tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674709389503889160.post5002038168498824864..comments2024-03-25T14:25:25.102+00:00Comments on Poetry as Socio-proctology: Arjuna's cakshushi vidya- structuralist analysis anyone?windwheelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099651877551933295noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674709389503889160.post-25807708783325083912009-12-16T11:42:08.613+00:002009-12-16T11:42:08.613+00:00I'm not sure what you're getting at here. ...I'm not sure what you're getting at here. <br><br>Here are some of the things you would need to explain to get a proper analysis-<br><br>1) It seems, Ganharvas have to fight anyone with the same name and give up that name when defeated. Thus Chitrangada the gandharva kills Chitrangada, the King, thus causing a succession crisis for the Kuru dynasty. But there is another Chitrangada- the Princess whom Arjun marries and whose son kills Arjuna later on.<br>Why? What is the significance to all this?<br>2) This chakshushi vidya is different from the type of clairvoyance gained by Krishna Devakiputra in Chandogya Up. But, presumably it could be used for the same end. Why does Arjun not use it?<br>3) the gandharva is urging Arjun to marry and appoint a priest despite the fact that he was vanquished by Arjun as a celibate without a purohit. His argument does not make sense.<br>4) he takes the fire weapon (used to burn up Khandava, presumably) but why would he need it? Presumably it is to make up for the loss of his name.<br><br>I simply don't see any way to make sense of all this.<br>This chapter must be an archaic one that relates to episodes no longer in the present redaction.<br>The gaining of 'heavenly' steeds sound archaic.<br>Let's hear your own take on this.Pratapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674709389503889160.post-42124795910778111632010-02-16T05:11:28.635+00:002010-02-16T05:11:28.635+00:00I honestly don't know. My notion was that Arju...I honestly don't know. <br>My notion was that Arjun sees he will kill his relatives because he has this Ganhdarva's second sight. That's why Krishna can't discharge his duty as charioteer by simply saying 'Don't be silly- you can't kill Bhishma and Drona. No one can. While they live they will certainly protect their own people. All you have to do is acquit yourself so well that there is a groundswell of opinion in your favor- a negotiated settlement, which is what you guys wanted in the first place.'<br>Notice that the Gandharva has to give up his name coz his chariot is burnt up. So chariots are important here. The question is what is the nature of the chariot which Lord Krishna has undertaken to drive? But, I think I'm getting out of my depth here. <br><br>This really puzzles me.windwheelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17743208784383880385noreply@blogger.com