Answers by

PROF. HR NAGENDRA,
Vice Chancellor,
SVYASA, Bangalore, India

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Chakravyuha has been described in great detail in Mahabharatha. In the Yudha Kanda the formation of the Chakravyuha and how it was being tackled by Abhimanyu and how are the formations are all been beautifully described in great detail and the visualization of that has come in Mahabharatha serial that came in the TV in Chopra’s wonderful presentation and he puts the Chakravyuha in that direction. As you know Abhimanyu was able to get into the Chakravyuha but he did not know how to come back and it is only Arjuna who knew this. Therefore knowing this Dronacharya took Arjuna far away and he formed this Chakravyuha so that he would be able to trap very important person. And that’s how Abhimanyu got trapped. But what is the implication of this Chakravyuha? Implication of Chakravyuha is that we are like Abhimanyus not like Arjunas. You know how to go deep into the subject, unraveling the mysteries in modern scientists, brilliant intellect, dynamic intellect and going deeper and deeper and deeper but we don’t know how to come back. We cannot keep quiet and therefore what is necessary is we should become Arjunas in dealing with the Chakravyuha and not Abhimanyu. That is the implication of this Chakravyuha in the Mahabharatha. In Mahabharatha most of the personalities are our personality traits that have been described there. Therefore we have to understand the implications of those personalities in that story. Duryodhana, What is Duryodhana. He says I know what is right, I don’t do right things. I know what is wrong, I do wrong things. This is our personality trait.