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Vyasadyair iswara iha jnai krishnena adbhutakarmana
Prabodhito api itihasair na abudhyta sucharpiiah.
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Vyasdyair—by great sages headed by Vyasa, Iswara—the Almighty God, Iha—by the will of, jnai—by the learned, Krisnena—by Krishna Himself, Adbhutakarmana—by one who performs all superhuman work, Prabodhito—being solaced, Api—although, Itihasair—by evidences from the histories, Na—not, Abudhyata—satisfied. Sucharpitah—distressed.
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King Yudhisthir who was too much aggrieved could not be convinced even though he was instructed by great sages headed by Vyasa and Lord Krishna Himself the performer of superhuman tasks, all with evidences from the histories.
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The pious king Yudhisthir was too much mortified on account of mass massacre of human beings in the battle of Kurukshetra specially executed on his account. Duryodhan was there on the throne and he was doing well in the matter of administration and in one sense there was no need of fighting. But on the principle of justice Yudhisthir was to be replaced and the whole clique of politics centered round this point and all the kings and residents of the whole world became involved in this matter of fighting between the rival brothers. Lord Krishna was also there on the side of King Yudhisthir. It is said in the Mahabharata that (Adj. 20 Ch.) sixty four crores of men were killed in eighteen days in the battle of Kurukshetra and some crores of men were missing. Practically this was the grearest battle in the world within 5000 five thousands of years.
#$p#This mass killing of human beings simply for the matter of enthroning Maharaj Yudhisthir was too much mortifying and as such he was tried to be convinced with evidences from histories by great sages like Vyasa and the Lord Himself also that the fight was just because the cause was just. But maharaj Yudhisthir could not be satisfied even though he was instructed by the greatest personalities of the time. Krishna is designated herein as the performer of Superhuman actions but in this particular instance He could not convince King Yudhisthir along with Vyasa. Does it mean that He failed to be a Superhurman actor? No certainly not. The interpretation is that the Lord as Iswara or the Super soul both in the heart of King Yudhisthir and Vyasa performed still more superhuman action because the Lord desired like that. As super soul of King Yudhisthir, He did not allow the King to be convinced by the words of Vyasa and others including Himself because He desired that the King should hear instructions from dying Bhisma Deva who was another great devotee of the Lord. The Lord wanted that at the last stage of his material existence the great warrior Bhisma Deva must see the Lord Personally as well as His beloved grandchildren King Yudhisthir etc. now situated on the throne and thus pass away very peacefully. Bhismadeva was not at all satisfied to fight against Pandavas who were his beloved fatherless grandchildren. But the Kshatriyas are also very stern people and therefore he was obliged to take side of the Duryodhana because he was maintained at the expense of Duryodhana. Besides this the Lord also desired that King Yudhisthir should be pacified by the words of Bhisma Deva so that the world may see that Bhismadeva excelled all in knowledge including the Lord Himself.
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#dd#kṛṣṇenādbhuta-karmaṇā#/dd#
#dd#prabodhito 'pītihāsair#/dd#
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vyāsa&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vyāsa-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ādyaiḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ādyaiḥ#/i# — by great sages headed by Vyāsa; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=īśvara&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#īśvara#/i# — the almighty God; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=īhā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#īhā#/i# — by the will of; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=jñaiḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#jñaiḥ#/i# — by the learned; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kṛṣṇena&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kṛṣṇena#/i# — by Kṛṣṇa Himself; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=adbhuta&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#adbhuta-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=karmaṇā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#karmaṇā#/i# — by one who performs all superhuman work; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=prabodhitaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#prabodhitaḥ#/i# — being solaced; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=api&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#api#/i# — although; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=itihāsaiḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#itihāsaiḥ#/i# — by evidences from the histories; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=na&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#na#/i# — not; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=abudhyata&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#abudhyata#/i# — satisfied; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=śucā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#śucā #a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=arpitaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#arpitaḥ#/i# — distressed.
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King Yudhiṣṭhira, who was much aggrieved, could not be convinced, despite instructions by great sages headed by Vyāsa and the Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself, the performer of superhuman feats, and despite all historical evidence.
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The pious King Yudhiṣṭhira was mortified because of the mass massacre of human beings in the Battle of Kurukṣetra, especially on his account. Duryodhana was there on the throne, and he was doing well in his administration, and in one sense there was no need of fighting. But on the principle of justice Yudhiṣṭhira was to replace him. The whole clique of politics centered around this point, and all the kings and residents of the whole world became involved in this fight between the rival brothers. Lord Kṛṣṇa was also there on the side of King Yudhiṣṭhira. It is said in the #i#Mahābhārata, Adi-parva#/i# (20) that 640,000,000 men were killed in the eighteen days of the Battle of Kurukṣetra, and some hundreds of thousands were missing. Practically this was the greatest battle in the world within five thousand years.
#$p#This mass killing simply to enthrone Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was too mortifying, so he tried to be convinced with evidences from histories by great sages like Vyāsa and the Lord Himself that the fight was just because the cause was just. But Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira would not be satisfied, even though he was instructed by the greatest personalities of the time. Kṛṣṇa is designated herein as the performer of superhuman actions, but in this particular instance neither He nor Vyāsa could convince King Yudhiṣṭhira. Does it mean that He failed to be a superhuman actor? No, certainly not. The interpretation is that the Lord as #i#īśvara#/i#, or the Supersoul in the hearts of both King Yudhiṣṭhira and Vyāsa, performed still more superhuman action because the Lord desired it. As Supersoul of King Yudhiṣṭhira, He did not allow the King to be convinced by the words of Vyāsa and others, including Himself, because He desired that the King hear instructions from the dying Bhīṣmadeva, who was another great devotee of the Lord. The Lord wanted that at the last stage of his material existence the great warrior Bhīṣmadeva see Him personally and see his beloved grandchildren, King Yudhiṣṭhira, etc., now situated on the throne, and thus pass away very peacefully. Bhīṣmadeva was not at all satisfied to fight against the Pāṇḍavas, who were his beloved fatherless grandchildren. But the #i#kṣatriyas#/i# are also very stern people, and therefore he was obliged to take the side of Duryodhana because he was maintained at the expense of Duryodhana. Besides this, the Lord also desired that King Yudhiṣṭhira be pacified by the words of Bhīṣmadeva so that the world could see that Bhīṣmadeva excelled all in knowledge, including the Lord Himself.
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