Daily Archives: July 16, 2016

deceit

Deceit, deception, fraud, falsehood — there are numerous synonyms of that vice we hate a lot. However, at times even the most virtuous person has to play deceptive when life turns out to be a mayhem. In the battle of Mahabharata, Lord Krishna played deceptive tricks several times to safeguard the truth. He even forced Yudhishthir to speak a half truth half lie— “Ashvathama hato, naro wa kunjaro wa.” He misguided Guru Dronacharya about his son Ashvathama’s death. Though an elephant, his namesake had died. Guru Dronacharya was killed by Dhrishtadyumna (Dhrupad‘s son and Draupadi‘s brother) just because of Lord Krishna’s deceit. Lord Krishna is mentioned as Challiya in mythology. There are multiple such examples of deceit mentioned in the Mahabharata. Lord Indra cunningly usurped Karna’s kavach and kundal exploiting him for his generosity. He turned deceptive to save his son Arjun’s life. Even Karna’s mother Kunti wrested him off…

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