Asvathama’s Laughter
Asvathama as imagined by Copilot Designer When Krishna cursed Asvathama with immortality, it was evil that was perpetuated on earth. Krishna and Asvathama belong to the Mahabharata , India’s immortal epic. When the epic war was over, Asvathama was left with a seething rage. He was among the defeated. Most of his people were killed. His own father, Drona, was killed by Krishna’s fraud. Though Krishna was an incarnation of God, he never hesitated to employ fraudulent strategies in order to win the war. [The leaders of today’s India seem to follow Krishna, though they build temples and statues for Rama.] The very thought of Krishna’s fraudulence maddened Asvathama. He entered the Pandava camp at night and killed everyone there. But the Pandavas themselves were not killed; they were sleeping elsewhere – with Krishna. Was that another ploy of that divine avatar? The innocent children of the Pandavas were killed by the fury of Asvathama. And Asvathama had his last laugh, standing in ...
