After the Mahabharatha war got over - SriKrishna and Arjuna Arjuna was saved from many calamities. There are many other incidents which cannot be described in a short compass. Then in the Karna Parva, Sri Krishna pressed the chariot, making it sink down a few inches into the earth so that the arrow of Karna passed over the head of Arjuna, taking his crown but missing his head. Then, when all the war was over and everyone had finished his work, Sri Krishna said to Arjuna, “By providence, your work is done. Now you get down from the chariot first.” Generally the chariot driver gets down first. He does not tell the passenger to get down first. But here the chariot driver said, “You get down first.” Arjuna could not understand what the matter was. He got down. Then Sri Krishna got down from the chariot. When he got down, the whole chariot, together with the horses, burst into flames and was reduced to ashes. Arjuna asked, “What is this miracle, Krishna?” Krishna said“That is why I asked you to get down first. Otherwise, you would have gone into the fire.” “What is this? Why?” “You know the astras of Drona and Karna had already burnt this chariot of yours at that time, but because I was sitting there, I kept it intact. Now I have got down, and it is reduced to its original condition.” “Oh, I never knew! What would have happened if by mistake you had got down first!” “Yes, I knew it very well so I did not get down first and asked you to get down first.” That was the power of Sri Krishna. Be ready as Arjuna was ready and there will be lord krishna as charioteer in front of us to guide us, to take us through the path and cross this ocean called Life. We as Arjuna just got to be ready. When we close our eyes and sit for mediatation for few minutes we will be able to see Sri Krishna in front of us. Do a complete surrender to that Sri Krishna in that moment. Wonderful is the Srimad Bhagavata. Wonderful is the Mahabharata. Wonderful is the writing of Bhagavan Krishna by Veda Vyasa. May the grace of Bhagavan Sri Krishna be upon us all. http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/disc/disc_153a.html --- The Beliefs we hold in the begining of the Journey defines the Journey. - TT Rengarajan.
