S557: Mahabharata & Modern Life Lessons: of 5+ Archetypes Beyond PanchaPandavas:

Deep dive to roots of the Mahabharata that’s at the core of Bharata, Bharatiyas & Bharatva. (India, Indians & Indianity). Decoding Mahabharatas Influences.

Writing this as a mashup of ideas on Krishna Janmashtami2024 (26-Aug) to explore Why Krishna (as Hero-Template 4Friendship, Love, Freedom, Justice-seekers, Mentoring, Creativity, Community & Conflict-Resolution, Cosmic-Continuity) and helpful Krishna-mitras (Arjuna, Radha, Rukmini, Satyabhama, Devaki, Yashodara, Vasudev-Nanda, Balaram, Sudhama, Pandavas (5-SubHeros) and more Positive Characters in the Journey) fought the struggles in Kalinga-Kamsa-Vadana & Kurukshetra-War and Spoke the Geeta for Wisdom of Life-Warriors?.

We can see most of the Character Personality Archetypes in the Mahabharata in real lives too. Who play roles of “Helpers, Holders, Handlers, Hoarders, Charmers, Harmers and Healers. The Challenge is to see and identify who is who? as they role-play in Homes, in Families, in communities, in offices, in cults & cultures and also national & global politics.

Ultimate Heroes-Test is Whether the person-people Promote Helping_Culture or Harming_Cults. Whether the Hero Promotes More Virtues and Less Vices in self & others. Eg. JK Krishnamurthi and Osho, Ghengis Khan Vs Rumi. Kalam and Kasab…

Krishnayana’s Journey Plot thickens From Mathura(UP) to Brindavan to Indraprastha(Delhi) to Hastinapura to Kurukshetra & concludes in Dwaraka(Gujarat). The Documentor or Writer is Vyasa from Nepal. It spreads West-East Stretch across the Indian Continent from Afghanistan-Gandhara to Manipura in it. This post expresses that there is some lessons of life more for the Human-Spirit(Idea-Ideals) and less about the Group-Rituality(Idol-Image).

Like how Ramayana Stretches across North-South from Ayodhya(UP) to Lanka(SriLanka) Via Kishkinda(Karnataka). There is a Genre like in Da vinci Code or Troy or Julius Caesar.. which can use existing realism superimposed with imagination that gives it interest, intrigue and influence to be memorable and a memorial for events and real values of humanity.

Gandhiji’s Last Words at his Assassination were “Hey Ram“.. This to his Witnesses as a Gandhian may remind of Ideal-Ram or For an addict may remind him of Ideal-Rum. Beauty is in the eyes of the Beholder and Duty in the ears of the Beholder._GRP. Similarly Your and our experiences(Basis) and presumptions(Bias) will color the following post.

DISCLAIMER: This Post is Intented to Bring Commonality of Spirituality & Humanism into the Light for academic readers to be empowered, and it is not to offend, incite, fuel or Spread any Inter-group, religious, ideological differences for political reasons of power. If there is any misinterpretation the readers bias need to be self-checked and if there is a author’s-bias in this post do share in the comments below to course correct. I am an Author-Arjuna, you can do a Su-darshana(Good review) to Express the Mentor-Krishna in you and state any corrections to this writing.(Copy reading old scriptural works may not have had this privilege of Collaborative-Authorship).

Every Harmed-Human can be seen as the Quintessential Seekers (Doubtful I-Arjuna/Thomas/Brit-Indians) on the “Battlefield of Their Life” Conflicted-World needing Life-Guidance (A Charioteer-Counseller who vouches for Dharma-Righteousness Krishna, Jesus, Buddha, Bose, BhagatSingh, Gandhi..etc) on taking up his Bow (His Body-Mind-Tools) to defend & fight the injustices and dark-forces of oppression-depression in front of him-her for Solutions and never to give up or stray from the right path of Virtues, Valour & Honor.

Reading this one can see there is a Core a Soulful cosmic Blackhole, that’s a Vaccumming force that attracts people to itself for evolution by cycles of Creation (Bhrama), Collaboration-Continuation (Vishnu) & Cessation(Shiva).

This is authors’ attempt to extract From Spirit-rituality the spirit or Quitessence from the rituality or exagerrated pretence.. This is common theme in most religions the content of Supernaturality covers the humane relationality. https://grpvcare2dare.design.blog/2024/08/26/s557-mahabharata-modern-life-lessons-of-5-archetypes-beyond-panchapandavas/

Mahabharata as a Templates to understand life-scenes, tendencies & probabilities through 4 Pair-protagonists life, Rama-Hanuman, Krishna-Arjuna, Socrates-Plato, Alexander-Aristole, & Buddha-Ananda, also John-Jesus-Peter, Chanakya-Chandragupta, Gurunanak-GuruAngad, Gandhi-JP Narayan etal. in movies its reflected as Neo-Morpheus (Matrix), Harry-Hagrid-Dumbledore (Harry Potter Series). A Mentor-Tormented relationship and a baron passon.

the theme is a flow of Original Master & next Master among the Disciples.

