Why Krishna (always) helped Pandavas | Krishna and Pandavas relationship | Pandavas greatness, significance, importance, facts
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Just before going to “Why Krishna (always) helped Pandavas | Krishna and Pandavas relationship | Pandavas greatness, significance, importance, facts“, let us have some brief information.
Just before moving forward, let us have a small brief about Pandavas and their relationship with Lord Sri Krishna.
Pandavas were five brothers names are : Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva.
Yudhishthira was an avatar of Lord Sri Yama Deva (Dharmaraya), Bhima was an avatar of Lord Sri Vayu Deva, Arjuna was an avatar of Lord Sri Indra Deva,
Sri Nakula and Sri Sahadeva were the avatars of Ashwini Kumars (Their original names as Ashwini Kumaras are Nasatya and Dasra).
Kunti Devi’s biological father was Shurasena. He was a Yadava King. Her birth (original) name was Pritha (That’s why Arjuna is called as Partha, that is, son of Pritha).
[Note : Since Lord Sri Krishna becomes the sarathi (charioteer) of Arjuna (Partha), Lord Sri Krishna is also called as ‘Parthasarathi‘.]
Kunti Devi was the sister of Vasudeva (Lord Sri Krishna’s father) and thus she shared a divine relationship with Lord Sri Krishna.
Kunti Devi’s father gave Kunti to his childless cousin known as ‘Kuntibhoja‘ and thus she came to be known as Kunti.
Come on friends, now first let us understand the following:
1. What is the back ground of Pancha (five) Pandavas?
2. Actually, who were Pancha (five) Pandavas?
Let us start from the eldest of the Pandavas:
A. Yudhisthira:
Meaning of Yudhisthira is : Yudhisthira = Yuddha (Yudhi) + Sthira
Here Yudhi (Yuddha) means, he is a person when in Yuddha / war, will be Sthira, means someone who can’t be shaken or someone who is always stable (स्थिर / ಸ್ಥಿರ).
Yudhisthira used to be an absolute firm person in all situations and conditions.
Yudhishthira was a person who always decided once to do something, used to do that particular work and also in given stipulated time.
Yudhishthira mind was always stable, firm and always convinced about his decisions.
Few more great points about Yudhisthira are as below:
1. Yudhisthira was the man of virtue and goodness.
2. Yudhisthira never ever used to go against Dharma (Rules made by Lord Sri Krishna / Vishnu).
3. Yudhishthira another name is called “Dharmaraya” or “Dharmaraja“, means one who follows the GREAT SANATANA DHARMA.
4. With Yudhisthira name, he had another name called “Ajatashatru (अजातशत्रु) (ajātaśatru)“, means one who don’t even have a single enemy at all.
5. Yudhisthira was highly learned person and also was a great warrior. He had mastered with the sphere fighting and chariot racing.
6. Also, Yudhisthira had great knowledge about the political science, psychology, the GREAT SANATANA DHARMA Shastra (Hindu Texts) etc.
7. Yudhishthira was patient and adaptable. He never wanted the war and also tried to convince his uncle Dhritarashtra and his cousin brother Duryodhana.
8. Yudhisthira forgives the king of Virata, although the king broke his nose.
This happened, when Yudhisthira was continuously praising the Bruhannala (Arjuna) and not Virata’s son Uttara Kumara.
9. Yudhisthira always respected his elders including his uncle Dhritarashtra and aunt Gandhari even after the GREAT war of Kurukshetra.
10. During Yudhisthira last days, when he almost went to Svarga Loka, a dog had accompanied him.
But since the dog was not allowed inside the Svarga Loka, Yudhisthira said that he won’t get inside the Svarga Loka without the dog.
11. Yudhisthira almost respected each and every orders of Lord Sri Krishna, except in few cases.
12. Tha shankha / conch of Yudhisthira was called as ‘Ananta Vijaya‘.
Also he was an avatar of svayam Sri Yama Deva. Many of us know Sri Yama Deva is one of the most firm Devata / Demigod among all the different Devata / Demigods.
Thus, Yudhisthira been an avatar of Lord Sri Yama Deva had all the gunas / qualities of Lord Sri Yama Deva (Dharmaraja) (Dharmaraya).
