose,the tongue,the eye,the ear,the skin the mind and the understanding these are the seven flames of Vaiswanara.Earth,Wind,Ether,Water,light,Mind and understanding these seven are called the wombs of all the things.

All the attributes which constitute the sacrificial offerings enter into the attributes born out of fire.

The seven fold creation happens from there.

The ten sacrificing priests here are the ear,the skin,the two eyes,the tongue the nose the two feet,the two hands the genital organ,the lower duct and Speech.

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Note; Krishna confessed his love for Parth while making Parikshit alive. Another mark of great bonding and friendship exhibited by the Lord himself.

After the war Hastinapur bounced back to normalcy and peaceful life. The Emperor who was reluctant to wear the crown wore it finally and reconciled with his fate.Bheema became the Yuvaraj and shared the burden of the king.Sahadev along with Vidur became the councillor who will take active part in solving problems.

Nakul was entrusted the protection of the Antah Pur where the Royal ladies live with their maids.

Gandhari,Dhritarashtr and Kunti were specially taken care of by Panchali herself.

Subhadra became a shadow to Uttara who is pregnant with Abhi's son.

Arjun as usual became the chief commander of the army . He has great task at hands as most of the male population died in war.He got very few at his disposal whom he started to train by himself.

Panchali looked after finances Ofcourse with the help of the third Pandav who helped her in doing her duty like in the past at Indraprasth.

Under the direction of Krishna Yudhishtir went to Bheeshma and learnt from him all the things regarding administration and kingship.Bheeshma delivered one of the greatest stotras in praise of Vishnu , The Vishnu Sahasra Naam stotra.

Finally on Magha Ashtami day Bheeshma left his body and ascended to heaven.The eighth Vasu called Dyau finally returned to his original form.

The night before his death he called Arjun and bid him farewell.Arjun took his hands that became too week and shivering into his hands and bent his forehead on them.

Bheeshma placed his hand on Arjun's head and said in a broken voice." Don't be that sorrowful.Time has arrived for me to leave you.If you send me away with a smile my journey will be easy."

Arjun sobbed like a small child." If I didn't shoot you you would have been with me in Hastinapur. How cruel I am to make you fall on my arrows.I extracted your blood every day from your body from these arrows. Pitamah punish me please.

Ganga appeared there and retorted." Arjun,no one can escape from what he had done. You also"

Arjun folded his hands and kept quiet.

Bheeshma sighed with agony and confronted." Mata Whoever tries to harm Arjun by targeting him with my fall have to repent later.My Arjun followed my word and paved way for my Moksha.He is not at fault.

Ganga is desparate.Surely her son would never forgive if he knows of the curse given by Vasus.

Bheeshma called Arjun and blessed him." Wherever I am I always wish the best for you. My blessings Arjun. Take care of Hastinapur."

The next day Bheeshma left his body and attained divinity.

Five months later Krishna and Arjun went to Yamuna and took bath after playing in the water for a long time. The Sun is just rising and they offered water to him.

They walked by the shore and enjoyed the morning rays.

Arjun felt relaxed after many days and said." I feel so happy today from within. I don't know why.What

Is there in store for us?

Krishna smiled and answered." A new hope. A fresh life. A great legacy. This dawn is too special Parth.

Arjun looked at him with confusion.He asked " I did not understand.What do you mean to say?"

Before Krishna could answer a soldier rushed towards them on horseback and informed." Princess Uttara gave birth to a still born son."

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Arjun took support of Krishna hearing those terrible words.He stammered in a broken voice." Madhav,

Abhi's son ! Am I that unfortunate that I have to live in memory of my grandson also?

Krishna took him closer and assured with moisture in his eyes." Be brave Parth. Everything will be fine. Let us go there first."

As they sped fast in the chariot the citizens wondered why the bosom friends looked too tense and cheerless.They stared at the chariot that looked like it is flying in the space.

Uttara is subconcious. She swooned after she realised what happened.

Subhadra sat by her side closing her face with Her palms. Panchali stood stupified looking at the beautiful face of the infant who is still and motionless.

Kunti wailed loudly blaming herself and her fate.

Yudhishtir,Bheem Nakul and Sahadev stood outside the chamber bending their heads and shedding tears. Krishna and Arjun appeared at the door and Yudhishtir said." Kanha see the mishap that Aswathama caused us . Brahmasir showed its effect.

Bheem muttered under his breath." That wretched fellow should have been imprisoned by us. We would have punished him more severely."

Nakul said desparately." What is the use Bhrata? The inevitable had happened."

Arjun approached Sahadev and shook his shoulders."Sahadev speak out.This is not the time to keep silence. What will happen now? Read your stars and tell Won't we have the good fortune to have our Abhi's kid with us?

