GREETINGS

Namasthe Swamiji Vibhishana is considered to be an uthama bhaktha, so dear to God.Yet he is generally despised by the people for his role of fighting against his own brother for valid dharmic reasons.Hence, Vibhishana is referred as a ‘fifth column’in contemporary language and not even the devotest Ram bhakta will dare to name his son as Vibhishan. Neither have I heard of anyone, living or dead, with this name.Sreekrishna also killed a number of his unscupulous relatives, yet he remains the darling of the masses of all times.My question is how come this dichotomy in approach in the case of Krishna and Vibhishana.Perhaps, his case is just the role reversal of Karna in Mahabharath, where, at a later stage, even when he came to know that he too was the son of Kunthi, he refused to change his side on’moral’ grounds, eventhough the the company he supports were all people whose morals are not dharmic. Yet, in the contemporary world he is being worshiped as a hero, unlike in case of Vihishana whose name only invites a derisive laughter or contempt