Pandavas discussing with Sri Krishna and Vidura
B. Bhima:
Meaning of Bhima is : Bhima means bhayankara, means one who is completely fearless, one who is having awesome body,
one who is having no fear against anybody. Also Bhima means very Balavanta, means, very powerful (both physically and mentally).
Bhima used to be so terrific that even 1000 elephants were looking as mere ants in front of Bhima.
Bhima is so powerful that he used to easily lift a huge mountain without any hardships. He was having a great body which was not able to be destroyed even by greatest warriors on this earth.
With just one roar, even many many wild animals used to hide in the caves and were not coming out of the caves for weeks together.
Bhima was so powerful that he used to pull out the largest of the trees on the earth without any hardships.
Usually Bhima has been misrepresented nowadays (including on the television series and movies).
But the greatness of Bhima can’t be explained so easily.
But still I will try to add few more great points of Bhima as below:
1. Among the Pandavas, Bhima used to be the greatest gnani / knowledgeable person.
2. Bhima used to be highly powerful, righteous, handsome, intelligent etc.
3. In Mahabharata Bhima was the main hero after Lord Sri Krishna.
4. Someone who knows about great Bhima may be knowing when Bhima was still a baby he fell on a huge mountain called ‘shata-shringa‘.
And this huge mountain broke into thousands of very small pieces. This was the greatness and power of the Mighty Bhima.
5. Bhima was following Lord Sri Krishna that other Pandavas were never ever been able to follow his foot steps.
Bhima never ever went against Lord Sri Krishna’s words or wishes in his whole life.
What ever Lord Sri Krishna used to tell to Bhima, Bhima used to accept like none other. Bhima used to oblige each and every word of Lord Sri Krishna with utmost sincerity.
6. During the Kurukshetra yuddha / war, when Bhima used to roar, all the animals over there used to be so frightened that many of the animals used to die just hearing the roar of the GREAT BHIMA.
7. During the ‘lakshagriha‘ / wax palace incidence, the minister who tried to set fire the palace was never able to set fire the palace as Bhima was not at all sleeping.
(Earlier the plan was to set fire the whole palace when all the pancha Pandavas were asleep.)
(But this never happened as Bhima never slept and thus the minister went ahead and set afire when Bhima was still awoke).
As said above don’t go with the television show series story or movies, rather try to get the information from the correct Guru about our GREAT SANATANA DHARMA.
8. During the Kurukshetra war, Bhima alone killed ‘shasti akshouhini sena’ (six akshouhini army) among the total eleven akshouhini army.
9. Many of us know that Yudhisthira accepted the exile in the forest after the game of dice. But Bhima never ever accepted this and was always waiting for the start of the war.
10. Also we know that Arjuna was reluctant in fighting the war against the Kauravas, but Bhima was always ready to fight against the evil Kauravas as per the wishes of Lord Sri Krishna.
11. In the Kurukshetra war, Bhima killed most of the Duryodhana’s (Kali Yuga’s Kali) followers as per the wishes of Lord Sri Krishna.
12. Apart from these people, Bhima also killed unlimited number of Lord Sri Krishna’s enemies including Bakasura, Jarasandha, Keechaka, Kirmara, Hidimba, Manimantha and others.
13. Bhima was the first to marry among the mighty Pandavas.
Even though Yudhisthira was the eldest in the age, but since Lord (Sage) Sri Vedavyasa Ji (he is also avatar of Lord Sri Vishnu) ordered Bhima to get marry, Bhima without any reluctancy married the demoness Hidimbi (Hidimba).
14. In Mahabharata, Karna was defeated by Bhima on several occasions (this has been not at all discussed on any media until today including television series and movies).
15. Bhima alone killed all the 100 Kauravas single handedly and with highest ease.
16. Even though Duryodhana was the greatest enemy of Bhima, Duryodhana gives one and only compliment to Bhima is his whole life.
The compliment is that Duryodhana names “Bhima, Balarama, Keechaka and Shalya as the best warriors on the earth“.
The most interesting point to be noted here is that Duryodhana names “Bhima” as the first and greatest warrior on this earth.
