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DRONAA symbol of the law of outer observance :—the following of tradition, and the obedience to authority, and codes of external laws. “Drona was the son of a Rishi, but was not born of woman." - J. C. OMAN, The Great Indian Epics, p. 113. That is, the Law principle proceeds from a state of the soul, and not from the emotion-nature. "Drona" the preceptor both of the young Pandavas and the young Kurus, i.e. the nascent soul-qualities were nurtured and taught under the Law. "The tutor's fee which Drona required of his pupils for their instruction was that they should capture Drupada, king of Pancala, who was his old school-fellow, but had insulted him by repudiating his friendship." - MON. WILLIAMS, Indian Wisdom, p. 385. The Law requires that the qualities should capture the spiritual mind (Drupada), which repudiates authority. The desires (Kurus) are said to try, but fail, while the Pandavas (higher faculties) succeed. “When Drona was carrying everything before him, the Pandavas informed him falsely that his son had been killed. He did not credit the report at first, but when assured of its truth by the virtuous Yudhisthira himself the old hero threw away his arms and, devoting himself to Yoga contemplation, passed away immediately. Dhristadyumna then beheaded his lifeless corpse." - J. C. OMAN, The Great Indian Epics, p. 184. To the higher faculties (Pandavas) law and authority come to have no result (son) in the mind, consequently they (Drona) are completely discredited and immediately disappear. The beheading is the ridding the mind (head) of its legalism. |
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