The narrative
from epic Mahabharata regarding game of dice between Kaurvas and Pandvas in
which the honor of Darupdi, the wife of five Pandvas, is put at stake is an apt
illustration of surrender to Lord Krishna.
Pandvas lost
their entire kingdom in the gamble to Kaurvas. To save their empire, Pandvas
put Darupdi as the terminal bet to salvage their empire. But they lost Darupdi
too. Having won the Game, Kaurvas proceeded to take vendetta of the past enmity
between the two families.
Duryaodhan, the head of Kaurvas clan, ordered
his brother Dushasana for disrobing Darupdi from her sari. Dushasana unwraps
layers and layers of her sari. Terrified with fear, she looked for some
compassionate intervention by all those present in the court and especially
from five husbands--the Pandavas. None responded to her agony of being abused
publically.
At the last
moment when the last layer of the sari was to be snatched, she remembers and
prays Lord Krishna for help. A miracle occurs henceforward as her sari keeps
getting extended, everyone looks upon in awe, and Dushasana himself is forced
to stop due to exhaustion. That was how the honor of Darupdi was protected by
Divine intermediation.
A few days later
Darupdi goes in person to express her gratitude to Lord Krishna. She also asks
the Lord why He helped her in the last moment and why not earlier. Lord Krishna
responded that she remembered Him “only” at the last moment.
The moral is so
long as disciples and seekers continue to seek illusive crutches of family, relationships
or material paraphernalia; they prevent the power play of the Divinity. It is
the self- extermination of ego and complete surrender that lead to the
blessings and the grace of the Lord.
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