10 16 lesson-02
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Duryodhana was extremely proud and arrogant. He never listened to wise advice from his elders and insulted Krishna when he came as a messenger of peace. His pride and envy ultimately led to his downfall and death, despite warnings about his demonic nature when he was born. The passage cautions that qualities like pride, arrogance, and envy destroy one's character and make one ignorant. It notes we all have both good and bad tendencies within us, and which one wins depends on which one we choose to feed or strengthen.
10 16 lesson-02
- 1. STANDARD 10 CHAPTER 16 GOOD, BAD AND UGLY Wise delight in Krishna, ordinary doubt Krishna and fools deride Krishna LESSON-02 WHAT IS THE TYPICAL ATTITUDE OF SUCH DEMON-LIKE PEOPLE TOWARDS GOD AND DEVOTEES? By nature, such demon-like peopleare envious of God and want to minimize God. Similar attitudethey have toward devotees of God. They consider God to be ordinary while they think themselves as God. Duryodhana’s prideand arrogance There is a saying that pride comes before fall. In fact, one who has pride is already fallen and what follows is just a detail. Duryodhanawas very proud of his prowess and wealth. He wanted to show it off to Pandavas whom he cheated in a gambling match. Pandavas were residing in forest and Duryodhanaout of his pride wanted to show of his wealth to them so he plans his day out in forest. But by his destiny, he gets captured by Gandharvas and later
- 2. rescued by Yudhishthir Maharaj from their custody. But instead of being grateful to YudhishthirMaharaj, his envy rather grows. Duryodhanawas so arrogant that he never listened to his elders like his mother, Gandhari and his uncleVidura. When Vidura gave good advice, Duryodhanakicked him out of his palace offending him with harsh words. When Krishna, the Supreme Lord came to Duryodhanaas peace messenger from Pandavas before the battle, Duryodhana arrogantly denied the proposal and insulted even the Supreme Lord Krishna by calling him just an ordinary cowherd boy. Then he ordered his soldiers to capture Krishna. When the soldiers were trying to capture Krishna, Krishna showed His fierce universal form seeing which all the assembly was dumbfound and could not do anything. But even after that Duryodhanacould not realize that Krishna is God. This is how ignorant Duryodhanawas. Whole life he acted very sinfully and even at the time of death he could not give up his envy toward righteous Pandavas. When Duryodhanawas born, all the donkeys started braying. And other inauspicious symptoms were manifest. Everybody advised his father, Dhritarashtra, to give up the demoniac child, otherwise he would create havoc later. Dhritarashtrabeing too attached could not give him
- 3. up. When he grew old he manifested all inauspicious qualities. MORAL: Pride, arrogance, envy destroysone’s character and makes one blind. HOW IS IT RELEVANT TO ME? Good dog and bad dog These are all the qualities inside us. There is a constant battlethat is going on inside all of us. All of us have a good dog and a bad dog inside us. Good dog is all the divine qualities that are mentioned and bad dog is all the demoniac qualities that are mentioned by Krishna. Bad dog is Evil. It is anger, envy, lust, greed, arrogance, ignorance, resentment, cruelty, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other dog is the good dog. It is knowledge, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith." Both dogs constantlyfight with each other. Question: Which one wins? Answer: The one you feed.
- 4. Krishna asserts that the divine qualities make one liberated and demoniac qualities make one bound. Which one will you choose to be?