sought after for counsel and help, has been
approached – with commanding love, with
awe and humility and with total faith.
In all 3 cases, the counsel and help rendered,
has lifted them up from that doom.
Though Satyavati, Kunti and Draupadi had
been the 3 strong women of the powerful
Kuru dynasty, they had also needed a Guru
and through their conduct towards such
a guide, they had shown how a Guru, the
Guru Tattva can take the form of a friend, a
philosopher and a guide depending on each
one’s mental makeup, how each one relates
to the Guru Tattva and approaches his / her
Guru.
Is it with commanding love, is it in despair, is
it with awe and humility, is it with admiration,
is it with respect or is it with complete trust?
There is a Guru to answer all such calls and
there will always be a need for a Guru by all.
Arjuna’s Need for a Guru
As the narrations of Mahabharata go, when
Arjuna throws down his bow in despair on
seeing that the army he has to fight with,
comprises of none others than his Guru,
elders of his family, cousins and friends, it
puts Krishna in greater despair.
Krishna finds Himself in a fix now.
He had promised Draupadi, that even
though He would not lift any arms in the war,
in accordance with the word He had given
to Duryodhana, He would ensure that the
wrong done unto Draupadi is set right.
Now, if Arjuna refused to fight with the
Kaurava, how would the world see right from
the wrong?How would Krishna be able to face Draupadi?A Guru’s Need Too
Traditional narrators cite here, how it is the
thought of Draupadi at this instant, which
makes Krishna resolve to teach Arjuna the
concepts of the 4 principles that sustain
existence namely, Dharma, Artha, Kama,
Moksha.This motivation, resolution and trigger for
Krishna Himself, is what makes Him deliver
the greatest of all counsels, the Bhagavad
Gita, the song of the Divine.This episode shows
that a Guru too needs
atleast one soul who
looks up to him / her. For
otherwise, where is the
outlet for all the selfless
love, knowledge, counsel
and help that a Guru is a
reservoir of?Who can the Guru lift then?With the advent of every Guru, also arrives
on earth atleast one worthy follower.A Guru-Sishya pair is an eternal, ever
complementing one.This is why there had to be a Nara for
Narayana and an Arjuna for Krishna.The pinnacle however has been the case of
a Draupadi for Krishna, who signified a total
surrender with faith and got an unfailing
upliftment in return.BHARATH GYAN