[Lt_Apple]

Guruji... i know to some extent....
by giving answers to above question... this topic should not be deviated...

so asked relavent??????


as already KURU is bolded... it is because of the king KURU the place was called as kurushEtram

yuga was Dwapara Yuga but am not sure

[Slonopotam845]

we are blessed Shakthi

I wish to talk practical aspects - application of the shloka/information in life ..... whenever possible ..... hope that gels with this thread !!!

[Big A]

Moving this thread to HnC section, as it would be useful to have it there. TQ

[PhillipHer]

// prabha.. neenga 'places of interest' thread start panningana naan adhula post panren kurukshetra, amritsar, dwarkalaam paththi :P //

[MannoFr]

I just wanna do a naive trial of QUOTING and midly explaining our thoughts on that particular shloka.

Everybody who is interested can join in and talk about what u feel about that particualr day's shloka.

Lets take it as ONE VERSE per day (avoiding sundays)

is that fine?

Also, I would be too happy to be corrected, said the right things, in case I go wrong

Hope we all benefit and try to go nearer to our beloved krishna in seeking and understanding the un-understandable brahman

[Paul Bunyan]

CHAPTER 1 - VERSE 1

Dharma kshetrE kurushEtre samveta yuyuthsavah
mamkah pandavaschaiva kim kurvatah sanjaya

In kurukshetra a place filled with dharma and righteousness, what did my sons (who desired battle) and pandu's sons do after assembling ? please tell me sanjaya

(is the rough translation)

[Peptobismol]

Hope we all benefit and try to go nearer to our beloved krishna in seeking and understanding the un-understandable brahman

:P

[HedgeYourBets]

WOW wonderful attempt

[S.T.D.]

Drudhrashtra who is blind, is filled with overwhelming curiosity to know what is happening at the battle field.

Let us imagine ourselves in his position. Having born blind, he does not know anytihng except intangible emotions and he is blinded also by affection and love towards his kith and kins.

He might have wished, to be there in the battle, fighting for his kids, but alas, his physical handicap, does not allow him to do so. He cant even see the battle with his own eyes.

HE BORROWS sanjaya's eyes and tries to position himself in the battle field, worried, anxioius, may be in a corner of his mind, he still wished the battle was not called for. He might have still wished it can be called off even now, its never late than never. He might be worried, thinking about who all has taken whose side in kurukshetra. Assessing the weakness and strenghs of both the sides. Contemplating how the fate is going to end. Worried about arjuna's valour, worried about vows and pledges which pandavas swore against their sons and vice versa. With innumerable mental torture drudrashtra would have been waiting to hear news from sanjaya

Are we not in this situation everyday in life? We know not, what is in store in future. We are anxious, worried, trying to imagine or forsee or picturise what would happen at any near point in future.

We may not be present for any wedding of our beloved kith or kin, or at exam hall when our kids do our exams or at any trying moments of our beloved.

We try to forsee, what would have happend in any span of time. We try to imagine.

Such is the nature of mind, Wavery/anxious (despite of intellect ruling it).

AT situations like these where we are torn apart due to pressures and worries, INTELLECT hardly works for normal not so tamed minds.

(talks or corrections or explanations or versions or discussions or examples or citing ur own life situations are most welcome )

(we shall see the next verse tomm)

[doctorzlo]

i just feel like pouring my thougts here ....

Apparently Dhritarashtra is nervous. He knows in the back of his mind that the Pandavas are righteous warriors on the path of Dharma.
Even though he knows this truth,he is not ready to accept

Many a times which happens in our life too. we aspire to do something, but we face so many problems on our way to accomplish the task which we planned.
sometimes even we fail in out attempt too. we will start cursing god and all as if he is our servent and waiting to obey our orders!!!

We tend to forget the truth that it is our KARMA which decides our uPs and DOWNs why because that MAYA in the form of desires hides our eyes... how it hides Dhritarashtra's too


again come to Dhritarashtra's part...

His heart tells him that his sons are wrong, that they are doing injustice to the Pandavas;
"thaan aadataaLum than thasai aadum"
this proverb goes very well with him.
This feeling of him, hides TRUTH from his eyes and was restless to know the happennings in the battle field

[Drugmachine]

well put!