17. While Bhima was killing Dushasana, Bhima chanted the “Manyu sukta” of Lord Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy which is very dearer to Lord Sri Krishna.
18. Even though in age wise Bhima was the second of the GREAT Pandavas, during the dice game when Yudhisthira plays this game, Bhima orders Arjuna to burn the hands of Yudhisthira.
But Arjuna never does this and says that “he can’t do this to his elders“.
But Bhima says that even though he is younger to Yudhisthira, just mentioning the words to burn the hands are enough to give punishment to Yudhisthira by his younger brother (Bhima).
19. Bhima is the only person who raises the voice during the game of dice in the initial part of the game itself.
20. The shankha / conch of Bhima was called as ‘Paundra Khadga‘.
Bhima was the svayam avatar of the Devata / Demigod Lord Sri Vayu Deva. We all know without Vayu / air nobody can live on this earth.
Also we should note that Bhima and Hanuman are one and the same as both are the avatars of Lord Sri Vayu Deva.
Lord Sri Vayu Deva during the Treta Yuga took birth as Lord Sri Hanuman and served Lord Sri Rama, and during the Dvapara Yuga, Lord Sri Vayu Deva took birth as Sri Bhima Deva to serve Lord Sri Krishna.
Lord Sri Vayu Deva in his both the avatars never ever went against the words of Lord Sri Rama / Lord Sri Krishna / Lord Sri Vishnu.
Pandavas with Sri Draupadi Devi
C. Arjuna:
Meaning of Arjuna : There are multiple meanings of the word Arjuna, in that few meanings are silver, a tree name, very bright, superbly shiny, highly alert, etc.
Let us know more about the Great Arjuna as given below:
1. Lord Sri Agni Deva gives the Great ‘Gandiva‘ bow to the Great Arjuna.
2. Lord Shiva gifts the Great ‘Pashupatastra‘ to Arjuna, after Arjuna gratifies Lord Shiva with a long tapasya (penance).
3. Arjuna was the most favourite student of Guru Dronacharya after Bhima (this is never been shown on any television series or movies.)
4. Arjuna defeated Karna, Bhishma, Dronacharya, Duryodhana, Kripacharya, Ashwatthama etc. in the battle of Virat single handedly.
5. Bhishma and Karna were never able to defeat the Great Arjuna in any wars.
6. Arjuna had Vaishnavastra, Brahmastra, Brahmashirastra, Pashupatastra etc.
7. Arjuna was one of the best friend of Lord Sri Krishna after Bhima.
8. Arjuna easily destroyed many animals, beasts, in Khandava forest and also Arjuna with the help of Lord Sri Agni Deva and Lord Sri Krishna burnt the whole of the ‘Khandava aranya / forest’.
9. Another name of Arjuna was Krishna, as Arjuna had the dark complexion like Lord Sri Krishna.
10. Arjuna was the Guru of highly talented people like Abhimanyu, Satyaki, Pradhyumna, Aniruddha, etc.
11. Arjuna had great warrior sons like Abhimanyu (from Subhadra), Babruvahana (from Chitrangada) and others.
12. Arjuna single handedly defeated many many Kings for the Ashvamedha Yagna which was performed by his eldest brother Yudhishthira.
13. Arjuna easily defeated Karna in the Draupadi’s svayamvara.
14. Arjuna had learnt to shoot the arrow in the dark also.
15. Arjuna had a name called ‘Gudakesha‘, which means someone who could conquer the senses (indriyas) easily.
16. Arjuna had ones saved Duryodhana against Gandharvas and had defeated Gandharvas’ leader Chitrasena.
17. Arjuna had great respects for his elder brother Bhima more than the eldest brother Yudhisthira.
18. Arjuna was the best archer of his time after Bhima (many know that Bhima used to fight with only Gada / mace, but don’t know that Bhima was a much better archer than Arjuna).
19. The shankha / conch of Arjuna was called as ‘Devadatta‘.
Arjuna was the svayam avatar of Lord Sri Indra Deva. Arjuna / Indra Deva in his earlier life had taken avatar as Vali (during Treta Yuga period, that is, during Lord Sri Rama’s period).
Sri Krishna preaching the Great Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna just before the Kurukshetra war
D. Nakula:
Meaning of Nakula is : Strength, unity etc.
