Moral causation …On a loop

 

Moral causation …

                           ..................On a loop

 

Kunti  is never  considered  as a spectacular or iconic character when one  discusses  the Mahabharata. Her story is actually quite tragic.

Born as a princess,given away by her  father  to his childless relative,

she does not even get  an opportunity to  bid a proper goodbye to her mother .But she dutifully respects her father’s wishes with dignity.

She personally manages hospitality to Sage Durvasa during his visit and is    granted  a divine boon. Unaware of its power, she ends up giving birth to a baby  (Karna). She is forced abandon the newborn to avoid   social ridicule. She offers  to relinquish  her royal life to  raise the baby living incognito,. but she is prevented. . This decision haunts her all her life. Then she gets married to King Pandu . As dutiful wife she graciously accepts her husband’s second wife .

Madri commits Sati on the to the funeral pyre of Pandu. Kunti is left to raise five children all by herself. Under her care  they grow up into courageous warriors. She  comes back to Hastinapur and becomes Queen Mother. But her troubles never end. . She endures the ordeals of the Lakshagriha and agnyathavasa with her sons.  She finally comes face to face with her first born Karna whom  she had abandoned.Though she recognises him she cannot proclaim it. She endures the pain of watching him being humiliated repeatedly for being of lower caste and not a Kshatriya ( even though he is  one in reality ). Sadly   her five sons are the ones who insult Karna the  most .  They even become sworn enemies..

Kunti faced  discrimination, humiliation, ridicule and vilification throughout her life.

For Karma is  so powerful  that it can  nullify all the blessings & adulation  one may  receive, protection that one  may have, wealth  fame one may attain ,beauty & virtues  which one may be bestowed with…..

If a mythological character like Kunti ,whose life story is an endless saga of

misfortune , sorrow, grief & distress  & without her there would  be

no  Pandavas , no Karna and consequently no Kurukshetra War was not spared  the repercussions of Karma,

What about the mere mortals ?

It is ironical that we alone create our Karma  by our actions(doings) which  we are unable to regulate or maneuver

 

Thus thinketh  madasambrani