[A scene from the hindu epic Mahabharatham <br />where both duryodhan and arjun come to lord <br />krishna for favors to sopport them in the war <br />KURUKSHETRA WAR] <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Arjun sat near foot <br />duryodhan sat near his head <br />god in deep slumber <br /> <br />a war approaching <br />with a request both waited <br />god in deep slumber <br /> <br />Krishna wakes to see <br />arjun first and with a smile <br />'what is your request'? <br /> <br />he came before me <br />ask his request first then me <br />arjuna told god <br /> <br />turning his head to see....... <br /> <br />'duryodhan here too <br />may i know your request too' <br />krishna waits to hear <br /> <br />we need your support <br />you should help us in the war <br />duryodhan's request <br /> <br />krishna to duryodhan...... <br /> <br />you may have come first <br />i asked arjun's request first <br />i shall help you both <br /> <br />thinking for a moment...... <br /> <br />'duryodhan' he said <br />'you can have all my soldiers <br />whole of my army' <br /> <br />to arjun he said <br />you and your brother's have me <br />not as warrior <br /> <br />further krishna went on <br />i will not handle weapon <br />not as warrior <br /> <br />will be there for you <br />to take you around war field <br />as charioteer <br /> <br />duryodhan content <br />thought army was big asset <br />thought he got best deal <br /> <br />arjun content too <br />to have god as charoiteer <br />thought he got good deal <br /> <br />though god pleased them both <br />it was a war where he was <br />both fighter and fought <br /> <br />as charioteer <br />convinced a confused arjun <br />with the song of lord [BHAGAVATH GEETHAI]<br /><br />Samanyan Lakshminarayanan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/as-fighter-and-fought-lord-krishna/