The special characteristics of Nakula are as given below:
1. Nakula (Nakul) was one of the best horse riders of his time and his specialty was that even in rain, he used to raid the horse without any hardships.
2. Nakula was one of the most attractive and handsome man along with his brother Sahadeva.
3. Nakula was one of the bravest swordsman of his time. He was one of the best at fencing.
4. Nakula was very loyal to his brothers, wife and his parents.
5. Nakul was offered to be the king of Madra, but Nakul was very much loyal to his brothers and thus didn’t accepted to be the king of Madra.
6. Like his brother Sahadeva, Nakula was one of the best astrologer of his time. But Nakula was forgetting his predictions immediately after he used to tell the predictions of others.
7. During the Kurukshetra war, Nakula easily defeated many like Dushasana, Shalya, Shakuni, Shakuni’s son Ulooka etc.
8. Apart from horse riding, Nakul was a very good horseman, horse breeder, treating the horses, charioteer and also expert in Ayurveda.
9. Nakula was also a great diplomatic person and had acted as a very good diplomatic person in various matters in Mahabharata.
10. Nakula’s shankha / conch is known as ‘Sughosha‘.
11. Nakula is also called as ‘Ashvineya‘, as he was the son of ‘Ashvini Kumaras’.
Nakula was the twin brother of the Ashvini Kumaras along with his younger brother Sahadeva.
Pandavas taking permission from Bhishma just before the start of the GREAT Kurukshetra war
E. Sahadeva:
Meaning of Sahadeva is : Sahadeva = Saha + Deva, here Saha means a supporter and Deva means a Devata / Demigod Ashvini Kumara.
Sahadeva means, someone who is always supportive, especially to his elder brothers starting from Yudhisthira, Bhima, Arjuna and Nakula.
The main characteristics of Sahadeva are as given below:
1. Just like his brother Nakula, Sahadeva had also mastered in several things including animals’ languages and communication.
2. Not only animals, both the twin brothers were able to understand the languages and communications of all the plants too.
3. Along with his brother Nakula, Sahadeva was also a learnt physician, as they were the avatars of the twin brothers Ashvini Kumaras (Ashvini Kumaras are the physicians of the Devata / Demigods).
4. During the aranya vasa / incognito exile, both the brothers Nakula and Sahadeva along with their other brothers had been in the kingdom of Matsya Raja.
In this period all the cows were giving more milk and also the animals like horses were much more healthier and happier than their previous times and also more than any other part of the world.
5. Sahadeva’s shankha / conch was known as ‘Mani Pushpaka‘.
6. Sahadeva was the master in axe fighting.
7. Sahadeva (Sahadev) had took the vow of killing Shakuni and he killed Shakuni in the battle of the Kurukshetra.
8. With the blessings of Lord Sri Krishna, Sahadev was knowing about the future.
Sahadev was knowing about the future of the Mahabharata war, but he never ever opened up about this with anyone regarding this secret as per the instructions Lord of Sri Krishna.
9. Sahadeva was also a master in astrology just like his twin brother Nakula.
As his brother Nakula, Sahadeva is also called as Ashvineya, as Sahadeva was also a son and an avatar of Ashvini Kumaras.
Pandavas taking aashirvaada from Sri Veda Vyasa Deva Ji (an avatar of Sri Hari)
F. Draupadi Devi
I have written a separate post on this. You can visit this link to know the GREATNESS of Sri Draupadi Devi:
As the Pandavas were always on GREAT SANATANA DHARMA path, Lord Sri Krishna never ever left the Pandavas hands in the time of their happiness and difficulties.
Instead, Lord Sri Krishna taught them the lessons to be learnt from their difficulties and to utilise their time in correct way which was going to be useful for the Pandavas in their future.
Thus anyone who follows the GREAT SANATANA DHARMA, it is taken for granted that Lord Sri Krishna is with them in any time of their lives (means Lord Sri Krishna is with them always).
Now we need to think, why the GREAT PANDAVAS were so favourite to Lord Sri Krishna? And also why they all were so GREAT?
These are only few reasons (there are unlimited reasons) why Lord Sri Krishna always helped Pandavas.
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