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A QUESTION ON MAHABHARATA

Posted by Dwaipayan Ghosh on June 9, 2012 at 8:22am in Krishna

Hare Krsna, all Prabhujis and Matajis!

Please accept my humble obeisances!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

                                      I don't read the total MAHABHARATA but I have listened that at last the five  PANDAVA brothers and their wife 'Draupadi' had left the Kingdom and they took the third stage of life ('Vanprastha' life ), I have also listened that they had started walking towards north and finally they had reached the HEAVEN by only through walking on their feet  but I have failed to understand this topic that how this is possible that one can reach the HEAVENS only through walking on his feet towards north and this contradicts with our understanding of Cosmology.

                                       So please help me to understand this critical topic of MAHABHARATA.

          Dandavat Pranam!

        Your aspiring servant,

               Dwaipayan.

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  • Sevak
    Bharat June 13, 2012 at 1:23pm

    Hare Krishna 

    The pandavas do not ascend to heaven by walking towards north. Indra's chariot comes down on the way and Yudishtira Maharaja boards the chariot to ascend to heaven

  • Volunteer
    Dhaval Krishna Das June 9, 2012 at 4:38pm

    Hare Krishna

    In Bhagavatam there are many examples of how people visited other planetary systems Ex: King Kukudmi and his daughter revati visiting Brahmaloka in just an hour (SB 9.3.28-32).

    Arjuna going to nagaloka is another example. Also Madhvacharya travelling to meet Vyasadev.

    These are examples of mystic travel, where the travellers ended up in a higher dimension. It is also said that there are shortcuts which are taken by mystic yogis to reach different planetary systems. These shortcuts are on a higher dimensional plane. Just like if we want to go from India to USA, we may walk but it takes a long time, But someone who can access a flight can take a shortcut and just fly to US.

    In the same manner someone who can access the shortcuts to planetary system either thorough his mystic powers or by Lord's mercy can travel to higher dimensions.

    Ys

  • Volunteer
    Mohini Madhavi dd Maral Alymova June 9, 2012 at 11:58am

    My humble obeisances Dwaipayan Prabhuji,

    Going to the north they went to Himalaya which is the center of this Universe. Of course they might changed their bodies on the way to Heaven. Because Srila Prabhupada says that we can not reach other planets in this body.

    And some of us might think that Arjuna had spiritual body. But if so then why Krishna in Bhagavad Gita says that you were there when i told this knowledge to Son of the Sun God but you do not remember because you change your body but I do not.

    And in other sense Arjuna for one year was in the heaven with his father Indra. So how can we explain this?

    Also they went to Lord Vishnu with Krishna when they wanted to bring back the son of Sandipani Muni?

     In the reality Himalaya Mountain is connected with Mount Meru and also Mother Ganges flow from the Causal Ocean. But our eyes can not see it. Our eyes are limited because of that we can not see these connections.

    But Pandavas had such like powers, they had knowledge of using mantras and sound. 

    Your servant,

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