Krishna's Guru Dakshina - Pirating Away The Pirates

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Last week, we saw how Krishna promised his Guru
Sandhipaani, that he would find and rescue his son,
who had been kidnapped by pirates. This week, we
look at how Krishna boards the pirate ship, and
with guile and charm, commandeers the pirates.
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Last week, we saw how Krishna promised his Guru Sandhipaani, that he
would find and rescue his son, who had been kidnapped by pirates. This
week, we look at how Krishna boards the pirate ship, and with guile and
charm, commandeers the pirates.
Sadhguru: Krishna came to know that Panchajana would

soon be coming with his ship to a particular port to sell
his pirated goods. Panchajana arrived at the port,
anchored his ship and started making his deals. He sold precious
stones and gems, rare herbs and people, the kind of people that
land would not have ever seen. Because his trading was going well,
he camped in that place for a month. Krishna patiently waited,
following him and being around wherever Panchajana was, learning
all his ways and how he dealt with things. When he saw that
Panchajana had made his final deals, Krishna and Udhava swam to
the ship and hid themselves. The ship was waiting for the right
winds and had not yet sailed, when old Bikru, the navigator of the
ship, discovered them. Who are you? he asked. Why did you get
onto the boat?
Krishna was armed only with his smile, so he put it on and said,
We have come here because our brother Punardatta was taken
away by you. Take us wherever you took him and leave us there. We
cant be away from our brother.
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Bikru was very amused by this. He thought these were just a couple
of local thieves who had come to take something from the ship and
go. He said, You come and sit here in front of me. You should not
move. He wanted to make sure that the ship moves into the deeper
ocean, and see what these boys would do. He thought they would
get desperate and jump off the ship when it sets sail.
But the boys just sat there happily
Krishna was armed

only with his smile,
so he put it on and
said, We have come
here because our
brother Punardatta
was taken away by
you.
chatting with him, making

inquiries about navigation, where
they go, where they come, and
making small talk. Krishna asked,
Would you teach me navigation? I
would like to learn how to navigate
a ship. All this was very amusing
for Bikru who had been navigating
this crime ship for a long time. He
had never seen anyone sitting on
the deck and smiling at him,
making conversation all the time.
Such a thing had never happened
in that place. It was always rob, kill
and murder; that had been his life.
He wondered if there was something much more diabolical in these

boys that he had not understood and thought it was better not to
take any risk. So he asked someone to bring a rope and tied up their
hands and legs and just put them there in front of him. He didnt
want them to go out of his vision for a moment.
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Lying there with hands and legs bound, Krishna continued to make
enquiries about navigation, about the stars with which Bikru guided
the ship. So what if your hands are bound, you can still learn! Their
ears werent plugged so he continued his conversation. This was too
much for Bikru. Slowly, he started liking the boys. They were so
sincere and they just wanted to know about navigation. This man
had been navigating the ship for over 50 years. He said, My father
also navigated the same ship. After he died my uncle navigated this
ship and I have been navigating it now for fifty years. For the first
time, someone was showing so much interest in navigation,
wanting to know. He was a treasury of knowledge about navigation
and he got the opportunity to share his knowledge and he talked to
them the whole night. By morning they were great friends, but their
hands and legs were still tied up.
The chief of the ship, Panchajana, was a hard man. If anything was
out of the way from the way he wanted it, people were severely
punished or killed. So, Bikru reported to Panchajana that they had
two boys here. Panchajana came and looked at them, sized them up
and thought, This is good cargo. This blue boy can fetch us a real
good price somewhere. And the other fellow is not so bad either.
So he told Bikru, Dont give them any hard work. Feed them well,
let them just be here. Well sell them somewhere. At the next port
we are going to, we will definitely fetch a good price for boys like
this. I dont want them all sun-burnt and bruised. I want them the
way they are. Keep them this way.
So, Krishna and Udhava were given good food and taken care of.
Krishna went about freely in the ship making friends with everyone.
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Panchajana watched this. He didnt
Panchajana came
and looked at them,
sized them up and
thought, This is
good cargo. This
blue boy can fetch
us a real good price
somewhere. And the
other fellow is not so
bad either.
like friendship. Friendship is

