and got worried. Then he saw Arjuna returning as a feeble and frustrated man.

This is a dramatic turning point in Arjuna’s life. He could not speak anything for quite some time. Then Yudhishtira bombarded so many questions about Krishna’s welfare. Finally Arjuna started answering in a stammering and shaken voice. He told them all that happened in Dwaraka – the sons and relatives of Krishna fought with one another and got killed among themselves and Dwaraka was swallowed by sea. Krishna asked Arjuna to protect his 16000 wives before he left HIS physical body and he agreed to it. But as they were walking, some savages came and took them away from Arjuna. The mighty warrior Arjuna could not even lift his Gandeevam and he had to watch it helplessly. Now he realized that it was Krishna that gave him all the strength all through these years.

What do we understand here? Krishna is the Self or Chaithanyam that resides in every one and our mind has existence only in this life force.

Here, Arjuna symbolizes a mind separated from this divinity, and so it