tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123869814586379534.post6284575143816311027..comments2023-10-11T04:35:04.246-05:00Comments on Reflections: In Drona's defence - the case of EkalavyaSatchitanandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06912198636769834489noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123869814586379534.post-40885498434488370382022-02-05T08:20:57.167-06:002022-02-05T08:20:57.167-06:00Sir I think you misread my comment. I never said h...Sir I think you misread my comment. I never said he was a baby! Can you please read my comment again? I was referring Adolf Hitler as a baby. Hope you are doing well health wise now.Vineet Mishra(THE car-nama)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10028691452911419432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123869814586379534.post-85274658372191592542022-01-30T18:57:00.466-06:002022-01-30T18:57:00.466-06:00Apologize for the delayed response due to my healt...Apologize for the delayed response due to my health. When we anachronistically apply today's standards, will you let someone steal nuclear secrets of a country and let them go? But sadly that's the sad state when ghastly crimes are let go wrongly in India as the minor got away in Nirbhaya case. This would not happen in the West, when only the crimes are looked into and not some lame excuse. Your imagination that Ekalavya was baby is worse than misinformation, pure fantasy. He was a youth. Remember this Gurukula was also teaching the much older Karna. Yudhistra who was much older than Nakula-Sahadeva was also in the class. They were not babies. Please do not bring fantasy accounts of modern TV depiction to study Itihasapuranas, only use its lens and facts.<br /><br />Again the poor baby was not unhappy when Drona asked for Gurudakshina. He felt honored. Note, Drona did endanger the lives of Pandavas and Kauravas when he sent in harm's way asking the captivity of Drupada to avenge his wounded pride. That time the same babies went out as Kshatriyas, you were not raising objections then?<br /><br />What even Ekalavya felt as proper, we bring our half knowledge of dharma to judge. Drona had his flaws elsewhere, but in this episode he is perfect. He sets the standard for a Guru, for a statesman, for a leader who knew the consequences of such technology being stolen. It is us, who need a cleansing of our mind which is corrupted with fake modernistic twists and prejudice. Jai Shri Ram!!Satchitanandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06912198636769834489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123869814586379534.post-4220822103977496502022-01-20T11:31:42.773-06:002022-01-20T11:31:42.773-06:00Very well written sir but I have one doubt. If I a...Very well written sir but I have one doubt. If I analyze the situation again with today's standard, I still feel demanding a thumb was way too cruel. Imagine a situation where I give you a time machine and tell you to murder baby Hitler. Would anyone kill the baby for his future atrocity? Thanks would love to hear from youVineet Mishra(THE car-nama)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10028691452911419432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123869814586379534.post-73774621633047015022019-02-10T20:36:24.646-06:002019-02-10T20:36:24.646-06:00It becomes parents and elders duty to learn and pr...It becomes parents and elders duty to learn and provide the correct information if we want our scriptures to be preserved for posterity. Appreciate you taking time to share with your son and others.Satchitanandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06912198636769834489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123869814586379534.post-40383176785969782442019-02-10T20:35:23.877-06:002019-02-10T20:35:23.877-06:00Thank you for your kind thoughts.Thank you for your kind thoughts.Satchitanandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06912198636769834489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123869814586379534.post-22437081491167409472019-02-08T22:29:53.029-06:002019-02-08T22:29:53.029-06:00According to Harivamsha, Ekalavya was actually the...According to Harivamsha, Ekalavya was actually the cousin of Lord KrishNa. He was the son of Devashrava,the 3rd brother of Vasudeva. Think he was discarded in his infant stage as he was destined to be a curse to the society. So if such a person gets to wield power the destruction to the society can be immeasurable. One can remember Vidura gave a similar advise to Dhritharaashtra when DuryOdhana was born.(As heard by learned people).Madhavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05158698696815935452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123869814586379534.post-65796794315821778792019-02-08T22:12:17.147-06:002019-02-08T22:12:17.147-06:00Perfectly analysed! Archery is Dhanurveda. As you ...Perfectly analysed! Archery is Dhanurveda. As you have rightly said "Acquiring any skill set requires the right mindset and understanding Dharma"! If not it is like Pakistan or any country following the path of Adharma possessing Nuclear weapons which is a threat for all. Thankyou Satchit, Very well written !<br />Madhavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05158698696815935452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123869814586379534.post-14711889512815874872018-07-16T02:17:55.761-05:002018-07-16T02:17:55.761-05:00The textbook of my son describes this story and de...The textbook of my son describes this story and declares caste factor for the faith of Ekalavya. Students from class five have been brainwashed. Thanks to your enlightened article. Dashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07837021420031816503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123869814586379534.post-44512784514636907212016-11-25T07:01:22.273-06:002016-11-25T07:01:22.273-06:00Thanks to all for your continued readership. Appre...Thanks to all for your continued readership. Appreciate Vrishchakji's attempts to expand this platform as a discussion. This is the very purpose of my writing. I envision as the person who gives these tools and would love more and more to use them. Open discussions, rekindle stale ideas that are thrust on us. Challenge the motivated paradigms we are confined into. Engage. Not just in familiar forums, but more openly with live people.Satchitanandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06912198636769834489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123869814586379534.post-77806437782070551892016-11-24T21:53:50.842-06:002016-11-24T21:53:50.842-06:00Brilliant article academic in nature provided clar...Brilliant article academic in nature provided clarity to misinterpreted notion I had been narrated earlier. Thank you. JayZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16078792699012340406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123869814586379534.post-34562557919493901362016-11-24T18:55:36.183-06:002016-11-24T18:55:36.183-06:00Satchitananda's article has identified the cru...Satchitananda's article has identified the crux of the problem, namely:<br /><br />1.) Distortions - willful and otherwise... such as over a passage of time, personal biases etc.<br /><br />2.) Breaking India forces and their well oiled machinery of sepoys.<br /><br />3.) "Educated" masses who lack the rigour to deep dive. I must admit that I too did not know. However the point is that many are not willing to see why Krishna and Geeta can never stand for A-Dharma (non righteousness). With their confrontational biases they mould the event to their liking.<br />In a nut shell, hear say does not constitute to be facts but *only* fiction.<br /><br />Vedas, Buddha's utterings specifically Sutanipata 9.57.58, 7.21.22/27 specifically point to no caste based prerogatives and priviliedges but solely on mental makeup -temperament. Astrimrit - 141 does precisely the same.<br /><br />So it is obvious that these distortions will be deliberate and it is left to the reader to pursue the right way in view of Satchitananda's detailed article.Vrishchakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12478195605520528376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123869814586379534.post-60777133125817499012016-11-24T00:30:36.601-06:002016-11-24T00:30:36.601-06:00The idea that Ekalavya was a very colorful charact...The idea that Ekalavya was a very colorful character whose many sides deserve a lot of attention and analysis is well obvious but the fact that there is such a deep significance to that is something I learnt from your verbose article. Many thanks.Girish Venkatachalamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07809220625442852073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123869814586379534.post-66956705969283133992016-11-23T13:21:32.812-06:002016-11-23T13:21:32.812-06:00Each character in our scriptures still alive among...Each character in our scriptures still alive among us. Interesting views.JKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13733388649729549642noreply@blogger.com