As he uttered the last word he lost his balance and leaned on Sahadev. Krishna rushed fast and held Arjun in his hands.

The chamber door opened and Kunti brought the baby who is still and motionless to Krishma.

Nakul exclaimed." How beautiful he is. Looks just like Abhi only.

Arjun shed tears and leaned on Krishna's shoulder. Panchali and Subhadra came and stood behind Kunti sobbing and sighing heavily.

Kunti looked at Krishna and said." Kanha Today I am speaking to Narayan himself not to my nephew.

He Vaasudev,He Rukmini Pati, He Nara Sakha Show your grace. You protected my children since their childhood.

You saved Draupadi from humiliation.

You became Saradhi to my son and fetched him victory.

Now The Kuru Vamsh is in danger.

In the name of your love for Abhimanyu save his son.

If that won't happen there is no use of my life for me.

Kunti stopped unable to continue further. Subhadra clasped Krishna by his shoulder and looked at him." Bhrata Till today my husband is not able to forget Abhi and swallow his death.

You know how painful it is for him to live without Abhi.Now see his state. He won't survive if this grandson of him also follow Abhi.

You promised you would save Uttara's son from Brahmasir Do that now.

Otherwise I will sacrifice my life here itself. I lost my son. I can't now survive this mishap.

Subhadra 's grief became uncontrollable and she shook Krishna forcibly.

Bhrata if you won't revive the baby what is the use of having you as my brother?

Krishna took Subhadra in his arms and said." Bhadra control yourself.let me enter inside."

By then Draupadi took the baby to Uttara who got back consciousness and placed him on her lap.

She supported Uttara to sit properly and wiped her tears.

Panchali told Uttara in a broken voice." Uttara, Govind is here. Bow before him.Pray to him wholeheartedly.Submit yourself before him"

Krishna approached Uttara and placed his hand on her head.

All the five brothers entered inside and stood behind Krishna.

Uttara folded her hands and shed tears." My son. Look who has come to see you. I thought I will take you to him proudly and submit you before him.

If I know that you also won't be with me I would have joined your father on the funeral pyre.

Now that you are no more I will have to reach your father immediately. But I know your father will also feel bad if he knows you also left his father.

Uttara then wailed loudly." My son look at your great grandmother how she is crying. See your grandmother Subhadra who is living only with a hope to see her son in you.

See your grandmother Draupadi. She suffered a lot Now she is in a dismal state and lost the zeal to live. See your grandfather he won't survive if you don't open your eyes. See the king and his brothers. You are their only hope.

Uttara then bent forward and tried to touch Krishna's feet." Save me and my son and the whole kuruclan.

Uttara then became unconscious there itself. Subhadra took her in her arms while Panchali took the baby and looked straight into his eyes." Govind save your Parth" she whispered.

Krishna nodded his head and said." I will keep my promise. All of you get rid of your sorrow. I will certainly revive Parth's grandson who will rule Aryavarth for more than sixty years."

Having said so Krishna washed his feet and did achaman three times.

He placed the baby beside his mother on the couch.

Krishna then stood by the baby and looked with a fixed gaze.

A strange hollow surrounded his head and his face shone with Devine splendour.

Arjun stared at his Madhav in wonder.

Krishna then said in an authoritative tone." If I never retreated back from any battle and always fought for truth this son of Abhi will get back life."

If I always worshipped Brahmins and dharma let this son of Uttara revive his life.

If I killed Kamsa and others only to protect dharma and not for any personal reason,let this heir of Pandavas get back his life.

If I always loved Parth more than my life and if no misunderstanding ever happened between me and Parth let this grandson of Parth breathe again."

As Krishna finished his last line and sprinkled water on the baby,the miracle happened.

The baby moved freely and opened his eyes.

Next moment he stretched his hands and cried aloud to make his presence felt in this world.

The grandson of Arjun breathed and flourished.

The future Emperor of Aryavarth smiled at Krishna.

Parikshit won the battle with Aswathama along with his grandfather Arjun.

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Disclaimer SriDutta a duttacult follower shared his views. Delighted to share it here.

iArjuna is Vivekananda

Arjuna worshipped formless Brahman or linga Swarup Mahadev and his devotion to Shiva won him the victory in Kurukshetra war. He was born as Swami Vivekananda on the earth with the formless devotion and his next birth will be an atheist.

A devotee of formless Brahman is easily trapped by misconceived Advaita and will conclude that the formless Brahman is his own self. Therefore, the next step will be only atheism. But the Lord wanted to save him because the Lord was very much pleased with his basic devotion for God in the previous birth.