danger. He wanted the whole ship
to be on the alert constantly and in
fear of him. When he saw that
people had started talking to
Krishna and laughing with him, he
said, This is too much. Come into
my cabin and sit in this hold, dont
go out. Krishna sat with
Panchajana and started long
conversations with him.
Unwittingly, Panchajana couldnt
help answering the boys questions
and getting involved in
conversations and arguments with
him.
Krishna made enquiries about
where they were headed and Bikru told Krishna that the next
destination was Kausthali. Our master would like to sell you there
but if you dont fetch a good price there, we will take you to
Vyavasthapuri, the next port which is a much longer journey. There
you will definitely fetch a good price and that is where we sold
Punardatta. So Krishna said, Thats fine I would like to be sold
there.
In the meantime, a young carpenter who was working as a crew on
the ship happened to sleep off on his job because he was not well.
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The report went to Panchajana. Panchajana did not take this kindly.
The boy was dragged and brought on the deck. Panchajana
constantly had two gigantic bodyguards named Hukku and Hullu.
These huge men always carried cattle whips, and anyone out of line
was punished with a whipping. Panchajana wanted to make a
demonstration out of the boy, so he asked Hukku to take the cattle
whip and give him six lashes. The boy was held down and this giant
of a man using the whip, left bleeding wounds on the boys back
who passed out. Krishna did not like the situation at all. When night
set in, Krishna and Udhava went to the boy and took his head into
his lap. Krishna took a cloth, and using what they could save of
their little quota of drinking water, he cleaned all the boys wounds
and applied some medicine that was available on the ship. Krishna
and Udhava sat there with him till he fell asleep.
This was a strange situation on the
The whole crew very

stealthily came and
watched this event
of one man caring
for another.
pirate ship. It had never happened

before that one human being had
reached out to another and
expressed love and care. So, the
whole crew very stealthily came
and watched this event of one man
caring for another. They had
always lived as every man for
himself. But these two boys,
without caring for the punishment
that would invariably be given to
them, were nursing this boy till he fell asleep. After he fell asleep,
they left.
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The next morning, this news slowly spread among the crew. The
next day, another boy of 17 happened to steal something, and was
also given the same punishment but with 12 lashes. His whole back
was ripped off. Again that night, Krishna and Udhava sat up with
this boy through the night, cleansed his wounds with their own
drinking water, making him alright. The boy was in such pain so
they sat with him through the night.
Then, a huge hulk of a man appeared at the door. Hullu had come.
He couldnt believe that these young boys dared to sit with this man
who had been punished and were nursing him.
What are you doing? he asked.
Krishna said, Were just putting him to sleep.
Hullu said, You cannot do such things.
Who says so?
Our master says so. Panchajana says so. You cannot do such
things.
But this is what I do. Someone is in pain, I reach out. Your master
cannot stop this.
Hullu, though he was a great hulk of a man, did not have answers
for these kinds of statements especially when someone was
smiling and talking to him. He had no answers for such a face. He
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had always been used to faces that were terrorized the moment they
saw him. But this young boy was looking up at him, smiling and
talking to him, and asking him questions about the fundamentals of
his job. He didnt know what to do. He said, You come with me. Let
me take you to the boss. You talk all this with him.
He took Krishna and Udhava to Panchajana. Panchajana was
furious, What were you doing? he asked.
Krishna said, We were just helping him sleep. Is there any problem
about that?
You dont do such things on my ship.
This is my dharma, nobody can stop me from doing it. If I see
suffering, I reach out.
What is this dharma nonsense? I am the law on this ship. I say
no!
That doesnt go with me. Wherever I am, I follow my dharma. My
dharma is I reach out to people no matter what the law is.
Panchajana thought, It looks like they need some treatment.
But then he looked at the boys and he saw they were such good
merchandise. If he whips them and strips off the skin on their
backs, they may not sell well. So he said, Hullu, lock them up in
the wooden cage in the hold. Give them food, dont let them out.
There is no point using the whip on them. We will lose the price.
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So, they were taken and locked up in the wooden cage.

