Chakra Te Charkha By Dinkar Joshi / Sushma Shaligram

भ. श्रीकृष्ण व म.गांधी या दोन्ही युगपुरुषांचे जीवन म्हणजे समाजमनाचा निर्लेप आरसाच. न्याय-नीतिला स्वीकारून या दोघांनीही अन्यायाला आपापल्या पद्धतीने विरोध दर्शवला. गांधींनी उपोषण, स्वपीडनाचा मार्ग स्वीकारून हृदयपरिवर्तन घडवून आणले व ब्रिटिशांना पळवून लावले. तर श्रीकृष्णाने कंस, शिशुपाल, पूतना, नरकासुर इ. अन्याय करण्याऱ्या राक्षसांना मारले व कौरवांशी युद्ध स्वीकारून पांडवांना न्याय दिला. या असामान्य व्यक्तींच्या जीवित ध्येयाचा परीस भारताला गवसला; पण तो न ओळखताच फेकला गेला, ही वस्तुस्थिती. या दोन्ही युगपुरुषांना आयुष्याच्या अखेरी एकाकी-उपेक्षित जीवन वाट्यास आले. कृष्णाचे स्वजन त्याची नजर चुकवून बेभान झाले. मद्यपान, द्यूत, कलह, मारामाऱ्यांनी त्यांनी एकमेकांचा सर्वनाश करवून घेतला. गांधींच्या तत्त्वांना, आदर्शांना जणू चूड लावली गेली. तुरुंगातून सुटल्यावर गांधी शक्तिहीन होऊन पाहात राहिले. कस्तुरबांचा मृत्यू झाला. त्यांचे कार्यकर्ते त्यांना सोडून गेले. त्यांचे ’सत्य’ विद्रूप झाले व ’अहिंसा’ मृत्युपंथाला गेली. ’चक्र ते चरखा’ या पुस्तकातील कृष्ण-गांधींचे विचार आजही उचित ठरतात. THE MANKIND HAS WITNESSED A SCORES OF THINKERS & PHILOSOPHERS DURING ALL THESE CENTURIES. IN THE GALAXY OF THESE THINKERS, LORD KRISHNA & MAHATMA GANDHI ARE TWO DISTINGUISHED DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINKERS WHO HAVE ACQUIRED A LOT OF FOLLOWERS AND CREATED IMPRESSIONS OF THEIR THINKING ON THE CONTEMPORISE DURING THEIR LIFE TIME. WE CAN QUOTE REMARKABLE OTHER THINKERS, VIZ. JESUS, MOHMMAD, CONFUCIOUS, LAOTSE, BUDDHA, MAHAVIR AND NUMBER OF OTHERS WHO HAVE CONSIDERABLE EFFECTS ON THE MANKIND BECAUSE OF THEIR THOUGHTS BUT IT MUST BE NOTED THAT NONE OF THEM HAVE EFFECTIVE FOLLOWING DURING THEIR LIFE SPAN. LORD KRISHNA AND GANDHI, THEY ARE DISTINGUISHED & UNIQUE TYPE OF PERSONALITIES WHO HAVE COMMANDED DIFFERENT POSITION. DHARMA, TRUTH, NON-VIOLENCE, FEARLESSNESS, ENJOYMENT OF LIFE AND RELENTLESS THEREOF, CELIBACY AND BETTERMENT OF THE MANKIND, ALL THESE ETERNAL ISSUES ARE THOUGHT OF IN EXTREME DEPTH BY LORD KRISHNA AS WELL AS MAHATMA GANDHI. NO ONE CAN SAY THAT THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL TO LEAD THE MANKIND IN THEIR THOUGHTS. HOWEVER THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO CONTEMPLATE THEIR THOUGHTS AND TO AWAIT FOR BETTER RESULT. IN THIS BOOK THE AUTHOR HAS STUDIED IN DEPTH ALL THESE THOUGHTS AND DEEDS OF LORD KRISHNA VIS-Á-VIS MAHATMA GANDHI. AT TIMES THE APPARENT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO TRAITS IS MET AT ONE POINT AND THIS POINT IS VERY INTERESTING. E.G. GANDHI’S NON-VIOLENCE AND KRISHNA’S TEACHING TO ARJUNA TO FIGHT & KILL KAURAVAS IN KURUKSHETRA ALMOST IDENTICAL IN THE TOP OF ITS PHILOSOPHICAL MEANING. IT IS A VERY WELL COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THESE TWO DIGNITARIES OF THE THOUGHTS AND DEEDS.