[HedgeYourBets]

In our movies (hindi or tamizh) we see sometimes own blood punishing their beloved for the crime committed. (thanga pathakkam for that matter or mother india)

Though we mock about that bit of senti clip, or dont really understand its full perspective, its indeed painful and very very daring to do such an act, which is detrimental to the person but benefits the society.

Like our freedom fighters, soldiers sacrificing their personal front to bestwo benefit upon us.

Raja ram, I am told, sent seetha to the forest, (though personally it pained him) because raajnithi allows him to be an example for the his countrymen to follow.

Rajadharma or political dharma is to SACRIFICE personal benefits for the wider or social view .

Such should be rajdharma followed by the righteous king. He sbhould be like manuneethi sozhan.

Not all were.
Not all could be.

Drudrashtra was like us, normal man blinded wiht affection, he was one amongst us. Nothing credible about him at all

If he did have any credible quality, worth mentioning, then plz any of u can share

[Slonopotam845]

Some question:

why the battle field was call as kurushEtram????

Why it was Dharma sEtram???

relevant to this thread????

[radikal]

therilaye arthi , bathil kidaicha solren (post panren)

kurukshetra is the name of the place (does it have any reason I dont know)

dharmakshetre is because always (before this kaliyuga) war might have had righteous reasons. only dharma wins. So its a place where dharma strives apdeenu irukalaam.

ethelaam en sontha karpanai, I shall let u know, if i find out.

[Raj_Copi_Jin]

Please post arthi. I said all discussions pertaining to the shlokas/real life incidents for the betterment or taking of our mind, can be carried on.

Only digression would be IRRELAVANT comments, or CHAT which we would not do.

[Fegasderty]

All i know with my brief scent of that place is that, the pandavas and kouravas hail from kuru clan and hence that shetra is called kurushetra meaning land of kurus.
It was also called dharmashetra ( meaning land of righteousness) because the war was against injustice meted out to pandavas and it also resulted in the 'philosophy of karma'.

Idhu kelvignanamdhaan. Thavaru irundhaal mannikkavum.

[Beerinkol]

The story is big. i just share teh PEyar karanam of kurushEtram.

it was bcoz of the king KURU the battle field was named as kurushEtram

who was KURU????

He was the grandson of King Vishiparva. sorry forgot parents name.

KURU's father had 2 wives.

one was(first wife) devayai daughter of Shukracharya.
The other one was King Vishiparva's(Princess) daughter.

(Because of one curse Vishiparva's daughter bacame DEVAYANI's maid and went with devayani after her marriage with the KING. and then the princess became the second wife of DEVAYAN"s husband)


one day devayani came to know about her husband's secret relationship with Vishiparva's daughter. she ran to her father Shukracharya and explained about her husband's quality.
(The king got 2 sons through DEVAYANI and 3 sons through Vishiparva's daughter)

Shukracharya cursed the king that he will no longer retain his youth. The king went back home and explained about his curse to his sons, and pleaded them to exchange his old age with their youth

Devayani's sons refused it. the last son of Vishiparva's daughter who was KURU gave his youth to his father.

KURU's father enjoyed the wordly life and atlast realised about life and went in search of peace. so he returned the youth to his son and accepted his ripe(thirundhitaar illa adhan RIPE ) old age and gave his kingdom to KURU.


this was the way how Kaurava dynasty was formed. KURU became a great emperor. sages practises auestirities,yagna , sacrifices and all in the vast region which became Kurukshetra.

Since DHARMA was practised in Kurukshetra which became Dharma-Kshetra

[LottiFurmann]

arthi.. i seriously thought you wanted to know some info on kurukshetra.. thats why i tried what i came to know when i visited that place.. i donno why you asked the question when you already knew the answer

[Fegasderty]

arthi.. i seriously thought you wanted to know some info on kurukshetra.. thats why i tried what i came to know when i visited that place.. i donno why you asked the question when you already knew the answer

i just asked shallwe discuss such questions also here... or only abt sloka...as the title says "dhinam oru slokam"

I was doubtful whether those question wld deviate from the CRUX of this thread. anyway i do no tknow much

have u been to kurukshetra???? cld u plz explain ur experience ????

[Beerinkol]

oh appadiya..

i have been kurukshetra lot of times.. but let us not discuss this here.. this thread will become general in nature