The Lord wanted that this soul should get the proper address of God since the value for God is there Since previous birth.He was then dragged to Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa who was a simultaneous human incarnation in the time of Sai Baba and Akkalkot Maharaj.

Shri Paramahamsa praised Narendra as Lord Narayana in the human form. This is the special style of Dattacult in preaching. Whenthe guru wants to preach a fellow with ego, He will reverse the concept to Himself and the meaning of that statement is that Shri Paramahamsa was Lord Narayana in human form.

No body has understood the real sense of that statement including Narendra. Swami Vivekananda was called as Narendra, which means Nara (Arjuna) who is the son of Indra. He led all his life as an Advaita philosopher only. He treated Paramahamsa as his master or human guru only.

The Advaita Philosophy can be used to develop confidence and to come out of stress for which the God is pleased like a father-Doctor seeing his child claiming as a doctor. One can feel that he is God and develop confidence in self. Krishna told that Arjuna is Himself i.e., God (Pandavanam Dhanamjayah). This statement aims at building up the self-confidence in Arjuna, which was lost by tension and grief. One can come out of stress feeling that this world is unreal and that he is God.

. Shri Paramahamsa told that He would open the brain of Narendra in the end only because such confidence and stress relief have to be given to the world through Narendra. At the end Shri Paramahamsa opened the brain of this soul. In the last days, Narendra sat near Him and thought whether his guru was really God. Shri Paramahamsa immediately looked at him and said, "I am the Rama and the Krishna. Narendra realized that He was the human incarnation and fell on His feet. He became the liberated soul by attaining the full salvation from ego and misconceptions.

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Argument.The Narrative of Arjuna is given in Illustration of the truth, that the world is a dream and unworthy of our reliance.

Vasishtha said:Know Rma, this world to be as a dream, which is common to all living beings, and is fraught with many agreeable scenes, so as to form the daily romance of their lives, which is neither true nor entirely false.

2. But as it is not likely that the living souls of men should be always asleep; therefore their waking state is to be accounted as one of dreaming also. (Life is a dream. Addison).

3. Life is a longer dream than the short lived ones in our sleep; and know it, intelligent Rma, to be as untrue as it is unsubstantial and airy in its nature.

4. The living souls of the living world, continually pass from dream to dream, and they view the unrealities of the world as positive realities in their nature. (The unreal is thought as real by the Realists).

5. They ascribe solidity to the subtile, and subtilty to what is solid; they see the unreal as real, and think the unliving as living in their ignorance.

6. They consider the revolution of all worlds, to be confined in the solar system; and rove about like somnambulists and fleeting bees about the living soul, which they differentiate from the supreme.

7. They consider and meditate in their minds, the living soul as a separate reality, owing to its ubiquity and immortality, and as the source of their own lives. (This is the living liberationjivanmukti of Buddhists, who consider their living souls as absolute agent of themselves).

8. Hear me to relate to you the best lesson of indifference (i.e. the unattachment to the world and life), which the lotus-eyed lord (Krishna) taught to Arjuna, and whereby that sagely prince became liberated in life time. (Here is an anachronism of antedating Krishnrjuna prior to Rma).

9. Thus Arjuna the son of Pandu will happily pass his life, and which I hope you will imitate, if you want to pass your days without any grief or sorrow.

10. Rma said:Tell me sir, when will this Arjuna the son of Pandu, come to be born on earth, and who is this Hari of his, that is to deliver this lesson of indifference to the world through him?

11. Vasishtha replied:There is only the entity of one soul, to whom this appellation is applied by fiction only. He remains in himself from time without beginning and end, as the sky is situated in a vacuum.

12. We behold in him the phantasmagoria of this extended world, as we see the different ornaments in gold, and the waves and billows in the sea. (Identity of the cause and effect of the producer and produced).

13. The fourteen kinds of created beings display themselves in him; and in him is the network of this universe, wherein all these worlds are suspended, as birds hanging in the net in which they are caught.

14. In him reside the deities Indra and Yama and the sun and moon, who are renowned and hallowed in the scriptures; and in him abide the five elemental creation, and they that have become the regents (of heaven and earth).

15. That the one thing is virtue and therefore expedient, and the other is vice and therefore improper, are both placed in him as his ordinances (or eternal laws); and depending on the free agency (sankalpa) of men, to accept or reject the one or the other for good or evil. (Hence there is no positive virtue or vice, nor God the author of good and evil; but it is the obedience or disobedience to his fixed laws, that amounts to the one or other).

16. It is obedience to the Divine ordinance, that the gods are still employed in their fixed charges with their steady minds.

17. The lord Yama is accustomed to make his penance, at the end of every four yugas (or kalpa age), on account of his greatness in destruction of the creatures of God. (Yama the Indian Pluto and god of death.)

