BHARATH GYAN
Ways of a Guru
A Guru for All
In Indian thought, the word for anyone or
any force that is capable of lifting – people,
things, thoughts etc. is denoted by the root
word Gur from which we get
• Guru for a teacher and guide – one who
lifts one’s quality of life and thoughts,
• Gurutva Akarshana for gravity – that
which attracts and prevents lift off / drift
away,
• Gaurav for pride - which is a form of a
lifted ego, etc.
3 Women and their 3 ways to their Guru
The Mahabharata, in many ways can be seen
to have been steered by the influence of 3
powerful women.
- Satyavati – the widowed wife of
King Shantanu, who strove hard
to revive the Kuru lineage when
both her sons died with no heirs - Kunti – the daughter-in-law of Satyavati
and widowed wife of King Pandu,
whose return to the Kuru kingdom
with the 5 sons of King Pandu, the 5
Pandava, post her husband’s death in
the forest, sparked off jealousy and
feud between heirs of the Kuru lineage - Draupadi – the daughter-in-law of Kunti
and wife to the 5 Pandavas, whose
physical abuse and ensuing vow kept the
fires of revenge raging among the heirs
of the Kuru lineage, finally leading to one
of world’s most bitter wars for the throne
of the Kuru kingdom, that too within the- D.K.Hari & D.K.Hema Hari
very same Kuru lineage, at the end of
which, were hardly left any offsprings
in the next generation to carry on the
lineage.It then needed Krishna, to work out ways to
revive atleast one offspring from an entire
Kuru lineage of over 108 descendants who
went to battle.The rest is history. It is indeed the history of
this land called Bharat, India.Each of these 3 women were the daughters-
in-law of the Kuru dyanasty. Each of these
3 women had turned to a Krishna then, for
counsel.Satyavati
Satyavati had turned to
her premarital son Krishna
Dwaipayana, more popularly
and reverentially known as Veda
Vyasa, for help.Krishna Dwaipayana is
considered in Indian thought as
an incarnation of the Divinity
Vishnu. Across the last 5
millennia since the Mahabharata
period, this Krishna Dwaipayana
has been held as the Muni Sreshta and Guru
Sreshta, by all, for His compilation of the
Veda and Purana, the guiding works of India.
His birthday has since, been celebrated as
Guru Poornima.But, Satyavati had turned to Krishna