In
the infamous episode from the Mahabharata, where Draupadi, the wife of the
Pandavas is in trouble as she is lost and owned by Duryodhana during game of
dice, as people recall, she first tried to call upon all elders present in the
court and asked them to help her. When no one saved her, in the end she prayed
to Krishn, her friend and brother, and he, using his divine power saves her by
giving her the ability to keep extending Saree into an endless thing.
There
is an interesting aspect about this incident.
We can note that she first
called out all elders in the court for protection. During the time she would
not have remembered Krishn because she was a 'logical mind' and hence she was
arguing with her husbands and all other elders. Because of her arguments she is
considered a feminist symbol today. But when nothing else helped, in the end,
she gave up i.e. shut down her logical mind and turned ‘inwards’ spiritually.
After she did that, she got God's help and was protected.
Thing to note here is that
she was helped by God when she accepted that she was 'helpless' and weak and
needed protection. (Something which modern feminists may not like to
acknowledge because for them religion is one more constraint.) Until she had
her strong ‘ego’, she did not recall Krishn and hence remained vulnerable. Message
is that if we have to choose spiritual protection, ego is our biggest enemy.
This can also be extended
in the matters of all relationships – ego is an enemy.
- Rahul Tiwary
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