18. Sometimes he sat penitent for eight years, and all others for a dozen of years, often times he made his penance for five or seven years, and many times for full sixteen years.

19. On a certain occasion as Yama sat observant of his austerity, and indifferent to his duty, death ceased to hunt after living beings in all the worlds.

20. Hence the multitude of living beings filled the surface of the earth, and made ground pathless and impassable by others. They multiplied like the filth born gnats in the rainy weather, that obstruct the passage of elephants.

21. Then the gods sat together in council, and after various deliberations came to determine the extirpation of all living beings, for relieving the over burdened earth. (This was to be done by the Bharata war celebrated in the great epic of the Mahbhrata).

22. In this way many ages have passed away, and many changes have taken place in the usages of the people, and unnumbered living beings have passed and gone with the revolutions of the worlds.

23. Now it will come to pass, that this Yamathe son of the sun and the lord of the regions of the dead; will again perform his penance in the aforesaid manner after the expiration of many ages to come.

24. He will again resume his penitence for a dozen of years, for the atonement of his sin of destroying the living; when he will abstain from his wonted conduct of destroying the lives of human beings.

25. At that time, will the earth be filled with deathless mortals, so as this wretched earth will be covered and overburthened with them, as with dense forest trees.

26. The earth groaning under her burden, and oppressed by tyranny and lawlessness, will have recourse to Hari for her redress, as when a virtuous wife resorts to her husband from the aggression of Dasyus.

27. For this reason, Hari will incarnate in two bodies, joined with the powers of all the gods, and will appear on earth in two persons of Nara and Nryana, the one a man and the other the lord Hari himself.

28. With one body Hari will become the son of Vasudeva, and will thence be called Vasudeva; and with the other he will be the son of Pandu and will thereby be named the Pndava Arjuna or Arjuna the Pndava.

29. Pandu will have another son by name of Yudhisthira, who will adopt the title of the son of Dharma or righteousness, for his acquaintance with politics, and he will reign over the earth to its utmost limit of the ocean.

30. He will have his rival with Duryodhana his cousin by his paternal uncle, and there will be a dreadful war between them as between a snake and weasel.

31. The belligerent princes will wage a furious war for the possession of the earth, with forces of eighteen legions on both sides. (Those of Duryodhana were eleven legions, and Yudhisthira were seven).

32. The God Vishnu will cause Arjuna to slay them all by his great bow of Gndiva, and thereby relieve the earth of her burden of riotous peoples.

33. The incarnation of Vishnu in the form of Arjuna, will comprise all the qualities incident to humanity; and will be fraught with the feelings of joy and vengeance, which are connatural with mankind.

34. Seeing the battle array on both sides, and friends and kinsmen ready to meet their fate, pity and grief will seize the heart of Arjuna, and he will cease from engaging in the war.

35. Hari will then with his intelligent form of Krishna, persuade his insensible person of Arjuna, to perform his part of a hero for crowning his valour with success.

36. He taught him the immortality of the soul by telling him that, the soul is never born nor does it die at any time, nor had it a prior birth, nor is it new born to be born again on earth, it is unborn and ever lasting, and is indestructible with the destruction of the body.

37. He who thinks the soul to be the slayer of or slain by any body, is equally ignorant of its nature, never kills nor is ever killed by any body.

38. It is immortal and uniform with itself, and more rare and subtile than the air and vacuity; the soul which is the form of the great God himself, is never and in no way destroyed by any body.

39. O Rma, that art conscious of yourself, know your soul to be immortal and unknown, and without its beginning, middle and end; it is of the form of consciousness and clear without any soil, so by thinking yourself as such, you become the unborn, eternal and undecaying soul yourself.

Note..This is an extract from Yogavasishtha a discourse of Vasishtha to Sri Rama. This mentions the reincarnation of Vishnu in two forms as Krishna.and Arjun.

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Arjuna the direct manifestation of Narayana

How the world was created from Supreme Bramhan - the eternal soul of the universe - The supreme God -

When this universe was without brightness and without light and everything was enveloped in darkness on all sides, the great egg came into being. This was the inexhaustible seed of all creatures and was created at the beginning of all the eras. It is said that in this divine cause existed the eternal brahman,14 true and resplendentwonderful and beyond imagination and perfectly balanced everywhere. This was the subtle un-manifested cause. It was that which exists and that which does not. From this was born the one and only Lord Prajapati, known as Brahma, the preceptor of the gods. He is also known as Sthanu, Manu, Ka and Parameshthin. From him was born Daksha, the son of Prachetas, and Daksha's seven sons, and the twenty-one prajapatis. Him whom all the sages know as the being who cannot be fathomed was also born, as were the vishvadevas, the adityas, the vasus and the ashvins. Yakshas, saddhyas,15 pishachas, guhyakas and the pitris were born and after that were born the learned, holy and superior brahmarshis.
Ref - Translated by Bibek Debroy. The Mahabharata: Volume 1 (p. 4). Penguin Books Ltd. Kindle Edition.

