Pranam In one way Abimanyu version is cognisable; but not in entirety; Mahabharatham shows in wars always few people sacrificed to pave way for victory in the hard situations; in the opening of mahabharatham we have seen KALABALI ; sacrificing by son of Bheema. When Arjuna was far away from the war field, deceived by the Kaurava forces, in order to have this vihuham, there were counselling among the Pandavas , anticipating the destruction of the forces ; so only head who could have blocked it was Arjuna who was accompanied by Krishna far away; then as Pandavas waged the war on the strength of Arjuna, Abimanyu son of Arjuna takes the burden on his shoulder, in order to save the forces; as a matter of fact Abimanyu knew his weakness of retreta which he delivered; so Dharma plans to follow the Abimanyu and enter along with him, and to break the opponent; but the kaurava lead blocks those forces 2 circles away and there is no retreat thereafter; had the Pandavas decided to not do the breaking, by the evening of that day, Pandavas would have lost the war. Abimanyu sacrificed,for the sake of gain in war. Have we not heard in today's Indian battle, a loner officer entered the firing range in order to quell and received the chakras posthumous.? Its well thought off to save the war. KR IRS 20122
On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 at 09:14, Rajaram Krishnamurthy <[email protected]> wrote: > Pranam > Ant and white ant have different functions to do ; and the white ant is > described in the Rig vedam; > > वम्रीभिः पुत्रमग्रुवो अदानं निवेशनाद्धरिव आ जभर्थ । व्यन्धो अख्यदहिमाददानो > निर्भूदुखच्छित्समरन्त पर्व ॥4 19 9 > vamrībhiḥ putram agruvo adānaṃ niveśanād dhariva ā jabhartha | vy andho > akhyad ahim ādadāno nir bhūd ukhacchit sam aranta parva || “Lord of horses, > you have brought the son of Agru from his dwelling, where he was being > devoured by the ants; when extricated, although blind, he distinguished the > serpent; and when he came forth the joints that had been sundered in the > ant-hill were restrung.” > vamra is white ant. Valmīka (वल्मीक) [Also spelled valmik]:—(*nf*) white > ant; an anthill. > > अनु॑व्रताय र॒न्धय॒न्नप॑व्रताना॒भूभि॒रिन्द्र॑: श्न॒थय॒न्नना॑भुवः । > वृ॒द्धस्य॑ चि॒द्वर्ध॑तो॒ द्यामिन॑क्षत॒: स्तवा॑नो व॒म्रो वि ज॑घान सं॒दिह॑: ॥ > anuvratāya randhayann apavratān ābhūbhir indraḥ śnathayann anābhuvaḥ | > vṛddhasya cid vardhato dyām inakṣataḥ stavāno vamro vi jaghāna saṃdihaḥ ||“ > Indra <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/indra#hinduism> abides, > humbling the neglecters of holy acts in favour of those who observe them; > and punishing those who turn away from his worship in favour of those who > are present (with their praise); Vamra, while praising him, whether old or > adolescent, and spreading through heaven, carried off the accusative ulated > (materials of the sacrifice).”Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya---Vamro > vijaghāna samdihaḥ = vamra destroyed the collections. Vamra, a ṛṣi, when > Indra was absent, carried away the accusative ulated heap of offerings, the > marrow or essence of the earth, yad valmika > <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/valmika#hinduism>-vap_sambhāro > bhavati <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/bhavati#hinduism> ūrjjam > eva pṛthivyāḥ > Pipilikā (पिपिलिका):—[pipilikāḥ] Type of insect which means ants. Bite > causes inflammatory swelling and burning sensation at the seat of bite > resembling those produced contact with fire. Vāmalūra (वामलूर).— (cf. > *vamra, > valmī*), m. An ant-hill. Vamrīkūṭa (वम्रीकूट).—an ant-hill. KR IRS 19122 > > > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 at 16:53, Ravi Mahajan <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> *WE CAN EVEN LEARN FROM an ANT* >> >> >> >> One Sunday morning, a wealthy man sat in his balcony enjoying sunshine >> and his coffee when a little ant caught his eye which was going from one >> side to the other side of the balcony carrying a big leaf several times >> more than its size. >> >> >> >> The man watched it for more than an hour. He saw that the ant faced many >> impediments during its journey, paused, took a diversion and then continued >> towards destination. >> >> >> >> At one point, the tiny creature came across a crack in the floor. It >> paused for a little while, analyzed and then laid the huge leaf over the >> crack, walked over the leaf, picked the leaf on the other side to continued >> its journey. >> >> >> >> The man was captivated by the cleverness of the little ant, one of God’s >> tiniest creatures. The incident left the man in awe and forced him to >> contemplate over the miracle of Creation. It showed the greatness of the >> Creator. In front of his eyes there was this tiny creature of God, lacking >> in size yet *equipped with a brain to analyze, contemplate, reason, >> explore, discover and overcome.* Along with all these capabilities, the >> man also noticed that this tiny creature shared some human shortcomings. >> >> >> >> The man saw about an hour later the creature had reached its destination >> – a tiny hole in the floor which was entrance to its underground dwelling. >> And it was at this point that the ant’s shortcoming that it shared with the >> man was revealed. How could the ant carry into the tiny hole the large leaf >> that it had managed to carefully bring to the destination? It simply >> couldn't! >> >> >> >> So the tiny creature, after all the painstaking and hard work and >> exercising great skills, overcoming all the difficulties along the way, >> just left behind the large leaf and went home empty-handed. >> >> >> *The ant had not thought about the end before it began its challenging >> journey and in the end, the large leaf was nothing more than a burden to >> it. The creature had no option, but to leave it behind to reach its >> destination. The man learned a great lesson that day.* >> >> >> >> *Isn't that the truth about our lives?* >> >> >> >> *We worry about our family, we worry about our job, we worry about how to >> earn more money, we worry about where we should live – 4 bedroom or 6 >> bedroom house, what kind of vehicle to buy – a Mercedes or BMW or a >> Porsche, what kind of dresses to wear, all sorts of things, only to abandon >> all these things when we reach our end/destination. * >> >> >> >> *We don’t realize in our life’s journey that these are just burdens that >> we are carrying with utmost care and fear of losing them, only to find, >> that at the end they are useless and we can’t take them with us. * >> >> >> >> *Attachments in life come naturally to us. We get attached to anything >> and everything because we are made that way. But **we must constantly >> practice DETACHMENTS so that when time comes, we have to leave them and go, >> we are not unnecessarily burdened or are frustrated and resentful. * >> >> >> >> *When time comes for us to go, we should be just like this tiny creature. >> Leave everything without a care and Go.**●* >> >> >> >> *Capt. Ravikant Mahajan (Veteran) * >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZoppuZxzysd7DLO0-R-PA%2B2RCSVRv3v--CuSTvjGfNwM3g%40mail.gmail.com.
