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04 AGNI FELL IN LOVE

This is a story from the 31st chapter of Sabha Parva, the second book of Mahabharata. Most of us know Mahabharata simply as the epic story of the conflict between the Pandavas and Kauravas. But this story comprises hardly 20% of the contents of Mahabharata, which is the largest ever recorded by mankind. It has more than 200,000 lines of poetry. In comparison, the two greatest epics of the western world, the Greek epics Iliad and Odyssey are composed of less than 15000 verses each. Mahabharata is a massive compilation of philosophical concepts represented through thousands of stories and substories, philosophical discussions etc. This story from Mahabharata outlines in very identifiable human terms an interesting incident connected to Agnidev, the god of fire and the Pandavas. The beauty of Indian philosophy is that the concept of God as a supernatural power controlling the entire universe is explained as an all-pervading entity, a portion of which is present in every living being, big and small. This is just the opposite view of God as an external power that continuously monitor your actions externally, which is followed by many of the organized religions. In Indian philosophy or Sanatan Dharma, rather than God monitoring your actions, it is the Karma or righteousness of your actions, that decide your consequences and destiny. This way, every living being is a manifestation of God,. This is expressed aptly through the great Sanskrit sentence or Mahavakya from Chandogya Upanishad, "Tat Twam Asi" which literally means "you are that", or "you are the god you seek". The representation god in Indian philosophy or Sanatan Dharma is thus based on the various aspects of life such as creation, existence, destruction, strength, velour, righteousness, benevolence, protection and many of the natural forces such as fire, wind, water, thunder, earth, sun, moon and virtually anything in this world. A true practitioner of Sanatan Dharma is thus conditioned to see the presence of God everywhere and thus act with respect and love to everything and everyone around him. All these forms of gods are also defined with identifiable human characteristics. Many of them have families, have elaborate stories about their birth and life. They have emotions too and are at times susceptible to mistakes also. This makes our gods identifiable with our situations and emotions and enables the believer to connect with them in their own personal level.