The previous episode of Upanishad Ganga was on retired life or "Vaanprastha."
The episode starts with the aftermath of the Kurukshetra war. Duryodhan is dying in his father, king Dhritarashtra's lap. Dhritarashtra is shattered after the death of all of his hundred sons. He is grieving with his wife but is not ready to give up his empire to the Pandavas. He is still not free from the attachment of luxuries and his palace. After fifteen years when Dhritarashtra is not allowed to conduct a ritual for his sons he decides to leave with his wife to go to Tapovan.
Sutradhaar rightly states that retired life is not a weakness of human life. It is during this age that a human being becomes free from all the "moh" and starts getting closer to God. In my opinion, may be God deliberately designed old age like this so that a human being realises that he comes to this world alone and leaves it alone.
In the next part we get to see how Samrat Bhimbhisara's son wanted to kill him to dethrone him and rule the kingdom. After he is successful in enslaving his father him he feels victorious. On the other hand the king feels that he should have given up the feeling of "moh" with his son long time ago. He should have known that human beings are governed by the feelings of greed and ambition.
When Bhimbhisara's son becomes a father he is elated at the first moment when suddenly he realises that his father must have experienced the same joy when he was born and through the years he must have felt various emotions, he must have put in so much effort in bringing him up and must have had many expectations from him. He immediately orders his servant to free his father. When the servant informs him about his father's demise he feels deeply repentant of his deeds. He feels that when he finally realised that his father was right, his son came to his life to prove him wrong.
The episode had a beautiful message. It talked about how old age gives us a chance to leave all worldly pleasures.
The episode starts with the aftermath of the Kurukshetra war. Duryodhan is dying in his father, king Dhritarashtra's lap. Dhritarashtra is shattered after the death of all of his hundred sons. He is grieving with his wife but is not ready to give up his empire to the Pandavas. He is still not free from the attachment of luxuries and his palace. After fifteen years when Dhritarashtra is not allowed to conduct a ritual for his sons he decides to leave with his wife to go to Tapovan.
Sutradhaar rightly states that retired life is not a weakness of human life. It is during this age that a human being becomes free from all the "moh" and starts getting closer to God. In my opinion, may be God deliberately designed old age like this so that a human being realises that he comes to this world alone and leaves it alone.
In the next part we get to see how Samrat Bhimbhisara's son wanted to kill him to dethrone him and rule the kingdom. After he is successful in enslaving his father him he feels victorious. On the other hand the king feels that he should have given up the feeling of "moh" with his son long time ago. He should have known that human beings are governed by the feelings of greed and ambition.
When Bhimbhisara's son becomes a father he is elated at the first moment when suddenly he realises that his father must have experienced the same joy when he was born and through the years he must have felt various emotions, he must have put in so much effort in bringing him up and must have had many expectations from him. He immediately orders his servant to free his father. When the servant informs him about his father's demise he feels deeply repentant of his deeds. He feels that when he finally realised that his father was right, his son came to his life to prove him wrong.
The episode had a beautiful message. It talked about how old age gives us a chance to leave all worldly pleasures.
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