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Last week, we saw how Krishna promised his Guru Sandhipaani, that he would
find and rescue his son, who had been kidnapped by pirates. This week, we look
at how Krishna boards the pirate ship, and with guile and charm, commandeers
the pirates.
Im here to serve life. I
dont have a mission of
my own.
Sadhguru: Krishna came to know that Panchajana would soon
be coming with his ship to a particular port to sell his pirated
goods. Panchajana arrived at the port, anchored his ship and
started making his deals. He sold precious stones and gems,
rare herbs and people, the kind of people that land would not have ever Sadhguru
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seen. Because his trading was going well, he camped in that place for a
month. Krishna patiently waited, following him and being around
wherever Panchajana was, learning all his ways and how he dealt with
things. When he saw that Panchajana had made his final deals, Krishna
and Udhava swam to the ship and hid themselves. The ship was waiting
for the right winds and had not yet sailed, when old Bikru, the navigator
of the ship, discovered them. Who are you? he asked. Why did you get
onto the boat?
Krishna was armed only with his smile, so he put it on and said, We
have come here because our brother Punardatta was taken away by you.
Take us wherever you took him and leave us there. We cant be away
from our brother.
Bikru was very amused by this. He thought these were just a couple of
local thieves who had come to take something from the ship and go. He
said, You come and sit here in front of me. You should not move. He
wanted to make sure that the ship moves into the deeper ocean, and see
what these boys would do. He thought they would get desperate and
jump off the ship when it sets sail.
Lying there with hands and legs bound, Krishna continued to make
enquiries about navigation, about the stars with which Bikru guided the
ship. So what if your hands are bound, you can still learn! Their ears
werent plugged so he continued his conversation. This was too much for
Bikru. Slowly, he started liking the boys. They were so sincere and they
just wanted to know about navigation. This man had been navigating the
ship for over 50 years. He said, My father also navigated the same ship.
After he died my uncle navigated this ship and I have been navigating it
now for fifty years. For the first time, someone was showing so much
interest in navigation, wanting to know. He was a treasury of knowledge
about navigation and he got the opportunity to share his knowledge and
he talked to them the whole night. By morning they were great friends,
but their hands and legs were still tied up.
The chief of the ship, Panchajana, was a hard man. If anything was out of
the way from the way he wanted it, people were severely punished or
killed. So, Bikru reported to Panchajana that they had two boys here.
Panchajana came and looked at them, sized them up and thought, This
is good cargo. This blue boy can fetch us a real good price somewhere.
And the other fellow is not so bad either. So he told Bikru, Dont give
them any hard work. Feed them well, let them just be here. Well sell
them somewhere. At the next port we are going to, we will definitely
fetch a good price for boys like this. I dont want them all sun-burnt and
bruised. I want them the way they are. Keep them this way.
The next morning, this news slowly spread among the crew. The next
day, another boy of 17 happened to steal something, and was also given
the same punishment but with 12 lashes. His whole back was ripped off.
Again that night, Krishna and Udhava sat up with this boy through the
night, cleansed his wounds with their own drinking water, making him
alright. The boy was in such pain so they sat with him through the night.
Then, a huge hulk of a man appeared at the door. Hullu had come. He
couldnt believe that these young boys dared to sit with this man who
had been punished and were nursing him.
Our master says so. Panchajana says so. You cannot do such things.
But this is what I do. Someone is in pain, I reach out. Your master
cannot stop this.
Hullu, though he was a great hulk of a man, did not have answers for
these kinds of statements especially when someone was smiling and
talking to him. He had no answers for such a face. He had always been
used to faces that were terrorized the moment they saw him. But this
young boy was looking up at him, smiling and talking to him, and asking
him questions about the fundamentals of his job. He didnt know what to
do. He said, You come with me. Let me take you to the boss. You talk all
this with him.
Krishna said, We were just helping him sleep. Is there any problem
about that?
This is my dharma, nobody can stop me from doing it. If I see suffering,
I reach out.
What is this dharma nonsense? I am the law on this ship. I say no!
Bikru went and brought the carpenter whom Krishna had nursed. Krishna
broke out of the cage and the carpenter fixed the cage as it was. Then,
Krishna and Udhava started walking freely about the deck. Panchajana
came to know of this and asked, Who let them out?
So, they have broken the cage. That means the death penalty. Money or
no money, enough! Lets put an end to these two fools. Has he broken
the cage?
Hullu went and inspected the cage and saw that it was not broken. The
cage was intact. The lock was right there as it was but the boys had just
come out. He was totally terrified. These were definitely some evil spirits!
In total terror, he went to Panchajana and told him, The boys have not
broken the cage. The lock is still intact. But theyve just come out.
Panchajana also felt a little tremor within himself What kind of boys are
these?
Panchajana saw that things were going out of control. He didnt want the
situation to look like Hukku or Hullu were not following his instructions.
So, he said, Let me do this personally. Give me the whip. Handling a
very long cattle whip needs some skill. Everyone cant do it. If you try to
use the whip, you will most probably end up whipping yourself unless
you know how to handle it. A cattle whip is something that you must
know how to use.
Panchajana was not an expert in using a cattle whip. Krishna, right from
infancy, has lived among cattle. He knows how to use a cattle whip very
well. Panchajana tried to whip Krishna but it didnt really make proper
contact. Normally, this whip will peel the skin off but it just left a red
welt on Krishnas back. Krishna caught hold of the end of the whip, took
the whip away and really gave the whipping of his life to Panchajana.
This big man was whipped to such an extent that very little of his skin
was left and he passed out.
Panchajana had a very fine conch with him which he always wore around
his shoulder. A conch is used as a signal to order and to sail away and
these kinds of things. Krishna saw this conch. It was a most beautiful
conch perfectly made and when he blew it, he saw that it made a
most wonderful sound. Conches were used extensively in India at that
time but this was a very special conch which came out with such a
powerful musical tone. Krishna helped himself to the fine conch and
said, I take this as a gift from Panchajana. I am going to keep it for
myself. The conch remained with him his whole life and he named the
conch Panchajanya. Panchajanya become the symbol of power and
victory throughout Mahabarat. It played a very important role.
Then, with the help of Hukku and Hullu, Krishna transported Panchajana
to his cabin and nursed him. When Panchajana regained consciousness,
Krishna told him, See, I have no business with you. My business is just
that I want to save my brother, my gurus son, whom you sold. I see that
you hold no hatred towards my guru or his son. You are just into some
business of your own. You are a thief. This is your dharma. You are doing
it. I am doing my dharma as a disciple. Just drop me on that coast and
you go your way. I dont want to have anything to do with you.
But Panchajana was not made that way. He was groaning in pain but he
was burning with the humiliation that he went through in front of his
crew. And he knows that if he does not do something drastic, no one is
going to take orders from him anymore. He is finished as a captain of the
ship.
After they nursed Panchajana, they left him in his cabin and came up.
They put the ship back on course to go to Vyavasthapuri. Then, in the
night, as Krishna himself was guiding the ship, they saw a big figure
approaching them with a short sword. Panchajana was coming to attack
them. He was a very big man and fighting him when he has a sword in
his hand would be very difficult. Krishna was just looking for a way out. It
looked like he would have to jump off the ship to save his life.
When he was just about to do that, Hullu, who had been a slave of
Panchajana all his life, suddenly came up from behind, picked
Panchajana up and threw him overboard. A skinless man in salt water is
not a very pleasant way to go! And they continued the journey.
Editors Note: Watch the Leela series, for more of Sadhgurus talks on Krishna.
Image courtesy: Krishna blows the conch, Panchajanya, declaring the end of Mahabharata
war, Wikipedia.
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