mandag den 3. september 2012

Kæmpede Janaka Maharaja på Kuruksetra?

Janaka Maharaja var Moder Sitas far og Herren Ramacandras svigerfar og levede som Ramayanas øvrige personer i Treta-yuga tusinder af år, før Bhagavad-gita blev talt af Krishna til Arjuna. Trods det kæmpede Janaka Maharaja og hans undersåtter på Kuruksetras slagmark ifølge 1972-udgaven af Bhagavad-gita. I kommentaren til 3.20 kan man læse:

"Janaka was the father of Sita, and father-in-law of Lord Sri Rama. Being a great devotee of the Lord, he was transcendentally situated, but because he was the King of Mithila (a subdivision of Behar province in India), he had to teach his subjects how to fight righteously in battle. He and his subjects fought to teach people in general that violence is also necessary in a situation where good arguments fail. Before the Battle of Kuruksetra, every effort was made to avoid the war, even by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but the other party was determined to fight. So for such a right cause, there is a necessity for fighting."


Dette giver naturligvis ingen mening. I 1983-udgaven er den manglende tekst derfor kommet med:

"Janaka was the father of Sita and father-in-law of Lord Sri Rama. Being a great devotee of the Lord, he was transcendentally situated, but because he was the king of Mithila (a subdivision of Bihar province in India), he had to teach his subjects how to perform prescribed duties. Lord Krsna and Arjuna, the Lord's eternal friend, had no need to fight in the Battle of Kuruksetra, but they fought to teach people in general that violence is also necessary in a situation where good arguments fail. Before the Battle of Kurusetra, every effort was made to avoid the war, even by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but the other party was determined to fight. So for such a right cause, there is a necessity for fighting."

I 1972-udgaven er der altså faldet et par sætningsled ud. I stedet for "He and his subjects fought to teach people in general…" skal der stå "… he had to teach his subjects how to perform prescribed duties. Lord Krsna and Arjuna, the Lord's eternal friend, had no need to fight in the Battle of Kuruksetra, but they fought to teach people in general.…"

Bemærk, at ændringen i 1983-udgaven blot er en genoprettelse af Prabhupadas oprindelige maskinskrevne manuskript:

"A great devotee the Lord like King Janaka was transcendentally situated but because he was the king of Mithila( a subdivision of Behar province in India) he had to teach his subjects to follow the example. Lord Krsna and Arjuna His eternal friend had nothing to do with the battle of Kuruksetra but still they fought to te ch people in general that violence is also necessary in a situation where good arguments fail."

Jayadvaita Swami bemærker her:

"The example King Janaka had to teach his subjects was not simply how to fight righteously but how to perform prescribed duties. That's what this verse, this purport, and this entire section of the Gita are about.
The First Edition leaves out some text, with the result that it has Janaka and his subjects, rather than Krsna and Arjuna, fighting to teach people in general that violence is necessary when good arguments fail. The Second Edition restores the missing text."