In BG Krishna says that he knows the past present and future and every thing happens by his will but when karna used his Shakti dart on Ghatotkach he began jumping and dancing on the terrace of the chariot clapping his arms.
Moreover he tells Arjun that ever since he had heard of karna posessing the Shakti dart he has been in constant ANXIETY.
Why should the supreme God, the knower of everything be in constant ANXIETY and behave like this?
(Reference vedabase Mahabharat). Thanks
Hare Krishna! Dandvats pranam 🙏
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Hare Krishna,
O Arjuna, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I know everything that has happened in the past, all that is happening in the present, and all things that are yet to come. I also know all living entities; but Me no one knows. (BG 7.26)
Karna had this weapon and that can be used only one time on anyone. If he used it on Arjuna than there is possible chance of game end result to change. So, Karna made him use it on Ghatokach and once it was one. Krishna showed happiness by clapping his hands and dancing. Because Arjuna had only three big opponents 1. Bhishma 2. Dronacharya 3. Karna.
Bhishma was invincible and Krishna had to play a game to trick him by bringing in Shikandi into the war scene
Dronacharya also was guru of Arjuna. So, To divert his attention and save Arjuna by making Yudhishtra tell a lie that Ashwattama is dead. ( because Arjuna was very relectant to fight with BHISHMA and DRONA) grandfather and Guru.
The last one was Karna ( who was surya putra and Kunti putra and first among the Pandavas). Karna had mastered the skill of archery and had equal caliber as much as Arjuna. To trick Karna to use that Shakti Drat on Ghatotkach went as per the plan of Krishna.
See, In a chess game also.
If one wrong move the game result can change totally. When Karna used that weapon on Ghatkach .. Krishna became axiety free.
Krishna already knows even Sahadeva already knew the war results before the war itself. Sahadev ji was an Astrologer and he had the power to see the future also. But Krishna told Sahadeva not to declare the end result. If the end result of the war is know the Pandavas wont fight and would relax as they know the result already.... if the karma of war is not done.. the game results in a different ending.
Look let us say you have an EXAM TOMORROW and some Astrologer predicted that tomorrow you will pass with flying colors.
WOULD YOU STUDY? You wont study as you know the results are in your favor already. So, you will simply relax before the exam and wouldn't even bother to study a bit.
Then surely you will fail ..
Inorder that the result to be favorable you need to be doing the karma of studying before the exam strictly.
So, Krishna knows everything but to get to the result desired we need to do the action. So, as per the plan of Krishna, Karna used that weapon on Ghatokach and exhausted it and now Arjuna is clearly the winner as that was the only one time use weapon.
So Krishna was displaying some anxiety whether Karna will use it on Ghatotkach or Arjuna.
FREEWILL IS GIVEN BY LORD to KARNA .. Karna has to decide what to do.
Krishna never interferes in the freewill. There is always 2 choices given to you ( or here Karna) Karna could use it on Ghatotkach or Arjuna it is upto his will. Each one will have a different outcome.
Hare Krishna
I thank You whole heartedly for the in-depth answering but Arjun was completely aware regarding the outcome of the battle due to BG sung by the lord. Krishna had told him that except you 5 the warriors on both the sides will be slain. He had also specifically mentioned that warriors like bhisma drona karna were already slain and he was only supposed to act as an instrument and most importantly he had seen all the warriors going in the jaws of death in the vishwa Rupa darshan. Pandavas were not kaamchor in any way.
Coming back to bhisma then I beg to differ that bhisma was tricked. Shikhandi was purely a man and not an eunuch. This is in vedabase and many other MB. She had done a temporary sex change with a yaksha. Only bhisma knew this and so he was avoiding. That's his mistake or free will. Also shikhandi previously as amba had received a boon from Lord Shiva and boon and curses are destined to happen. Shikhandi was a great warrior who remained in the battlefield for 18days and was killed in the night by ashwatthama. Similarly neither was drona tricked nor karna. Well let's not get into all these things as it quite often ends up in quarrels 🙏🙏
How was dronacharya not tricked?