Lord Krishna and The Judge who was sleeping on a bed of a hundred arrows-
An imaginary scene based on theme of Mahabharata
5000 Years Ago
In battlefield of Kurukhsetra
There lay the greatest judge of country
Lying, on his deathbed, made of arrows
Which had pierced in every part of his body
On seeing Lord Krishna approaching him
The Judge spoke thus:
"Krishna, you are called 'Teacher of the World'
If so, then answer my two questions
"I have been doing justice all my life.
And yet I have not fully understood what 'Justice' is.
So tell me what is 'Justice'.
Secondly, I have always tried to do justice impartially
And honestly, as much as I could.
Then why it has been in my fate
To sleep on this deathbed of arrows."
The Judge lamented.
Krishna looked at him smilingly and spoke thus:
"Justice is an 'Incomplete Picture' drawn by an artist.
Therefore, no one can fully understand it even if
He keeps looking at picture all his life.
"There is always something missing in Picture of Justice
Everyone who looks at this picture
Reads a different story in it.
"While doing justice to a deer,
A judge saves it from a tiger
By killing that tiger.
This much is always shown in picture of justice.
The fact about right of tiger to live
And its right to live by killing and eating the deer,
Is never painted in picture of Justice.
The picture of justice therefore remains incomplete.
The Deer and The Tiger both are created by Me.
And they both have their rights.
A Judge who sees these both rights
Can only fully understand Justice."
Thus Krishna replied his first question.
Then regarding his second question,
Lord Krishna spoke thus:
"The palace in which you lived
Was made up of ill gotten wealth of Duryodhan.
The food which you were supplied
Were made of ill gotten wealth of Duryodhan.
The sins entered in your body
Through food and through luxuries of palace.
Therefore, the Fate has prepared
This deathbed of arrows for you,
To purge and purify your soul."
The Lord Krishna thus replied his second question.
The Lord Krishna then left
Leaving the Judge
To reflect on what he had said.
- Haresh Raichura
26/7/13
An imaginary scene based on theme of Mahabharata
5000 Years Ago
In battlefield of Kurukhsetra
There lay the greatest judge of country
Lying, on his deathbed, made of arrows
Which had pierced in every part of his body
On seeing Lord Krishna approaching him
The Judge spoke thus:
"Krishna, you are called 'Teacher of the World'
If so, then answer my two questions
"I have been doing justice all my life.
And yet I have not fully understood what 'Justice' is.
So tell me what is 'Justice'.
Secondly, I have always tried to do justice impartially
And honestly, as much as I could.
Then why it has been in my fate
To sleep on this deathbed of arrows."
The Judge lamented.
Krishna looked at him smilingly and spoke thus:
"Justice is an 'Incomplete Picture' drawn by an artist.
Therefore, no one can fully understand it even if
He keeps looking at picture all his life.
"There is always something missing in Picture of Justice
Everyone who looks at this picture
Reads a different story in it.
"While doing justice to a deer,
A judge saves it from a tiger
By killing that tiger.
This much is always shown in picture of justice.
The fact about right of tiger to live
And its right to live by killing and eating the deer,
Is never painted in picture of Justice.
The picture of justice therefore remains incomplete.
The Deer and The Tiger both are created by Me.
And they both have their rights.
A Judge who sees these both rights
Can only fully understand Justice."
Thus Krishna replied his first question.
Then regarding his second question,
Lord Krishna spoke thus:
"The palace in which you lived
Was made up of ill gotten wealth of Duryodhan.
The food which you were supplied
Were made of ill gotten wealth of Duryodhan.
The sins entered in your body
Through food and through luxuries of palace.
Therefore, the Fate has prepared
This deathbed of arrows for you,
To purge and purify your soul."
The Lord Krishna thus replied his second question.
The Lord Krishna then left
Leaving the Judge
To reflect on what he had said.
- Haresh Raichura
26/7/13
