IT'S NOT JUST PEANUTS BUT PROPER FOOD PLANNING

 


                                              



 

IT'S NOT JUST PEANUTS BUT PROPER FOOD PLANNING


Do you know why Lord Krishna did eat peanuts for eighteen days in the war of Kurukshetra ?

 

Before answering this question let's know about the Kurukshetra war and the main characters who were fighting the Kurukshetra war and why?


Kurukshetra war was from the Indian epic Mahabharata.

 

It is the story of one family, on one side there were 5 sons of Pandu known as Pandavas and on the other side, there were 100 sons of Dhritarashtra known as Kauravas. The names of the 5 Pandava were Yudhishthir, Bhimsen, Arjun, Nakul, and Sahdev.  Among the 100 sons of Dhritarashtra, Duryodhan was the eldest son.

 

Apart from Pandava and Kauravas, the other important characters in this fight were

  • Pitamah Bhishma,
  • Guru Dronacharya,
  • Guru Kripacharya,
  • Madar Naresh Shalva (Mama of Nakul and Sahdev),
  • Sindhu Naresh Jaydrath (Husband of Duryodhana's sister Dushala),
  • Danveer Karna (eldest kunti son),
  • Raja dhrupad and his sons Dhrishtadyumna and Shikandi,
  • Shakuni (Maternal Uncle of Duryodhan),
  • Matysa Naresh Virat and his sons Utara,
  • the most important Lord Krishna (Incarnation of Lord Vishnu).

Who was fighting to whom’s side

  • On the side of Pandavas: Apart from Pandavas, Lord Krishna, Dhrupad Naresh and his sons, Matysa Naresh and his son, Yuyutsu (Brother of Duryodhan).
  • On the Side of Kauravas: Duryodhan and his brothers, Pitamah Bhishma, Guru Dronacharya, Guru Kripacharya, Karna, Madar Naresh Shalva, Sidhu Naresh Jaydrath, Narayani Sena (Lord Krishna Soldiers).

If we read Mahabharat and try to find out the reasons behind Mahayudh, then we could find several reasons. Everyone was fighting either to take revenge or due to their prana (pledge).

 

 

Some of the major reasons were as follows.

  • Duryodhana and his brothers were fighting as Duryodhana wanted to become king followed by his father Dhritarashtra who wanted to take Pandava out of Hastinapur.
  • Pandava was fighting for their rights and to take revenge for bad things that happened to them due to Duryodhana especially the insult of Draupadi.
  • Pitamah Bhishma, Guru Dronacharya and guru Kripacharya were fighting due to pratigya.
  • Karna wanted to prove that he was the best Archer in the universe.
  • Sidhu Naresh Jarasandh wanted to take revenge on Pandava.
  • Madra Naresh got support from Pandava in their earlier battle, so he wanted to support Pandava.
  • Drupad Naresh and his sons wanted to take revenge on guru Dronacharya.  

 

                        

                           

                                            Insult of Draupadi

 

 

Why did Shri Lord Krishna eat peanuts for 18 days in the war of  Kurukshetra, Mahabharata?

 

The actual story began when the king of Udupi came to know about the battle and he came to Kurukshetra with his troops. He met with Lord Krishna and said I came here to fight but my heart/mind was not allowing me to take part and I did not want to favour any side. Still, I have one proposal and I request you accept my proposal and bless me.

 

Here is the conversation that took place between Lord Krishna and the King of Udupi.

 

Lord Krishna asked : what is your proposal??

 

King of Udupi said : I want to prepare food for all the Veer and Mahaveer participating in the battle.

 

Lord Krishna accepted his proposal and allowed him for the arrangement of food.

 

King of Udupi started making food and every day when all the Yodha took their food, whatever he cooked, that food finished completely at the end of the day. It means there was no wastage of food, and also it was available in plenty for everyone.

 

The war ended in 18 days and Pandava won the war. Everyone became surprised when they came to know about proper food planning.

 

Post the possession of the crown, one-day Hastinapur Naresh Maharaj Yudhishtira asked to the King of Udupi about the logic behind this.

 

The King of Udupi asked: Hey Maharaj, could you please tell me to whom you would give credit for your win.

 

Maharaj Yudhishthir replied : Lord Krishna

 

Then the King of Udupi replied: Lord Krishna is also responsible for my karma as well.  Every day he ate peanuts at the night and on the next day when we entered inside his tent, we collected all the lamella (peanuts chilka / skin) and counted. We multiply the counted lamella by 1000 and we would come to know the number of deaths going to happen on that day and we prepared our food accordingly.

 

As we know, Lord Krishna knew everything and he knew the result of Mahabharata as well. He was eating peanuts to help the Udupi Naresh in his food making.

 

This is the story that explains why did Lord Krishna eat peanuts every day.

 

 

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