Sai message for the day

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Today's atmosphere is, indeed, nightmarish. There seems to be no end

to injustice, disorder, unrighteousness, and falsehood. Forgive me,

Swami, if my question is not proper. Kindly clarify my doubt. How

much justice did prevail in the Age of the Mahabharata? Besides

serving poisoned food to the Pandavas, setting fire to the house of

lac, and attempting to murder them in other ways, the Kauravas denied

them their rightful share of the kingdom, not even five villages, not

so much space as the point of a needle. How much of the moral code or

the law of the time had the Kauravas followed? How little peace was

ever there in that yuga?

 

The distinctive dharma of the Dvaparayuga is not fully found in that

yuga. The beginnings of Kali, its mode and behavioural style, are

already noticeable. For the wicked conduct of the Kauravas ; Sakuni

is largely responsible. Heeding his advice and egged on by him, they

behaved in the way they did. Undoubtedly, launching themselves on

unrighteous paths is the fault of the Kauravas. Remember, all this

took place in the kingdom of Dhritarashtra, the blind king. Blindness

is but the failure to recognise Satya, Dharma, Santi, and Prema.

Walking along the main streets one day, Dharmaraja saw a farmer

transporting bags of paddy in carts. He asked the farmer, " Sir! Why

are you carrying paddy in bags? You can as well leave it in the

fields, can't you? " The farmer replied, " O King! A few days ago, our

paddy was stolen from the fields. That is why we are pouring it into

bags and moving it into our homes. " Dharmaraja noticed there the

signs of the approaching Kaliyuga. On another occasion, he noticed a

woman walking brazenly in the main street and conversing with a man

uninhibitedly, without in the least feeling shy. He thought, " Oh! The

Kaliyuga is at hand. " Another day he observed the citizens hanging

iron lumps at the entrance to their homes. He asked them, " What is

this? " The people replied, " O King! Now that so many thefts are

taking place, there is no security for our belongings, our ornaments,

and our food grains. That is why we are using these lumps called

locks. " Thus, even in the Dvaparayuga, the symptoms of Kali were in

evidence.