No one is exempt from rigours of Divine Law

CHENNAI, OCT. 2. God sends a man to this world to go through an eventful journey called ``Life'', with a purpose. Once his assigned job is over, the earth has no more need for him. This is true even in the case of God when He takes an incarnation as a human being. Alone, a person comes and leaves without anyone accompanying him. The wealth that he possesses, the knowledge he acquires, the success that he achieves and the fame that he earns should therefore be considered as valuable gifts granted by Almighty. These privileges conferred on him should be put to best use and once the duties entrusted to him, with the help of these assets, are completed, he should surrender himself. This is Divine Law and the fact that no one is exempt from its rigours is demonstrated by God when He appeared as Krishna. His task of establishing moral order having ended, He too had to quit as any other human being. His associate, through whom the God-incarnate proved how Justice will always prevail over evil, also experienced a strange weakness within himself, unable to show his muscle power even before a few ordinary persons, though he was known for his valour, having defeated those considered invincible. Under God's Law, he lost his power as he was due to leave for heaven, his duties here having been finished successfully. That was Arjuna to whom Sage Vyasa unfolded the mystery behind ``creation''.

In his Mahabharatam lecture, Sri K. P. Arivanandam said when a calamity is due to fall and destruction awaits the wicked forces, they will work out evil designs. Krishna was cursed to die and his kith and kin were also destined to undergo similar fate as the Kauravas met. How such designs take shape can be seen when a few from His clan cut a cruel practical joke with some saintly men, by presenting a young man, dressing him like a woman and requesting them to foretell whether ``she'' would deliver a boy or a girl. Through their spiritual powers, these sages guessed what had happened, replied that ``she'' would give birth to a ``mace'' which would prove to be the cause for their total annihilation. This turned true and the Yadhavas were destroyed in a mutual fight. Krishna too was ``killed'' when He was lying on the ground by a hunter who mistook Him to be an animal. Krishna left this world after He had served the cause for which He came. The earth was like a flower that had lost its fragrance. The epic reveals how God's representatives through their austerities and penace were able to demonstrate that they could make living people see the departed men.

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