Point here - From The eternal Bramhan or soul Bramha was created, From Bramha Daksha, Prajapatis and Adityas were born.

Who are Adityas -( Section Seven Sambhava Parva ) - Aditi was daughter of Daksha. Sons of Aditi were called as Aditya. That's why Aditi was the mother goddess.

Vaishampayana said, Through the powers of his mind, Brahma had six sons3Marichi, Atri, Angiras, Pulastya, Pulaha and Kratu. Marichi's son was Kashyapa and all beings were born from Kashyapa. Daksha had thirteen daughters who were illustrious. O descendant of the Bharata lineage! Daksha's daughters4 were Aditi, Diti, Danu, Kala, Anayu, Simhika, Muni, Krodha, Prava, Arishta, Vinata, Kapila and Kadru. The sons and grandsons of these daughters were immensely powerful and infinite in number.O descendant of the Bharata lineage! From Aditi were born the twelve adityas, the rulers of the worlds. I shall now mention their names to youDhata, Mitra, Aryamana, Shakra, Varuna, Amsha, Bhaga, Vivasvana and Pusha. In the tenth place was Savita, the eleventh was Tvashta and the twelfth was Vishnu. However, the youngest surpassed all the other adityas in qualities.
Ref - Translated by Bibek Debroy. The Mahabharata: Volume 1 (p. 167). Penguin Books Ltd. Kindle Edition.

Vishnu was the best among all Adityas and a son of Aditi.

There is another list of Adityas was told during the birth of Arjuna -

The adityas, radiant like the flames of fire, were assembled in the sky to increase the glory of the great PandavaDhata, Aryama, Mitra, Varuna, Amsha, Bhaga, Indra, Vivasvat, Pusha, Tvashta, Parjanya and Vishnu. O lord of the earth.
Ref - Translated by Bibek Debroy. The Mahabharata: Volume 1 (p. 313). Penguin Books Ltd. Kindle Edition.

Point here is Vishnu and Surya (Vivasvana / Vivasvat) both are Adityas.

According to Harivamsha Critical edition -

The illustrious Vishnu Svayambhu12 wished to create different kinds of beings. He first created water and then released his energy into it. We have earlier heard that water is known by the name of Nara. Since he lay down on it earlier, he is known by the name of Narayana. 13 While he lay down on the water, a golden egg was generated and Svayambhu Brahma was himself born from this.
Ref- Debroy, Bibek. Harivamsha (Kindle Locations 289-293). Penguin Books Ltd. Kindle Edition.

It does refer that Vishnu created water (Nara) and since he lay down on it he is known by the name of Narayana.

But here Vishnu can't be the Vishnu the Aditya as it says Narayana was already existed when Bramha was created.
Can an Aditya exists even before Bramha himself took birth? No.
So Narayana / Vishnu both refers to the eternal soul or Supreme God of Universe as well.

Here it was clearly mentioned that Lord Narayana is indeed referring to the eternal soul of universe and not any adityas.

It is said that when one thousand yugas have been completed, a kalpa is over. All the creatures are then burnt down by the rays of the sun. O lord! Placing Brahma at the forefront, the large number of Adityas merge into the lord Hari Narayana, the best of the gods. At the end of a kalpa, he is the one who repeatedly creates all beings. He is the eternal and unmanifest god. This entire universe belongs to him. O best among the Bharata lineage! O immensely radiant one! It is the time of Vaivasvata Manu now and the time for creation has presented itself. I will speak to you about the ancient Vrishni lineage. The lord and great-souled Hari was born there, in the Vrishni lineage.'
Ref - Debroy, Bibek. Harivamsha (Kindle Locations 730-733). Penguin Books Ltd. Kindle Edition.

Vaikuntha was the abode of Lord Narayana.

No where it was mentioned that Adityas were used to stay at Vaikuntha.
Vishnu among the Adityas was one of the manifestation of Narayana - the other name of Supreme Bramhan - the eternal soul.

