UNKNOWN FACTS OF MAHABHARATA: CONVERSATION OF BRAHMIN ASMAKA AND KING JANAKA

Asmaka lessens the grief of King Janaka

After the incredible Mahabharata war, Yudhisthira mourned for the destruction of all the warriors including his brother Karna and the Upapandavas. He determined to stay on fasting unto demise, live the lifestyles of an Ascetic within the forest, and have control over his grief. His brothers Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva alongside Draupadi, Narada, Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa and Lord Krishna attempted to convince him to change his mind. That time Vyasa explained to him the outcomes of Prarabdha Karma(the part of past karma that needs to be experienced via the present body) by way of saying that, “All the human beings who're born on the earth, are subjected to die. Laziness that appears to offer pleasure, consequences in miseries. Hard work that seems depressing, gives happiness, Prosperity, Wealth, politeness and fame that stays within him. Our close people can in no manner provide us delight and enemies can by no means give us sorrows. Human beings can not provide us with wealth and wealth can not bring happiness. Consequently, you should perform your responsibilities for which you have been born on the earth.” Then he mentioned approximately the verbal exchange of Brahmin Asmaka and Videha King Janaka about that we will understand right here in short.

Janaka asked, “Brahmin! what is the determination of a religious character possessed with wealth and family, additionally at the time of getting afflicted out of grief for no longer obtaining the same?

Asmaka answered, “ King! when a human being is born, happiness and sorrow follow him. Thereupon attaining this sort of wealth and family, he gets influenced after which his wisdom is abolished much like the wind blows away the clouds. He turns out to be egoistic of his status, power, and accomplishments. He comes to be miserable after wasting all of the money of his ancestors and likewise, prefers stealing from others. King stops these unrighteous people via the way of Dand approach. One who involves in these types of sins from the age of twenty and thirty does not live up to hundred years. An individual ought to keep away from his griefs by way of consciousness and avoid the wrong ways. Humans often suffer due to delusion of mind and immorality. Old age and demise are factors that devour all of the effective, vulnerable, Low, and high-born people. No human can skip over these two. Even the king can not avoid old age and die. Humans should helplessly address all of the happiness and sorrow of their life. An individual throughout his Purvaavastha, Madhyaavstha, and Uttaravastha desires for happiness simplest but irrespective of that, he attains sadness too. Getting an undesirable thing, losing the ideal ones, purposes, catastrophes, enjoyment and distress, birth and loss of life of humans, their benefit and losing manifest due to Prarabdha only.

The whole thing is predestined. All the everyday activities of humans including ingesting, walking, sleeping, sitting, getting awake, etc are constant as in step with the time. Even a doctor sometimes gets affected by the disease, mighty ones turn into weaker and Eligible individuals lose their capabilities. High-born family, health, power, appearance, prosperity, and gratifications are acquired via non-secular deeds carried out in past. Now and then it's far seen as poor people have many children no matter their need whereas, rich people live childlessly.

Ailment, fire, water, weapons, hunger, thirst, danger, fever, poison, falling from high places are the Nimittas or causes of each person's demise. These ways are fated for every person by Prarabdha on the time in their birth only thru which they attain Paraloka. No person has appeared to ever contravene these ways. Even extremely good Ascetics who aren't entitled to abide by any guidelines of Deities have in no way gone against these ways. Every so often it is observed Affluents lose all their wealth at some point of their young age and a number of them no matter of having a tremendous amount of money die early. Indigent who do no longer own anything seemed to live for a long time and suffer thru their misery. Rich lose the potential to consume meals whereas poor even digest a wood. An evil person with the flow of the time do all the incorrect and wise person notwithstanding of condemning the sin consisting of hunting animals, lusting women, gambling, and consuming alcohol, then he too gets related to the same. These are already specified through God that nobody can get away. Wind, sky, sun, moon, Earth, day, night, Nakshatras, rivers, mountains, seasons, and the happiness and sufferings of human beings are created and maintained by way of God only. No medicines, Homa, Japa and Mantras can keep someone from old age and demise. Sanyoga and Viyoga of people are not anything but logs of wood flowing on the ocean connecting as well as getting separated as consistent with the the the flow of water. Human beings are born many times on the earth, where he has different wives, children, and families. For whom should he lament? He must have in mind his duties and recognition of birth and death of his body which is not infinite. For an individual the cycle of birth and death is unavoidable. Although heaven is neither noticeable in front of everyone nor visible earlier via anyone, yet the spiritual human beings ought to not go in opposition to Shastras and carry out shraddha for ancestors and Yajna for Deities. They must establish spiritual deeds, perform sacrifice rituals and fulfil the objects of Dharma (righteousness), Artha (prospects), and Kama (pleasure). Nobody realizes Disease and loss of life that impacts the complete world. Extremely good Ayurvedic doctors along with his family even after taking effective kadha and Ghut can not defeat death. Moreover, Rasayana can in no manner end those two.

Any wise man doing Svadhyaya in shastras and performing sacrifice rituals, scholars, religious, doner, ascetic additionally go through the debility consequent upon old age and death. The fact is days, months, years passed on by a person after he's born, will never return. According to the Astikas(one that believes in the soul, self, and spirit), the human body is originated from Jiva or soul (consciousness) whereas Nastikas(not Astikas) says, it is the body that forms the Jiva. No person remains here with anyone all the time, not even with his very own body.

King! where are your father and grandfather now? Neither you can see each person after their demise nor they could see you. No human beings can watch heaven and hell from here. Simplest Shastras can assist the wise people on this. Consequently, do all your activities as in step with Shastras. One ought to receive Grihastha after practising celibacy, please the deities and Pitras by means of way of doing yajna, getting married, having kids, not hold hatred feelings for anyone and preserve his thoughts in God baring the desires of achieving svarga.” After paying attention to the valuable advice of Asmaka, King Janaka was relieved from his sorrows after which he returned to his kingdom.

Ref: Mahabharata book Shanti Parva