Across 5 Archetypes-Relations.

1. Parent-Child, (Parenting)

2. Brothers-Sisters, (Sibling)

3. Friends-Lovers, (Coupling)

4. Masters-Workers (Working)

5. Leaders- Challengers-Followers. (Empowering). eg. Rama-Ravana, Kamsa-Krishna, Buddha-Materialists, Basavana-Bossers. Colonialists-Colonialized, Marx-Monarchy-Oligarchy.

It’s to attract people away from the harmful, PanchaKleshas or Five Evils or Awagunas, Indra’s (Anger), Kamsa (Villain-Tyrant King driven by Fear), Dhuryodana (Aggressive-greedy peer), Shakuni (Conspiring-Plotting-Cunnning Elder) & Dhushasana (Blind-Lust). Kama, Krodha, Moha, Mada & Matsarya.

This is a post taking a Pragmatistic view of ideas & concepts in Indic-Philosophy Bhagavadam, Mahabharata & Gita about Individuality, Familiality, Community, Country & Cosmos…I.e Humanity’s relativity with Universality (Space), Eternity (Time) & Spirituality(Constitutionality).. Where Questions of Who, Where, When, Why.. etc emerge from the epics.

Mahabharata is a Hindu text with immense Significance, Eminence, Influence on the Indian Psyche and across Indian landscape. as its idealized and idolized instead of being pragmantized and rationalified.

With Places, Periods, Peoples, in a flow of Events, Scenes, Plots, Characters, & Circumstances played out as a myriad of complex interactions. it’s the Ultimate Movie like the Marvel universe.

Its Information can inform population about relevance of relations, reference to creations & Reverance to excellence.

So Many Stories and Diversity of Characters and Interaction makes this very colorful and probable Human Interactions (Minus the Supernatural hyperbole Exaggeration that could me metaphorical).. Krishna, Arjuna, Yudhistra-Dhritarastra, Kunti-Gandhari, Bhisma-Drona, Karna-Sudhama,

1. Concept Of Dharma-Karma-Vikarma. (Duty-Actions-Reactions).

2. Concepts of Real live Human relationships (Parents, Children, Siblings, Friends, Relatives, Aspirations, Positions, Occupations.. etc). Jesus the carpenter, Krishna the Cowherd, Buddha the prince, these are seen across all imaginations and realities.

3. Mode of Narrative is Begining, Middle and an end.

4. There are Heros, Villians, Witnesses & Allies.

5. There is a scene of pleasure, pain or suffering as plot thickens, a journey to conflict a war and return to pleasure or balance or acceptance.

6. There is past feelings, histories contexts, injustices, an impending prophecy, attempts to realize collective aspiration through the hero or heroines life and actions.

7. There is an expression and desire for a needed relief, fulfillment of needs of the age, that is embodied, entrusted and envisioned in the available options of the present moment.

8. Image a Scene in Movie when the lights are slowly turned off(eclipse) and the shadows takeover witg thunder-lightning and storms strikes, later the storm passes and There is a sunrise across a blue sky bright new day. Thus the problem of maya, illusions of villains, hold back the human life and Societies, then there is a need for a bright son to shine across the bright blue sky. that is the Guru(Remover of darkness) it has come in form of Krishna, during Times of Kamsa, Dhushasana (Mal-administration), Dhritarastra(Blind King) & Dhuryodana(Unjust Prince). You may see this played across nations too in Ravana-megnad, Saddam Hussain-sons, Indra Gandhi-sons Story also in Current politics.. Do see the pattern repeats itself.

9. Thus Mahabharata (National Politics) to Grihabharata(Family Politics).. this is same journey of people in life from the travails of initial days, to trials of mid life crisis, to overcoming our nemisises & establishing good just and free communities & societies.

10. Thus August being Indian Freedom Month, and Krishna Janmashtami (Birth of Krishna, is the original hero predates like Mitra, Jesus, Buddha, Gandhi, MLK, Lincoln, or Bose or Neo, Ambedkar or Bahubali) being celebrated across the nations.. is a sense of Hope, Freedom, Justice and Trust-Faith in the Systems. That If the system declines and destroys humanity, there will be course correction by an entity inherently from the system needs to raise against Darkness and show some light of Relief across the Illusions & Oppression.

My request to people is to spread love, joy and friendship all ideals of Krishna and his likes who stand for peace, partnerships and prosperity of the self, family and society and Humanity.

Like Gandhi says. Be the Light you want to see in your dark life. Hare Krishna.

Krishna Nee Bhegane Bharo (Let the Corrective-Forces of Krishna, Jesus or Budhha) return to the world as enlightened Sources of Knowledge in us that brightens our dark times of wars and worries.

Appo Deepo Bhava,