There is One Very important question that many people have often asked me about
Krishna. Krishna is the Lord of the universe. He is all-pervading, and yet the
same Krishna was responsible for the destruction of forty Lakhs of men on the
battlefield. Is it violence or non-violence?
This is my answer to this question. An individual, let us say, has developed
cancer on his back. There are millions of germs in that cancerous boil. Does
the doctor pause and ask, "Should I kill so many millions of germs?" Is it not
the duty of the doctor to save the life of the patient? Which is of greater
importance? Should he protect the life of the patient or should he have
consideration for the germs? The doctor comes to the conclusion that these
germs are dangerous and kills them and saves the patient's life. In this
process, the doctor has taken into consideration quality and not quantity.
In the same manner, the world at that time had developed a cancer in the shape
of Kauravas. When Krishna found that these Kauravas were like cancer, He became
a surgeon, took Arjuna as His assistant and performed the great operation. In
that operation, forty Lakhs of germs were killed. So we must always take into
consideration the greater need for protection of Dharma. The protection of
Dharma is more important than
anything else.
- taken from Swami's Discourse in Whitefield in May'1972...
Sai Ram
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