![]() We are also told that the mountain blocked the river and Uparichara Vasu kicked it with his foot, splitting the mountain and releasing the river.' The name of the mountain is Kolahala and the name of the river is Shuktimati. 'The first thing we are told is that a mountain once raped a river and two human children are born to the river. Perhaps because the things mentioned are so unacceptable, it is possible that the original story has altogether disappeared and we have to infer it from the hazy and puzzling details that are now available to us in the Sanskrit epic. 'Everything about the remaining part of Uparichara Vasu’s story is strange and mysterious. ![]() ![]() 'Let’s now move on to the day that most concerns us, the day on which he begets Sage Vyasa’s mother in an act that the Mahabharata describes as dhoomra – a word the dictionary explains as vice, wickedness, sin.īUT DHOOMRA-as most Indic people know- MEANS SMOKEY OR CLOUDY- like the MIRKY AND MYSTERIOUS way Karma operates- there are other highly specific words for sins and SEXcrimes which can be cross-referenced to Law Books like that of Manu or Yajnavalkya or whatever from which the fine or punishment can be found. In his article, Shri Caitanya has this to say about the conception of Sage Vyasa's mother. So that's why Sri Caitanya pretends that actually this great book is about some debauched, vainglorious, tyrants who misbehaved themselves a long time ago. It's not about kama (Eros) but KARMA.īut Karma is linked up with something else- Dharma (Morality, Justice, Duty). The truth is the Mahabharata is not about lust, uncontrolled or otherwise. Notice, he goes on to misuse this word LUST by applying it to other things like the desire for wealth, for renown, for vengance BUT ALSO FOR ACCEPTANCE! Why stop there, Maharaj? Why not add- lust for Knowledge, lust for Wisdom, lust for a nice cuppa tea with maybe a chocolate hob-nob, lust for updating my status on Facebook, lust for reading something sensible for a change about the Mahabharata? Why is Shri Caitanya misusing the English word 'lust' in this fashion? Is he 'sexing up' his article? But why should he want to? He is a scholarly and (I believe) spiritually oriented man. On the contrary, except with respect to the semi-magical practice of Tapas (austerities)- there was no prohibition on any sort of intercourse from which progeny might result and, what is more, descent of this sort was rather a matter of pride than shame. Furthermore, it is by no means clear that mid Victorian prudery was the established moral code of the day. On the contrary, the number of their sexual partners is lower rather than higher than the median for high status men in the Iron Age. Nobody Shri Caitanya lists here is in the grip of uncontrollable lust. Yet, in classical Indian drama, we do find examples of utterly debauched Princes who rape anyone can they lay hands on. There is not a single one of the important characters in the Mahabharata who is truly preyed upon by lust in the same sense as that of a Tiberius or a Caligula. This is not just the opposite of xxx rated hard core lust, it's the province of fairy tales.Ī King is warned that if he has sex, he will die- but he loves his wife so much he goes ahead and does it anyway. Furthermore, these providential loves, far from bringing ruin to the State, provide Kings with sons with more than mortal powers. True, in the First Book there are cases of Kings suddenly falling in love with a woman and agreeing to make her son his heir- but that's called sexual selection, not uncontrolled lust. ![]() It is the story of lust in every imaginable form and the terrible consequences that uncontrolled lust leads to. The Mahabharata is a tale of uncontrolled lusts – lust for land, lust for wealth, lust for power, lust for honour, lust for fame, lust for acceptance, lust for vengeance, lust for pleasure, and, above all, plain sexual lust. Satya Caitanya has a series of blogs at Boloji- in one recent post he says.
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