A thought provoking article on Krishna...
KRISHNA THE MIRROR
Ill fame was something that never bothered Krishna at any time in his life - once he knew what was ultimately right. In this, he was a complete contrast to his earlier avatar, Ram.
For Ram, the opinion of the world was of utmost importance. For the sake of public judgement, he even abandoned his beloved wife, of whose purity he did not have the least doubt.
Krishna on the other hand, never took his decisions by asking himself, "What would everyone think of me?" It simply did not matter to him.
Ram showed a static and perfect ideal who you could try to understand and emulate.
Krishna on the other hand, was dynamic and elusive. He could not be pinned down and defined.
Ram represented human perfection.
Krishna represented completion, infinity.
Ram was a perfect image.
Krishna was a perfect mirror.
He reflected you. What you see in him, is a reflection of your hidden face. By himself, he was face-less, or rather the face of the Infinite.
What Krishna did in the war to the Kaurava forces, was simply mirror back to them what they had done all their lives.
It was the poetic justice of the universe
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Throughout their lives, the Kauravas used deceit. Deceit was their second nature, and they had absolutely no qualms in resorting to it.
"Dharma" was a word they used for convenience.
When they were at an advantage, dharma did not exist.
When they were at a disadvantage, dharma suddenly became very important.
They quoted rules when it suited them, and broke rules when it didn't.
When they played foul, they justified it. But when foul was played on them, they complained about injustice.
For them, "adharma" was a way of life. "Dharma" was simply a tool. It was a tool to benefit from. And the benefits were always personal.
In the war, Krishna mirrored their philosophy.
He said, "What they are doing is adharma; what we are doing is also adharma.
'But there is a difference.
'We are using adharma to establish dharma.
'They are using adharma to establish adhrama.
'Why -all their lives, they even used "dharma" as a cover to establish adharma."
It wasn't a question of right and wrong, for Krishna. It was a question of purpose. It was a question of whether you would be successful in achieving the purpose within the limitations of rules, when playing against serial rule breakers.
He did not say that what he did was right.
But what he was trying to achieve, was right.
At a deeper level, Krishna was simply the Law of Karma, mirroring back and nullifying the Kaurava deeds, answering back to them in their own language.
Scandals and disrepute always followed Krishna like a shadow. But he never bothered about it.
Krishna's commitment was to higher ideals, not public opinion.
Krishna was the Universal Force in human form.
He could not be tied down or restrained.
Even as a child, his foster mother could not tie him down.
Never mind that the world would interpret him as an immoral God.
Never mind that he would never be understood.
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