The Attractor of the Attractor of Cupid

In this material world everyone is under the sway of Cupid or Madana. Even the powerful Roman emperor, Julius Caesar, his heart pierced by the arrows of Cupid, became controlled by the Egyptian queen Cleopatra. Although Cupid is so powerful that he captivates everyone, he is captivated by the beauty of Krishna. Therefore Krishna is called, Madana-mohana, the attractor of Cupid. And even though Krishna is so attractive that he attracts the attractor of everyone, He is attracted by Srimati Radharani, who is therefore known as Madan-mohana-mohini, the attractor of the attractor of Cupid.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Krishna, the Amazing Madana Mohana

Krishna, the Amazing Madana Mohana

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Bhagavad-gita at Start of Battle?

In the first chapter of the Bhagavad-gita it says that the conch shells were blown by the warriors on both sides. When the conch shell is blown the war begins the very next moment. The attendance was four million soldiers (1.6 million Pandavas and 2.4 million Kauravas).

Where was there so much time for the Bhagavad-gita to be spoken as the war was already on? Would four million people wait for two person's hour long conversation and then begin the war?

Your servant,
Dhaval

Answer: Vedic Warriors Were Civilized

You mention four million soldiers, but Srila Prabhupada has informed us that according to the Mahabharata 640 million men were killed during the eighteen days of the Battle of Kurukshetra.

After the conch shells blew from both sides the battle was officially signaled to start. But it was put on hold when Arjuna dropped his bow and arrows and refused to fight. In Vedic warfare a soldier never attacks an enemy who has put down his weapons. The Vedic culture was indeed so civilized that millions of warriors would delay the battle until Krishna finished explaining the Bhagavad-gita to Arjuna. This is real civilization, not like the barbaric modern day warriors who will attack an enemy while he is sleeping or will kill innocent civilians. The Vedic age was so civilized that after attempting to kill each other on the battlefield the enemy soldiers would get together in the evening and socialize as friends. So it is not at all astonishing that they would respectfully hold off the fighting until Krishna finished speaking the Bhagavad-gita.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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