Friday, May 27, 2016

831. Criticizing others is Homicide and Self-Boasting is Suicide.

Criticizing other has many reasons one of the prominent being envy or jealousy. If there is no tolerance towards other one become jealous about others getting more attention and cannot digest. This could be because of feel inferior which might have cropped up due to pride. If this is let loose then it becomes a habit to criticize other and criticism will become way of life. The lack of will to appreciate makes one search for the flaws so that he can criticize.

 Criticism is an indirect form of boasting. Boasting is blowing one’s own trumpet and telling others about the achievements, intelligence, status and so on. Boasting might help gain the confidence of other but it will never help self as the Self is the ultimate knower. Boasting is like bluffing and creates a false prestige which is unwanted. Boasting which would start as telling what is really there will lure to say what is not in the due course. It further leads to exaggerate things unnecessarily putting one in a situation to write the screenplay dialogues and do the direction also along with acting.

At the time of Kurukshetra war when Dronacharya was killed, Karna takes over as the commander-in-chief of Kaurava army. He goes on a rampage killing the great warriors in the Pandava army. Karna was challenged by Nakula who said he would kill him as he was a thorn in the Pandavas army. Karna just smiled at his remarks and asked him to show his skills in action not in mere words. Infuriated Nakula went all out at Karna but could not be a match and his bow was cut to pieces. Karna caught him and said, “Stop boasting, I have given a word that I will not kill any of the Pandavas expect Arjuna so I let you go.” Saying this Karna let him off.

After the end of the days war Nakula went straight to Yudhisthira and narrated the humiliation heaped on him by Karna. Yudhisthira looked at Arjuna and said, “Your Gandiva is good for nothing” as Arjuna is unable to control the outrage of Karna.

Arjuna had taken a vow that whoever humiliates him he will forgive but would not spare those who humiliates his Gandiva, the bow which was gifted to him by Agnideva. Arjuna had to kill Yudhisthira but he cannot do it as he was his elder brother. And at the same time he cannot break his vow. Sri Krishna who was witnessing all this came to Arjuna and suggested him to criticize Yudhisthira. Sri Krishna tells Arjuna, “According to shastras criticizing a person would be equal to kill him. So if you criticize your elder brother it would be like killing him.” Arjuna thought it was a better idea and anyhow he was wild about Yudhisthira for letting all of them be used as stake at the game of dice along with Draupadi. Taking it as an opportunity Arjuna started to criticizes Yudhisthira for being mild and tolerant towards Duryodhana and his brothers. Arjuna points out that because of him Draupadi had to face humiliation in the assembly. It was the result of his soft decisions that they lost their rightful share of kingdom.

Standing at the corner Sri Krishna was enjoying all this as he knew that anger in the subconscious mind of Arjuna had to flush out. Then after criticizing his elder brother Arjuna draws his sword to end himself. Sri Krishna asks him what the reason was. Arjuna replied, “According to shastras criticizing ones elder brother is unpardonable sin and hence I am unworthy to live on this earth after speaking against my elder brother.” Sri Krishna told Arjuna, “Do not worry I have a suggestion even for this, according to shastras just as criticizing other is equal to killing so is boasting equal to suicide. If you boast about yourself it is like killing yourself.”

If you criticize a person it is like killing him, and if you boast about self it is like killing yourself.


Please Let’s Not Commit Suicide………….!

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