When Arjuna gets disillusioned - in the battle field of Mahabharata, Krishna guides him and shows the right path to him - as is written in the Bhagwat Gita.
We get the lesson that whenever we get disillusioned in our personal lives, we can get back to our dharma and our scriptures where wisdom of ancient sages is described.
Only three persons ARJUNA, SANJAY AND HANUMAN heard the Gita DIRECTLY from Lord KRISHNA's mouth.
Sanjay was Dhritrashtra’s advisor and was narrating what was happening in the battlefield, and thus he got Gita gyaan.
Hanuman too was present there in the form of a small monkey, on the flag of Arjuna's chariot and received direct Gita gyan.
But why was Hanuman protecting the chariot of Arjun?
The incident that led to this was an earlier encounter between Hanuman and Arjuna, wherein Hanuman appeared as a small talkative monkey before Arjuna at Rameshwaram, where Rama had built the great bridge to cross over to Lanka to rescue Sita. After seeing the bridge Arjuna wondered aloud at Rama taking the help of monkeys rather than building a bridge of arrows. Hanuman heard him and challenged him to build such a bridge capable of bearing him alone.
Arjuna, unaware of the Hanuman’s true identity, accepted the challenge. Hanuman then proceeded to repeatedly destroy the bridges made by Arjuna, who at last vowed to take his own life if Hanuman could destroy his last arrow made creature.
Hanuman tried his best to destroy this last one but could not succeed. While he was toiling in his efforts he saw that the water under the bridge was fast becoming red. He immediately stopped his efforts and inspected what was happening under the bridge!!
To the surprise of Arjun and Hanuman, Lord Krishna was bearing the weight and thrusts of Hanuman on his shoulders to protect the bridge made from arrows. And the water was turning red as his shoulder was bleeding profusely.
Both Hanuman and Arjuna saluted Lord Krishna with folded hands.
Krishna hugged both of them and introduced both of them to each other and said that they both were equally dear to him but how could he let Arjuna take his life according to his vow.
Here lord Krishna took a promise from Hanuman that he would protect the chariot of Arjuna in the battle field of Mahabharata.
Thus Hanuman remained on the top of Arjuna’s chariot throughout the battle of Mahabharata.
(Contributed by Dr Anil Jain)
We get the lesson that whenever we get disillusioned in our personal lives, we can get back to our dharma and our scriptures where wisdom of ancient sages is described.
Only three persons ARJUNA, SANJAY AND HANUMAN heard the Gita DIRECTLY from Lord KRISHNA's mouth.
Sanjay was Dhritrashtra’s advisor and was narrating what was happening in the battlefield, and thus he got Gita gyaan.
Hanuman too was present there in the form of a small monkey, on the flag of Arjuna's chariot and received direct Gita gyan.
But why was Hanuman protecting the chariot of Arjun?
The incident that led to this was an earlier encounter between Hanuman and Arjuna, wherein Hanuman appeared as a small talkative monkey before Arjuna at Rameshwaram, where Rama had built the great bridge to cross over to Lanka to rescue Sita. After seeing the bridge Arjuna wondered aloud at Rama taking the help of monkeys rather than building a bridge of arrows. Hanuman heard him and challenged him to build such a bridge capable of bearing him alone.
Arjuna, unaware of the Hanuman’s true identity, accepted the challenge. Hanuman then proceeded to repeatedly destroy the bridges made by Arjuna, who at last vowed to take his own life if Hanuman could destroy his last arrow made creature.
Hanuman tried his best to destroy this last one but could not succeed. While he was toiling in his efforts he saw that the water under the bridge was fast becoming red. He immediately stopped his efforts and inspected what was happening under the bridge!!
To the surprise of Arjun and Hanuman, Lord Krishna was bearing the weight and thrusts of Hanuman on his shoulders to protect the bridge made from arrows. And the water was turning red as his shoulder was bleeding profusely.
Both Hanuman and Arjuna saluted Lord Krishna with folded hands.
Krishna hugged both of them and introduced both of them to each other and said that they both were equally dear to him but how could he let Arjuna take his life according to his vow.
Here lord Krishna took a promise from Hanuman that he would protect the chariot of Arjuna in the battle field of Mahabharata.
Thus Hanuman remained on the top of Arjuna’s chariot throughout the battle of Mahabharata.
(Contributed by Dr Anil Jain)
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