By now, many stories about these
They didnt know

what to make of
these strange
people who were so
puny and small
compared to them,
but they go about
doing their own
things in their own
way.
two boys had spread among the

crew and they didnt know what to
make of these strange people who
were so puny and small compared
to them, but they go about doing
their own things in their own way.
Never before had another man
survived the wink of an eye after
having dared to stand up and speak
in front of Panchajana, and not
follow his orders. So, slowly,
among the illiterate crew, stories
spread that there was something
about them. Maybe they were
spirits, not real human beings.
Especially, Hullu and Hukku the
whip men had been brought up in
desert lands where the fear of evil
spirits was really put into them. They sat down and prayed that
these evil spirits who had come on the ship should not touch them.
Later that night, Bikru the navigator, came down to the hold and
told Krishna, We are changing direction, we are not going to
Vyavasthapuri. We are going much further away. Krishna
immediately asked Bikru, I want to get to Vyavasthapuri. Get me
out of this cage, or I will break it and come out.
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Bikru went and brought the carpenter whom Krishna had nursed.
Krishna broke out of the cage and the carpenter fixed the cage as it
was. Then, Krishna and Udhava started walking freely about the
deck. Panchajana came to know of this and asked, Who let them
out?
Everyone said, Nobody let them out.
So, they have broken the cage. That means the death penalty.
Money or no money, enough! Lets put an end to these two fools.
Has he broken the cage?
Hullu went and inspected the cage and saw that it was not broken.
The cage was intact. The lock was right there as it was but the boys
had just come out. He was totally terrified. These were definitely
some evil spirits! In total terror, he went to Panchajana and told
him, The boys have not broken the cage. The lock is still intact.
But theyve just come out. Panchajana also felt a little tremor
within himself What kind of boys are these?
Panchajana decided that this was
Hullu looked at
Krishna. Krishna just
smiled at him. Hullu
got terrified.
spreading the wrong kind of

situation among the crew and
wanted to punish these boys in
front of everyone. He called the
whole crew onto the deck and had
the boys brought up. He told Hullu,
Whip these boys.
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Hullu looked at Krishna. Krishna

just smiled at him. Hullu got terrified. This is some kind of evil
spirit. He came out of the cage without breaking it and since he
came, he has been doing such strange things. All the tales he had
heard about evil spirits had gone into him. Terror took over and he
could not use his whip.
Panchajana saw that things were going out of control. He didnt
want the situation to look like Hukku or Hullu were not following
his instructions. So, he said, Let me do this personally. Give me
the whip. Handling a very long cattle whip needs some skill.
Everyone cant do it. If you try to use the whip, you will most
probably end up whipping yourself unless you know how to handle
it. A cattle whip is something that you must know how to use.
Panchajana was not an expert in using a cattle whip. Krishna, right
from infancy, has lived among cattle. He knows how to use a cattle
whip very well. Panchajana tried to whip Krishna but it didnt really
make proper contact. Normally, this whip will peel the skin off but
it just left a red welt on Krishnas back. Krishna caught hold of the
end of the whip, took the whip away and really gave the whipping
of his life to Panchajana. This big man was whipped to such an
extent that very little of his skin was left and he passed out.
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Panchajana had a very fine conch with him which he always wore
around his shoulder. A conch is used as a signal to order and to sail
away and these kinds of things. Krishna saw this conch. It was a
most beautiful conch perfectly made and when he blew it, he
saw that it made a most wonderful sound. Conches were used
extensively in India at that time but this was a very special conch
which came out with such a powerful musical tone. Krishna helped
himself to the fine conch and said, I take this as a gift from
Panchajana. I am going to keep it for myself. The conch remained
with him his whole life and he named the conch Panchajanya.
Panchajanya become the symbol of power and victory throughout
Mahabarat. It played a very important role.
Then, with the help of Hukku and Hullu, Krishna transported
Panchajana to his cabin and nursed him. When Panchajana regained
consciousness, Krishna told him, See, I have no business with you.
My business is just that I want to save my brother, my gurus son,
whom you sold. I see that you hold no hatred towards my guru or
his son. You are just into some business of your own. You are a
thief. This is your dharma. You are doing it. I am doing my dharma
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as a disciple. Just drop me on that coast and you go your way. I

