While he did not advocate not punishing wrong deeds, Gandhi believed that violence and revenge only led to an endless cycle of further violence and revenge. The title of this article is a quotation from Mahatma Gandhi who was a great believer in ahimsa-non-violence.
This story clearly illustrates how an eye for an eye can make the whole world blind.
What started as a simple falling out between two old friends, led to many brutal killings and the destruction of both the families. Draupadi asked for revenge, which the Pandavas obtained by snatching away the precious jewel that Ashvatthama had worn since birth and Sri Krishna cursing him to roam around in desolation for 3,000 years.
At the end of the war, he attacked the Pandava camp at night and killed Dhrishtadyumna and all five of Draupadi’s sons. The deceitful manner in which Drona had been killed reignited the fire of revenge this time, in the heart of Ashvatthama. At this point, Dhrishtadyumna attacked and beheaded him. A heartbroken Drona gave up his arms and sat down to meditate. The latter part of his speech, that it was a war elephant, was inaudible amidst the blowing of conch shells by the Pandavas. When Drona refused to believe it, Yudhishthira, who was known to always speak the truth, told Drona that Ashvatthama had indeed been killed. Bhima killed a war elephant named Ashvatthama and the word was spread that Ashvatthama had been killed. On the 15th day of the war, Drupada was killed by Drona during the fighting.Ī plan was hatched by the Pandavas to use Drona’s love for his son, Ashvatthama, to kill him. In the battle of Kurukshetra, Dhrishtadyumna became the commander-in-chief of the Pandava army. Draupadi grew up and married the five Pandavas. From the fire of the yajna, a son, Dhrishtadyumna, and a daughter, Draupadi, were born. When Drupada had been captured and humiliated, Drona returned half of his kingdom, keeping the other half for himself.ĭrupada performed the Putrakameshti yajna to obtain a son who could defeat Drona. When he had finished teaching martial arts to the Kauravas and Pandavas, he asked for his guru dakshina-capture Drupada. Dronacharya started plotting his revenge. To his shock, Drupada spurned Drona’s friendship and insulted him. One day, Drona happily presented himself at Drupada’s court. Then watch him back off in dismay.Years later, Drupada indeed went on to become the king, while Drona remained a poor Brahmin. Turn the other cheek and show the Roman that you are a human being, that you demand to be treated as a human being, that you do not accept his violence. Do not let others continue their violence upon you. But Jesus taught his disciples to resist such violent humiliation and top down oppression. He would slap him with the back of his hand to humiliate him. This is what a Roman soldier standing over a subdued peasant would do. The only way to strike someone's right cheek with your right hand would have been to use the back of your hand. A right-handed blow in a right-handed world would land on the left cheek, so Jesus is talking about something different-about humiliation and oppression. As we ponder that teaching, we notice that it's not possible to strike someone on the right cheek. When someone strikes you on the right cheek, Jesus says for example, turn the other one to him as well.
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