Sri Krishnaya Namah! Lord Krishna knows for sure that if any one that Drona believes is only the word of Yudhistira and hence He creates a scenario where Yudhistira, seeing the elephant named Ashwathama being killed by Bhima, shouts likewise, and the intermittent sounds spell blocking Yudhistira's words doom for Drona, who only hears the worst, thus enabling Yudhistira to see the worst in the hell, for his unknowing fault. Actually, in this scenario, nobody is to be blamed except Drona, who had partaken the side of Adharma, that made Lord Krishna resort to such measures. Dharmaraya, as is his wont, cannot tell a lie and he had been dragged by the Lord, rather used by Him to authenticate the statement. Thus Lord Krishna, uses one fine quality of Dharmaraya to its good use at an most opportune time. He manipulates the situation in His own way and His leela is incomprehensible. Here Yudhistira, though not intended to say lie, has been made to see Hell, just because Drona understood his words differently(though due to intermittent sound) thus sacrificing his life. Sukumar Sri Krishna Parabrahmane Namah! -----Original Message----- From: Gowri Raviganesh [SMTP:gowri.raviganesh@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 12/06/2003 11:27 AM To: Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [Oppiliappan] Re: Yudhishtara's lies Dear Sri Sudharshan, Agreed Yudhistar suppressed the truth (not being truthful) . But my understanding is that such acts are considered being truthful if it leads for a good cause ( in this case lead to victory of Dharma)? adiyen' Lakshmi >>> sampathkumar_2000@xxxxxxxxx 06/09/03 12:21am >>> Sir, Wise men of the past tell us that there is a world of a difference between "Being truthful" and "Speaking the truth". WHen the Upanishad says "satyam vada", it means "Be truthful" at all times. This phrase does not mean "Speak the truth". Yudhishtara when he cried out "asvattAmA hatah kunjara:" he was surely "speaking the truth" but was he really "being truthful"? No. He was referring to an elephant called AsvattAma being felled although he knew it was only meant to convey to Drona the false impression that Asvattama, his son, was no more. In Latin there is a saying that "suppressio veri" and "suggestio falsi" are one and the same i.e. one can be untruthful in 2 ways: you can suppress truth as well as suggest falsehood. In both cases one would be violating the real spirit of the Upanishadic dictum "satyam vada..". Trust this clarifies your question. Regards, dAsan, Sudarshan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). <http://calendar.yahoo.com> Yahoo! Groups Sponsor Yahoo! Groups Sponsor <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=251812.3170658.4537139.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=1705 075991:HM/A=1564416/R=0/SIG=11ti81skc/*http://www.netflix.com/Default?mq so=60164797&partid=3170658> << OLE Object: Picture (Metafile) >> <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=251812.3170658.4537139.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170 5075991:HM/A=1564416/R=0/SIG=11ti81skc/*http://www.netflix.com/Default?m qso=60164797&partid=3170658> << OLE Object: Picture (Metafile) >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>.
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