dont want to have anything to do with you.
But Panchajana was not made that way. He was groaning in pain
but he was burning with the humiliation that he went through in
front of his crew. And he knows that if he does not do something
drastic, no one is going to take orders from him anymore. He is
finished as a captain of the ship.
After they nursed Panchajana, they left him in his cabin and came
up. They put the ship back on course to go to Vyavasthapuri. Then,
in the night, as Krishna himself was guiding the ship, they saw a
big figure approaching them with a short sword. Panchajana was
coming to attack them. He was a very big man and fighting him
when he has a sword in his hand would be very difficult. Krishna
was just looking for a way out. It looked like he would have to jump
off the ship to save his life.
When he was just about to do that, Hullu, who had been a slave of
Panchajana all his life, suddenly came up from behind, picked
Panchajana up and threw him overboard. A skinless man in salt
water is not a very pleasant way to go! And they continued the
journey.
Editors Note: Watch the Leela series, for more of Sadhgurus talks on
Krishna.
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Image courtesy: Krishna blows the conch, Panchajanya, declaring the end of
Mahabharata war, Wikipedia.
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HarishVarmaRaghavaRaju
10monthsago
VeryConfusing!!!howdidKrishnacometo
knowthatPanchajanawouldsoonbecoming
withhisshiptoaparticularport.Andwhy
don'thestoptheyoungboysfrombeing
whippedinthefirstinstanceratherthantaking
careofthemafterbeingsufferedifheisreally
concernedabouthisDharma.Andinthelast
whatifHulludidn'tturnaroundtohisowner,
wouldkrishnabekilledbyPanchajanaor
drownedintheoceannotknowinginwhich
directiontoswim.Thesearesomeofmy
questionswhichareV.Important.Ithink
Sadhguruisthebestandonlypersontoanswer
myquestion.
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NRam>HarishVarmaRaghavaRaju
10monthsago
Thatiswhatcalledkarma.Ifthe
whippingdidnothappenandKrishna
didnotnursethosetwoyoungmen,
Hulluandothersonboardwouldhave
neverunderstoodanythingaboutlove
andcaring.Thesetwoincidents
changedtheirmindsets.IfKrishnahad
triedtostopthewhipping,therewasa
100%possibilitythatallthethieves
wouldhaveturnedagainstKrishnaand
killedhim.Isn'tit?Toaspiritualperson,
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thewholeoftheexistenceworksinhis
favorandneveragainsthim.Iamnot
sayingitforthesakeofit.Iamsaying
frommyownexperienceinlife.:)
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HarishVarmaRaghavaRaju
>NRam 10monthsago
Thanks..alotforreplying.But
stillitsveryconfusing...itallonly
meansthathehandledthe
situationonlybecauseheisborn
asgod.I'llonlyunderstandwhen
Iprogressandexperience.
OtherwisethewholepostisVery
VeryConfusing.
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NRam>Harish
VarmaRaghavaRaju
10monthsago
KrishnawasnotGod.
Eithereverybodyisgodor
nobodyisgod.Justlike
youandI,hewasalsoa
veryordinaryhuman
being.Butheattained
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Sadhguru: Krishna came to know that Panchajana would

Krishna was armed

chatting with him, making

He wondered if there was something much more diabolical in these

Panchajana watched this. He didnt

like friendship. Friendship is

The whole crew very

pirate ship. It had never happened

So, they were taken and locked up in the wooden cage.

They didnt know

two boys had spread among the

spreading the wrong kind of

Hullu looked at Krishna. Krishna

as a disciple. Just drop me on that coast and you go your way. I

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