As June comes to an end, I have been pondering about the actions and inactions that have taken place in the world of Blue Caramel during this month. We three, Shinod, Himanshu and myself were more preoccupied with other endeavors, so in a sense it was an appropriate time for the rest to stand up and be counted. Analyzing the performances, I suddenly remembered the interesting story of Shri Krishna and King Shishupala from the Hindu Mythological epic, the Mahabharata.
Shishupala was a cousin of Lord Krishna, who was born with 3 eyes and 4 arms. Lord Krishna cured him of this deformity. But unknown to Lord Krishna, Shishupala was born under a curse in which it was prophesied that he would be killed by the person who cures him from his deformity. When Shishupala's mother, Srutakirti, the aunt of Lord Krishna came to know of this, she begged Krishna for mercy. Sri Krishna promised that he would forgive Shishupala for 100 sins that he committed but would kill him, if he committed his 101st sin.
With time, Shishupala grew up to be a handsome prince and eventually succeeded his father as the King of Chedi. But his arrogance and recklessness kept on increasing. As promised, Sri Krishna overlooked 100 of his misdeeds but as soon as he committed his 101st sin, he beheaded Shishupala with his Sudarshan Chakra.
All Blue Caramelers should understand that they are being watched and analyzed for all their deeds or misdeeds and believe me, if things are being overlooked as of now, it is just because, we want to overlook them. But when even Shishupala met his fate after he went too far at the hands of Sri Krishna, what are we? We are mere mortals!
Shishupala was a cousin of Lord Krishna, who was born with 3 eyes and 4 arms. Lord Krishna cured him of this deformity. But unknown to Lord Krishna, Shishupala was born under a curse in which it was prophesied that he would be killed by the person who cures him from his deformity. When Shishupala's mother, Srutakirti, the aunt of Lord Krishna came to know of this, she begged Krishna for mercy. Sri Krishna promised that he would forgive Shishupala for 100 sins that he committed but would kill him, if he committed his 101st sin.
With time, Shishupala grew up to be a handsome prince and eventually succeeded his father as the King of Chedi. But his arrogance and recklessness kept on increasing. As promised, Sri Krishna overlooked 100 of his misdeeds but as soon as he committed his 101st sin, he beheaded Shishupala with his Sudarshan Chakra.
All Blue Caramelers should understand that they are being watched and analyzed for all their deeds or misdeeds and believe me, if things are being overlooked as of now, it is just because, we want to overlook them. But when even Shishupala met his fate after he went too far at the hands of Sri Krishna, what are we? We are mere mortals!
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