Hi,
Everyone is equal to god. It is not that he likes some and dislikes some others. As such he is there in each one of us. He is the one who created and established all. Then, why does he favour some and punish some others? Is it for the good of all including even the one that is punished? How and why?
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anguleeva vuragakshata - Discard the bad however dear it is.
Let us take the case of parents. They have same feelings towards their children. They treat them unbiased. Their main objective is to wish for the welfare of all of their children. If there are any differences in the attitude and behaviour of their children, they are not responsible for that. They try to correct if someone is doing anything wrong among them. If they quarrel, they try to see that it would not lead to any serious destruction. They also prevent the stronger of them causing any hurt to the weaker one. They don't even hesitate to punish the bad one if he doesn't listen to them in order to avoid him causing inconvenience to others. Don't they do this? Aren't they right in doing this?
Take a look at this story of the king Dileep. There were some members of his court liked by him very much. They helped him in someway at sometime. That didn't mean he remained respectful to them forever. When one of them showed a bad attitude, he distanced him without allowing him to come nearer to him. It became unavoidable to him to keep him away. However dear to him he was, he kept him away in order to avoid other negative consequences as a good code of conduct of a king.
This is symbolically presented in the phrase - "anguleeva vuragakshata." Anguli means a finger. It is a part of a body. We like it very much. We beautify it with a ring. We paint and polish the nail. If a snake bites it, what do we do? It is better to cut it off to protect the rest of the body and save the life. In the same way, for a king, it is better to discard a bad one even if he is dearer to him.
In essence - a leader who is unbiased may have both types of people, liked and disliked by him. It is against the law if he punishes a good person just because he does not like him. Similarly favouring a bad one just because he likes him is also not correct. The good have to be encouraged and the bad punished. That punishment given to the wicked is also meant for protecting the good people and welfare of the whole team and the organisation. And, it might as well help the wrong one to change his attitude and become better in due course of time.
The same thing applies to god as well. Isn't it? The pandavas were good while the kauravas were bad which was quite evident from their own deeds and behaviour. Hence, Krishna had to protect the good pandavas from the wrong doings of the stronger kauravas. As such, the kauravas were also close relatives of Krishna. They were also dear to him. But like the 'poisoned finger,' they had to be punished. He thus favoured the pandavas and supported them. His job was to avoid the bad making the good suffer. In case the pandavas were bad, he could not have avoided punishing them too.
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Everyone is equal to god. It is not that he likes some and dislikes some others. As such he is there in each one of us. He is the one who created and established all. Then, why does he favour some and punish some others? Is it for the good of all including even the one that is punished? How and why?
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anguleeva vuragakshata - Discard the bad however dear it is.
Let us take the case of parents. They have same feelings towards their children. They treat them unbiased. Their main objective is to wish for the welfare of all of their children. If there are any differences in the attitude and behaviour of their children, they are not responsible for that. They try to correct if someone is doing anything wrong among them. If they quarrel, they try to see that it would not lead to any serious destruction. They also prevent the stronger of them causing any hurt to the weaker one. They don't even hesitate to punish the bad one if he doesn't listen to them in order to avoid him causing inconvenience to others. Don't they do this? Aren't they right in doing this?
Take a look at this story of the king Dileep. There were some members of his court liked by him very much. They helped him in someway at sometime. That didn't mean he remained respectful to them forever. When one of them showed a bad attitude, he distanced him without allowing him to come nearer to him. It became unavoidable to him to keep him away. However dear to him he was, he kept him away in order to avoid other negative consequences as a good code of conduct of a king.
This is symbolically presented in the phrase - "anguleeva vuragakshata." Anguli means a finger. It is a part of a body. We like it very much. We beautify it with a ring. We paint and polish the nail. If a snake bites it, what do we do? It is better to cut it off to protect the rest of the body and save the life. In the same way, for a king, it is better to discard a bad one even if he is dearer to him.
In essence - a leader who is unbiased may have both types of people, liked and disliked by him. It is against the law if he punishes a good person just because he does not like him. Similarly favouring a bad one just because he likes him is also not correct. The good have to be encouraged and the bad punished. That punishment given to the wicked is also meant for protecting the good people and welfare of the whole team and the organisation. And, it might as well help the wrong one to change his attitude and become better in due course of time.
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What do you do as a team leader? As a parent? As a good citizen? Do you encourage someone doing something wrong just because you like him. Or punish a good one just because you don't like him? Please do post your comments on this post at the comments section below.
To your continued SUCCESS,
With love,
Siva
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