Thread by @varadadya

#StoryTime

A Little tale from #Mahabharata.

Arjuna elopes with Subadhra in elder-brother Krishnas Ratha. Pitamaha Bheeshma is very angry with Arjuna as this was against the Tradition. Subhadra’s other brother Balrama had already promised Subhadra’s marriage to Duryodhana.

Krishna tried to convince Bhishma about how Arjuna was the right man for Subhadra and his action was right too, but Bhishma was adamant. The conversation that then happened between Krishna and Bhishma is as follows:

Bhishma: "I am not happy with this marriage because this is against the tradition. A person can trust another person only when traditions are followed and respected.

Without following traditions, trust cannot be established".

Krishna: (Giggles) "Traditions…! Traditions are like mango fruit. In the beginning, it tastes bitter. Some days later it becomes sour. People, who like sour taste, eat that fruit with great pleasure. After some days, mango becomes sweet and thus becomes everybody’s favourite...

But, after some more days, it gets rotten. It starts smelling bad. People fall ill who still eat that rotten mango. And as time passes on, that fruit remains of no use. Not even its pit".

"I don’t have any problem with traditions as such, but when the same traditions become a reason for one’s exploitation, cause more harm than good & become a hurdle in the change for the better, then such rotten traditions should be destroyed & new traditions should take a birth"

Bhishma: "Who decides which traditions are rotten? You, Lord Krishna?"

Krishna: "No! Time will decide it! And no one can disobey time’s order. This is the period of solstice for the entire Aryavarta."

"The way the Sun changes its path in solstice; the whole Aryavarta too is going to change its path. Old traditions will break, old dynasties will get destroyed. New dharma will be established and a new era will begin."

"And a time will come when you will have to decide on which side you want to be on. Because everyone will be caught in this trap of time. People who promote lies will become the cause of this transformation and people who walk on path of truth will establish the new era".

And this is decided !!!

So, spoke, Shri Krishna Parmatma. A Divine announcement of the war of #Mahabharata.

यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम् ॥४-७॥

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् ।
धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ॥४-८॥