Mahabharata – 212
by
Sankar Mukherjee
&
Dr Ramesh Chandra Mukhopadhyaya
Aadivamsaavatarana Parva
by
Sankar Mukherjee
&
Dr Ramesh Chandra Mukhopadhyaya
Aadivamsaavatarana Parva
Dronacharya II
Drona was proficient in the art of war.He went to the great world conqueror Parashuram.Parashuram blessed him and bestowed on him numerous weapons that were beyond the ken of the mortals.Here a note on the weapons of the Mahabharata will not be out of place. Unlike today there were no gun factories or atomic research institutes. Arms
and weapons were basically created by the mind although they were no mere dream figments. They had devastating effects on the material world and the phenomenal world.That is why such weapons could be attained through austerities and penance.And this is why Bhisma wanted an
illustrious teacher aglow with the glory of penance. Now strengthened with the blessings of Parashuram Drona felt like meeting his boyhood friend Drupada.After the demise of his royal father Drupada had become the king of Panchala and Drona looked forward to a warm reception from Drupada now a king. Then mighty Drona presented himself before king Drupada, and addressing the king,said ------ Know me as your friend. Thus addressed with a joyous heart by his friend, Drona, the king of the Panchala was not happy.
Hearing this, the king, Drupada intoxicated with the pride of wealth, and power, contracted his brows in anger, and with reddened eyes he said to Drona -- Oh Brahmana! your intelligence is scarcely of a high order. You called me a friend.Oh Bramahana ! your unimaginative, understanding compelled you to say like this. Note that, great kings can never be friends with such luckless and indigent character like you! It is true that there was friendship between you
and me before. Because we were then both on equal terms . But Time that weakens everything in its course, destroyed friendship also. In this world, friendship never continues for ever in any heart. Time erodes it off and anger destroys it too. Do not stick, therefore, to that worn-off friendship. Think not of it any longer. The friendship I had with you, was for a particular purpose. Friendship can never be maintained between a poor man and a rich man, between an educated man and an uneducated man and between a hero and a coward. Why do you
desire the continuation of our former friendship? There may be friendship or hostility between persons equally situated as to wealth or might. The indigent and the affluent can neither be friends nor can quarrel with each other. One who is borne in an unnatural way can never be a friend of one of pure and natural birth.One who is not a car-warrior can never be a friend to one who is so, and one who is not a king can never have a king for his friend. Therefore, why do you desire the continuation of our former friendship?
Thus addressed by Drupada, the intelligent Drona became filled with anger. He meditated for a moment.He made up his mind as to his course of action regarding Drupada. Seeing the bad manners of the Panchala king, he was angry.But he restrained his emotions. Speedily he left
the Panchala capital. Drona now made up his mind to visit Hastinapura the capital of the Kurus.He reached Hastinapura in due course and took refuge in the house of Kripacharya his brother in law.
Drona was proficient in the art of war.He went to the great world conqueror Parashuram.Parashuram blessed him and bestowed on him numerous weapons that were beyond the ken of the mortals.Here a note on the weapons of the Mahabharata will not be out of place. Unlike today there were no gun factories or atomic research institutes. Arms
and weapons were basically created by the mind although they were no mere dream figments. They had devastating effects on the material world and the phenomenal world.That is why such weapons could be attained through austerities and penance.And this is why Bhisma wanted an
illustrious teacher aglow with the glory of penance. Now strengthened with the blessings of Parashuram Drona felt like meeting his boyhood friend Drupada.After the demise of his royal father Drupada had become the king of Panchala and Drona looked forward to a warm reception from Drupada now a king. Then mighty Drona presented himself before king Drupada, and addressing the king,said ------ Know me as your friend. Thus addressed with a joyous heart by his friend, Drona, the king of the Panchala was not happy.
Hearing this, the king, Drupada intoxicated with the pride of wealth, and power, contracted his brows in anger, and with reddened eyes he said to Drona -- Oh Brahmana! your intelligence is scarcely of a high order. You called me a friend.Oh Bramahana ! your unimaginative, understanding compelled you to say like this. Note that, great kings can never be friends with such luckless and indigent character like you! It is true that there was friendship between you
and me before. Because we were then both on equal terms . But Time that weakens everything in its course, destroyed friendship also. In this world, friendship never continues for ever in any heart. Time erodes it off and anger destroys it too. Do not stick, therefore, to that worn-off friendship. Think not of it any longer. The friendship I had with you, was for a particular purpose. Friendship can never be maintained between a poor man and a rich man, between an educated man and an uneducated man and between a hero and a coward. Why do you
desire the continuation of our former friendship? There may be friendship or hostility between persons equally situated as to wealth or might. The indigent and the affluent can neither be friends nor can quarrel with each other. One who is borne in an unnatural way can never be a friend of one of pure and natural birth.One who is not a car-warrior can never be a friend to one who is so, and one who is not a king can never have a king for his friend. Therefore, why do you desire the continuation of our former friendship?
Thus addressed by Drupada, the intelligent Drona became filled with anger. He meditated for a moment.He made up his mind as to his course of action regarding Drupada. Seeing the bad manners of the Panchala king, he was angry.But he restrained his emotions. Speedily he left
the Panchala capital. Drona now made up his mind to visit Hastinapura the capital of the Kurus.He reached Hastinapura in due course and took refuge in the house of Kripacharya his brother in law.
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