It was mentioned where the goddess earth requests the Gods to release the burden of earth and all Gods goes to Narayana's abode to seek his help ( Section Six Adi-vamshavatarana Parva) -

Impatient to go to earth and be born there in their respective parts, they went to Vaikuntha, to Narayana, the wielder of the chakra and the gada,83 he who is dressed in yellow, he who is radiant white, he who destroys the enemies of the gods, he who has the lotus on his navel and he whose eyes are soft, wide and sloped downwards. For the purification of the earth, Indra told the supreme of beings, Please incarnate yourself.' Hari84 replied that thus it would be.'
Ref - Translated by Bibek Debroy. The Mahabharata: Volume 1 (pp. 162-164). Penguin Books Ltd. Kindle Edition.

What Supreme Bramhan (Soul or atma) or the eternal soul or Supreme God told to Arjuna about his manifestations during the conversation of Gita - (Section Sixty-Three Bhagavad Gita Parva).

By the way Gita message was not given by Vishnu the Aditya, It was given by the eternal soul of Universe, the supreme God.

"The lord said, O foremost among the Kuru lineage! All right. I will tell you about my main divine manifestations. Because there is no end to the detail of my powers. 372 O Gudakesha! I am the atman established in the heart of all beings. It is I who am the origin, the middle and also the end of all beings. 373 I am Vishnu among the adityas. 374 I am the radiant sun among the shining bodies. I am Marichi among the maruts. 375 I am the moon among the stars. 376 I am the Sama Veda among the Vedas. 377 Among the gods, I am Vasava. I am the mind among the senses. And in beings, I am the consciousness. I am Shankara among the rudras. 378 I am Kubera among the yakshas and the rakshas. 379 I am fire among the vasus. 380 I am Meru. 381 O Partha! Know me to be Brihaspati, 382 foremost among the priests. Among generals, I am Skanda. 383 Among waterbodies, I am the ocean. Among great sages, I am Bhrigu. 384 Among words, I am the single syllable. 385 Among yajnas, I am japa yajna. 386 Among immovable objects, I am the Himalayas. Among all trees, I am the fig tree. 387 And among divine sages, I am Narada. Among gandharvas I am Chitraratha. 388 And among those who have attained liberation, I am the sage Kapila. 389 Among horses, know me to be Ucchaishrava, arising from the immortal nectar. 390 Among great elephants Airavata and among men, the king. Among weapons I am vajra. 391 Among cows I become kamadhenu. 392 I become Kandarpa for procreation. 393 And among snakes I am Vasuki. 394 Among serpents I am Ananta. Among those who inhabit the water, I am Varuna. 395 Among the ancestors I am Aryama. 396 Among those who control, 397 I am Yama. Among demons I am Prahlada. Among those wh devour, 399 I am time. And I am the lion 400 among animals. Among birds, I am the son of Vinata. 401 Among those that purify, I am the wind. Among those who bear weapons, I am Rama. Among fish, I am the shark. 402 And among rivers, I am Jahnavi. 403 O Arjuna! I alone am the beginning, the end and the middle of all created objects. Among all forms of knowledge, I am knowledge of the self. Among debaters, vada. 404 Among letters, I am the letter A'. Among different forms of samasa, I am dvanda. 405 Indeed I am indestructible time. My face is in every direction. I am the controller of destiny. I am death that robs everything. And I am the origin of the future. Among women, I am fame, prosperity, speech, memory, intellect, fortitude and forgiveness. In the Sama Veda, I am brihat sama. 406 Among metres, I am gayatri. Among months, I am Margashirsha. 407 Among seasons, I am kusumakara. 408 I am gambling among those who wish to cheat. 409 I am energy in the energetic. I am victory, perseverance, I am the sattva quality in the righteous. I am Vasudeva among the Vrishnis. I am Dhananjaya among those of the Pandu clan. I am Vyasa among the sages. Among the wise, I am the wise Ushanasa. 410 I am danda among those who rule. 411 I am strategy for those who wish to win. Among secret subjects, I am silence. I am knowledge among the wise. O Arjuna! Whatever is the seed of origin of every being, that is me alone. There is nothing moveable or immovable that can come into being without me. O scorcher of foes! There is no end to my divine glory.
Ref - Bibek Debroy (Tr.). The Mahabharata: Volume 5 (Kindle Locations 2812-2831). Penguin Books Ltd. Kindle Edition.

Point here is - Krishna, Vishnu, Shiva, Arjuna, Vyas all were direct manifestation of Supreme Bramhana the eternal soul.

Vishnu is one of the manifestation of Supreme eternal soul among the Aditya.
But that doesn't means Vishnu = Eternal Soul or supreme God.

