II SHAHEER SHEIKH II ~VIRAT SANGRAMJITH BRIHANNALA~ AT #33 - Page 21

Originally posted by: Sukanya_Datta

Good Night Peeps!!!

Originally posted by: devashree_h

Damn Sukku, best scene of ArDi. Lovely coloring!! 🤗

To please Agni, the fire-god, Krsna arranged to offer him the Khanava forest. The Lord, asked Arjuna to burn down the forest and would accompany him as his charioteer. Agni (the demigod in charge of the southeastern portion of the universe) was so satisfied with the offering that he presented Arjuna with the Gandiva bow, a team of horses, a chariot, two inexhaustible quivers, and armor.

This sloka was recited by Grandfather Bhisma dev as he lay on the bed of arrows.

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The Mahabharata, Adi Parva, Chapter 225 to 227:

Once Agni wanted to eat the entire forest forest Khandava with its dwellers. He tried seven times but could not succeed.

Agni went to Lord Brahma for help. Lord Brahma directed Agni to seek the assistance from Lord Krishna and Arjuna who were the incarnations of Nara- Narayana.

When Agni (Pavaka) sought their help, Arjuna (Vibhatsu) said unto him these words well-suited to the occasion,

'I have numberless excellent celestial weapons with which I can fight even many wielders of the thunderbolt. I have NO BOW suited to the strength of my arms, and capable of bearing the might I may put forth in battle. My car also is scarcely able to bear load of arrows that I would desire to keep by me.

I desire celestial steeds (horses) of PURE WHITE white, possessing the speed of the wind; and a car possessing the splendour of the sun and the clatter of whose wheels should resemble the roar of the clouds.'

(Agni got the bow (Gandiva), two inexhaustible quivers and the chariot from Varuna and gave these to Arjuna.)

...car furnished with celestial weapons and whose banner bore a large ape. Yoked unto that car were steeds white as silver of the fleecy clouds, and born in the region of the Gandharvas, and decked with golden harness, and resembling in fleetness the wind or the mind. And it was equipped with implement of war, and was incapable of being vanquished by the celestials or the Asuras. Its splendour was great and the sounds of its wheels was tremendous. It delighted the heart of every creature that looked at it. It had been made by Viswakarman, the architect of the universe and one of the lords of creation, after severe ascetic meditation. Its splendour, like that of the sun, was so great that no one could gaze at it. It was the very car from which the lord Soma had vanquished the Danavas. Resplendent with beauty, it looked like an evening cloud reflecting the effulgence of the setting sun. It was furnished with an excellent flag-staff of golden colour and great beauty. And there sat upon that flag-staff a celestial ape of form fierce like that of a lion or a tiger...'

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Mahabharata, Anusasana Parva, Chapter 143:

23 sa ekada kaksagato mahatmah tpto vibhu khanave dhumaketuh
sa raksasan uragas cavajityah sarvatra gah sarvam agnau juhoti

Once on a time, the high-souled and puissant Krishna dwelt, for a while, in the form of Agni in the forest of Khandava among some straw or dry grass. Soon was He gratified (for he consumed all the medicinal herbs in that forest). Capable of going everywhere at will, it was Krishna who, having subjugated the Rakshasas and Uragas, poured them as libations upon the blazing fire.

24 sa evasva svetam asva prayacchat; sa evasvan atha sarvas cakara
trivandhuras tasya rathas tricakras trivc chiras caturasva ca tasya

It is Krishna who gave unto Arjuna a number of white steeds. It is He who is the creator of all steeds. This world (or, human life) represents his car. He it is that yokes that car for setting it in motion. That car has three wheels (viz., the three attributes of Sattwa, Rajas, and Tamas). It has three kinds of motion (for it goes upwards or downwards or transversely, implying superior, inferior, and intermediate birth as brought about by acts).

It has FOUR HORSES yoked to it (viz., Time, Predestiny, the will of the deities, and one's own will). It has three naves (white, black, and mixed, implying good acts, evil acts and acts that are of a mixed character).

(The imagery associated with the Bhagavad Gita is that of a chariot with four horses. Arjuna is inside the chariot and the chariot is being driven by Lord Krishna. The human body is the chariot and Arjun is the embodied soul. This body (chariot) is being driven by the Supreme Lord. God's will prevails.)

Originally posted by: Sukanya_Datta

Good Night Peeps!!!

Originally posted by: Uma90

Oh Sukanya!! love u for this avi 🤗 Looks dreamy...