“Mahabharata war happened between the Pandavas and the Kauravas in 3139 BC or 5152 years before, from this year 2013 AD. The Pandavas, after winning the Mahabharata war, ruled Hastinapur for 36 years and 8 months until the beginning of Kaliyug in 3102 BC. In the end of the Mahabharata war when Duryodhana was killed by Bheema, then remaining Kauravas warriors (including Ashwathama) made a deadly attempt to kill the Pandavas brothers in the night when they would be sleeping. Ashwathama was the son of Dronacharya, Guru of Pandavas and the Kauravas.
On that night Lord Krishna somehow took all the 5 Pandavas, somewhere else & Ashwathama entered into the tent of the Pandavas and mistakenly killed all the 5 sleeping sons of Pandavas and set the camp on fire. Later on Ashwathama through deadly weapon called Brahmastra also killed the child in the womb of the pregnant ‘Uttara’ (wife of martyr Abhimanyu - the great archer and son of Arjuna), however Lord Krishna later revived the child through His Grace. So Ashwathama tried to kill everyone in the Pandava’s family. On this Lord Krishna became very angry with Ashwathama & Cursed him badly. Lord Krishna Cursed him like this:
O! Ashwathama “You will carry the burden of all the people’s sins on your shoulders and will roam alone like a ghost without getting any love and courtesy till the end of Kaliyuga, You will have neither any hospitality nor any accommodation; You will be in total isolation from the mankind and society; Your body will suffer from a host of incurable diseases forming sores and ulcers that would never heal. May you, Ashwathama, lead the most wretched life anyone can ever lead. May you never receive love or affection ever in your life unto the end of Time ”.
Ashwathama had a Mani (gem) since his birth in his forehead which used to protect him from the fear of any snakes, ghosts, demigods and demons. Lord Sri Krishna asked Ashwatthama to surrender this Mani (gem) & took it from him. Lord Sri Krishna further said that “the wound caused by the removal of this Mani (gem) on his forehead will never heal and he will suffer from leprosy and wound in his forehead will always seep blood and Puss, thus arousing a foul smell till the end of Kaliyuga”. So in this way, Ashwathama will be in search of death every moment, and yet he will never die. At the end of Kali Yuga, Ashwathama shall meet God Sri Kalki, the tenth avatar of Lord Vishnu.”
It is said that from the last 5152 years, Ashwathama is still roaming on earth in and around the Narmada river in India. As Mahakaal (Lord Shiva) can only free him from the curse so it is said that he still visits the shivling at a temple near the Narmada river every morning and places a rose flower there in temple which he creates from his tap / spiritual power every day.
So from the above story it is quite evident that we should never do any harm to anyone, as otherwise, God shall punish us badly. In Bhagwat Gita Lord Krishna says that:
"aneka-citta-vibhranta
moha-jala-samavrtah
prasaktah kama-bhogesu
patanti narake ’suchau" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Sixteen verse 16)
"Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, Thus perplexed by various anxieties and bound by a network of illusions, these evil people become too strongly attached to sense enjoyment and fall down into hell."
"tan aham dvisatah kruran
samsaresu naradhaman
ksipamy ajasram asubhan
asurisv eva yonisu" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Sixteen verse 19)
"Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, "These haters, evil, cruel, & vilest among men, I ( God) repeatedly throw them into demoniacal wombs in this world."
"asurim yonim apanna
mudha janmani janmani
mam aprapyaiva kaunteya
tato yanty adhamam gatim" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Sixteen verse 20)
"Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, Attaining repeated birth amongst the species of demoniac life, such persons can never approach Me. Gradually they sink down to the most abominable, lowest type of existence."
So let’s do good karmas only & not harm anybody by our acts. God shall be with us if we live a life doing good karmas / acts in our life. God shall bestow on us all the health, wealth, happiness & bliss of life, if our Karmas / acts are good.
Jai Shri Krishna
Bhagwat Gita ka akshar akshar satya hai, Bhagwan hamne gita par chalne ki raha thikhyan
ReplyDeleteCan I ask what was the 'pava mochanem'...I mean every curse have
ReplyDeletea curse redeem right, to ease the person who is curse. Like when Hanuman was cursed he will never know his power, the curse redeem was 'He will know His power if anyone reminds Him'
So what was Ashwathama's curse redemption?
Bhagwan kalki
ReplyDeleteHow was Ashwathama born with a Shirorathna if he was an evil person?
ReplyDeleteThe Great epic of Incent mahabarath.
ReplyDeleteASHWARTHAMA was not a evil barrier of Mahabharata he was son of guru dronacharya andequipped with brahamastra and he used to take revenge of death of his father Dronacharya killed by his Disciple Arjun by giving him a message of death by yudhistra which was wrong tactice to kill DORANACHARYA and
ReplyDeleteAshwathama WAS a bad character. He was befriended early in his life by Duryodhan at the gurukul thinking it advantageous to have the favours of the son of their guru. He thus was always biased towards the kurus and justified their low tactics to his father guru Drona. Shri Krishna's words to guru Drona in Drona parva reflect this when He chastises him for being overly attached to his son Ashwathama. So much so that he has overlooked his misdeeds and allowed him from his youth to sway from the path of righteousness. Therefore failing as a teacher. For Ashwathama he made his students give half of Drupads kingdom despite having the wealth of a Raj guru.
DeleteYes Ashwathama wasn't evil what he did was take revenge of his father dead. If someone kill my family I will do and take revenge no matar what I will never forgive that person even if I die.
ReplyDeleteAshwathama is not bad person.
ReplyDeleteAshwatthama's was not bad person. He got blessing of God. One of them was no crime will touch his brain.
ReplyDeleteAswathama is bad since he was in Adharmic side..
ReplyDeleteIf he is in Dharmic side & took revenge it would have been a different story & he would have been saved from wrong doing..that's the power of Dharma