Now lets find the connection between Lord Narayana and Arjuna -

Vyas told a story to King Drupada to convince him to get Draupadi married to five Pandavas -

Actually there were four former Indras who were cursed. Lord Shiva cursed the present Indra as well and asked them to born in the world of men -

"Shuddering at the god's sudden words, he40 joined his palms and told the terrible god who has many manifestations, O Bhava!41 Show me a way out today.' Smilingly, the god with the terrible bow replied, Those who act like this, do not find an escape. These others were like you and will become again. Therefore, enter the cavern and lie down there. There is no doubt that all your fates will be the same. All of you will have to be born in human wombs. Having achieved great feats of violence there and having sent a large number towards their deaths, you will again attain the world of Indra through the merit of your actions. You will achieve all that I have said and much more, with varied significance.' The earlier Indras said, We will go from the world of gods to that of men. Salvation is difficult to obtain there. Let the gods Dharma, Vayu, Maghavan and the Ashvins beget us on our mother.' Having heard this, the wielder of the vajra once again spoke to the greatest of the gods,43 With my semen, I will create a man who can accomplish this task. He will be my son and will be the fifth among these.' In his good nature, the illustrious lord with the terrible bow granted them the wishes they desired.
Ref - Translated by Bibek Debroy. The Mahabharata: Volume 1 (pp. 467-468). Penguin Books Ltd. Kindle Edition.

Point - The four former Indra took birth as four Pandavas. The fifth Indra (Present Indra - Maghavan/ Shakra) didn't took birth and told he would create a son through his semen who would become fifth and accomplish the task.

Those ones who were like Shakra and were earlier confined in the mountain cavern are none other than the valorous Pandavas, while the Pandava Savyasachi is a part of Shakra. O king! Thus it was that the former Indras were born as the Pandavas, and the celestial Lakshmi, earlier ordained to be their wife, was born as the divinely beautiful Droupadi.
Ref - Translated by Bibek Debroy. The Mahabharata: Volume 1 (p. 468). Penguin Books Ltd. Kindle Edition.

Point - Many gets confuses where Arjuna was Indra or Nara. To explain that I have added the above text. Arjuna was a part of Shakra biologically since he was born through the semen of Indra. But Nara was his soul as he was sage Nara in earlier birth.

Indra himself told the following words to Sage Lomhasa when the famous sage saw Dhanajaya in heaven with Indra during his training of weapons in heaven-

O Maharshi! This mighty-armed one is my son, born from Kunti. He has come here for a specific reason, to obtain weapons. You have not recognized him as that ancient and supreme rishi. O brahmana! Listen to me. I will tell you who he is and his purpose. Know that those two supreme and ancient rishis, Nara and Narayana, are none other than Dhananjaya and Hrishikesha. O brahmana! The sacred and famous hermitage named Badari,35 which cannot be seen even by the gods and the great-souled rishis, was the place where Vishnu and Jishnu dwelt.
Ref - The Mahabharata: Volume 2 (Kindle Locations 6250-6254). Penguin Books Ltd. Kindle Edition.

Same thing was told by Lord Shiva to Arjuna -

The illustrious god said, "You were Nara in an earlier body, the companion of Narayana. You spent many ayuta285 years in fearful austerities in Badari.286 There is supreme energy in you, like that in Vishnu, supreme among men. The universe is held up through the energy of the two of you, foremost among men. O lord! At the time of Shakra's consecration, you and Krishna oppressed the danavas and you took up the great bow that thunders like clouds.
Ref - The Mahabharata: Volume 2 (Kindle Locations 6039-6043). Penguin Books Ltd. Kindle Edition.

This is what Krishna said to Arjuna when they were in forest exile - (Section Thirty-One KAIRATA PARVA)

Janardana then spoke to Partha, "You are mine and I am yours. All that is mine is yours too. He who hates you also hates me. He who follows you also follows me. O invincible one! You are Nara and I am Hari Narayana. We are the rishis Nara and Narayana, born from that world in this world. O Partha! O descendant of the Bharata lineage! You are no other than I. I am no other than you. O bull among the Bharata lineage! No one can know any difference that exists between us.
Ref - The Mahabharata: Volume 2 (Kindle Locations 4843-4846). Penguin Books Ltd. Kindle Edition.

Point here is - They were Sage Narayana and Nara.

To understand the connection between Supreme Bramhan (the supreme God/ Lord Narayana) and Sage Narayana and then Krishna later - You need to see the explanation Vyas gave to Aswathamma after the failure of his Agneyastra - (Section Seventy-Two Narayana Astra Moksha Parva)

"Vyasa replied, You have asked me a question in wonder and the answer is extremely deep. I will tell you everything. Listen with an attentive mind. The one who is known as Narayana is older than the ancient ones. To accomplish the objective of the universe, he was born as Dharma's son.84 Stationing himself on Mount Mainaka, he performed severe austerities.
Ref - The Mahabharata: Volume 6 (p. 500). Penguin Books Ltd. Kindle Edition.

