[Advaita-l] What we could learn from Mythology

[V Subrahmanian]

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 8:31 PM, Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste
>
> Samba and Ashwatthama played similar roles in Mahabharata. Ashwatthama
> destroyed Pandavas sons and Samba destroyed his own dynasty. Both have
> Amsha of Shiva in them. What will Shiva do? He is a destroyer. He is
> playing perfect role after Vishnu's role has ended. After the war Krishna's
> role ended. He had nothing to do. His Yaadava Vamsha is practically useless
> and they are simply wasting time. Therefore at that time Shiva as
> Ashwatthama and Samba destroyed everything.  Why should anybody or DP get
> upset with this? He should not blame Krishna. It is all Ishwara's Leela.
>

Yes, actually everything that happens is Ishwara's Leela.  The acts of
Duryodhana, Dussasana, etc. and Ravana, etc. are all necessary for the
final end to play out as per the pre-determined plot.  Thus, we have
nothing to learn from the events of the epics as they are part of the
divine plan.

  vs

>
> Moreover Krishna cannot mistreat Samba because he is coming from Shiva's
> boon. Krishna showed lot of respect for Durvasa Rishi - another Amsha of
> Shiva. Therefore Krishna cannot neglect Samba like that. He was giving
> equal treatment to all sons and all wives. Rukmini and Satyabhama were
> favourites but other wives never complained He was neglecting them.
> Similarly no son complained He was neglecting him.
>