Point here is - Narayana is nothing but the supreme Bramhan - the older than the ancient one as explained in the first paragraph. He took birth as son of Dharma and even there also he had the same name as Narayana - Sage Narayana. He then prayed to Lord Shiva for many years and Shiva granted him boon -

Nilakantha said, "O Naryana! Through my favours, your strength and soul will be immeasurable, among men, gods and gandharvas. Gods, asuras, giant serpents, pishachas, gandharvas, men, rakshasas, birds, snakes and other beings born in this universe will not be able to withstand you. The gods will not be able to defeat you in a battle. Through my favours, no one will ever be able to cause you injury through weapons, the vajra, fire, wind, an object that is wet or dry, or an object that is mobile or immobile. Even if you advance in battle against me, you will be superior. In ancient times, these were the boons that were obtained by Shouri. It is that god who is roaming around now,100 confounding the earth with his maya. It is through his austerities that the great sage named Nara was born. He is equal to that god and always know him to be Arjuna. Those two supreme rishis are said to be older than the gods. To accomplish the objectives of the world, they are born from one yuga to another.
Ref - The Mahabharata: Volume 6 (p. 503). Penguin Books Ltd. Kindle Edition.

As per Sage Kanva - Bramha, The sage Nara and Narayana and only Vishnu among Adityas are eternal and without any decay. Others were subject to death-

Vaishampayana said, Having heard the words of Jamadagni's son, the illustrious rishi Kanva addressed these words to Duryodhana, in the midst of the assembly of the Kurus. "Brahma, the grandfather of the world, is eternal and without decay. The illustrious rishis Nara and Narayana are like that. Among all the Adityas, Vishnu alone is eternal, without birth, without end and the eternal lord and god. The othersthe moon, the sun, the earth, the water, the wind, the fire, the sky, the planet and the starsare subject to death. When there is the final dissolution of the universe, all of them give up the three worlds and are created again and again. There are others who die in an instantmen, animals, birds and those which are born in inferior species,84 inhabiting the world of the living.
Ref - Bibek Debroy. The Mahabharata: Volume 4 (p. 416). Penguin Books Ltd. Kindle Edition.

According to Vyas, Karna was the half part of (Vivasvana / Vivasvat / Surya) who was one of the Aditya.

Know that Bhimasena, the powerful scorcher of enemies, came from the Maruts and Partha Dhananjaya was the rishi Nara. Hrishikesha was Narayana and the twins are the Ashvins. O beautiful one! Know that Aditya, supreme among those who heat, divided himself into two parts, one for heating the worlds and the other as Karna.
Ref - The Mahabharata: Volume 10 (Kindle Locations 10007-10010). Penguin Books Ltd. Kindle Edition.

What Yudisthira Saw in Heaven - (Section Ninety-Five Svargarohana Parva) -

Vaishampayana said, King Yudhishthira was praised by the gods, the rishis and the Maruts and went to where the bulls among the Kurus were. He saw Govinda, in his form of the brahman. This had not been seen earlier and nothing like this had been recognized before. He blazed in his own form and celestial weapons presented themselves, in personified forms. There was the celestial chakra and other terrible weapons, all in embodied forms. He was being worshipped by the brave Phalguna, also in an extremely radiant form. Karna, supreme among the wielders of weapons, was in a different spot. The descendant of the Kuru lineage saw him with the twelve Adityas. In yet another place, the lord saw Bhima with a handsome body, surrounded by a large number of Maruts.
Ref - The Mahabharata: Volume 10 (Kindle Locations 10884-10890). Penguin Books Ltd. Kindle Edition.

Further it was told -

Soma16 had a powerful and immensely energetic son named Varcha. He was born as Phalguna's son, Abhimanyu, lion among men. He followed the dharma of kshatriyas and fought the way no man ever has. On the completion of his deeds, the maharatha, with dharma in his soul, entered Soma. O bull among men! Karna entered his father, the sun.
Ref - The Mahabharata: Volume 10 (Kindle Locations 10922-10924). Penguin Books Ltd. Kindle Edition.

Point here is - Karna was among Adityas as he was the half part of sun and after death he got merged into Sun.

Supreme Bramhan or the eternal soul or Lord Narayana's abode is known as Vaikuntha.
Arjuna was with Krishna who in the form of Supreme Bramhan / Lord Narayana.
The abode of Supreme Bramhan / Lord Narayana is the highest place one can attain and Only Arjuna attained that and none else.
It was only Arjuna who attained the highest place along with Krishna.
It also makes clear that abode of Adityas and Supreme Bramhan's abode was not same.
As Yudisthira clearly stated they were seen in different place

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