Marriages do not work out as we expect them to do because of the gap between the ideal and the strength and sacrifice needed to realise it. This is very much missing today in the fast food and utilitarian culture imported largely from the West. But the Divine is always willing to help us realise the Ideal. He is not the spoilsport to our happiness but the helper and guide and it is only rarely that he does not grant a sincere prayer, and only when He sees the harm that may accrue through it. The reason why relationships end up badly is not God but our incapacity to love. A love full of demands, expectations, wishes and desires based on the need for pleasure or happiness is not so much love but emotional and vital hunger. So too a love calculating gain and loss is a business and a marriage based on social benefits is a transaction. These are as good as failures even if it succeeds by outer standards. So grow in love and try to make it beautiful and sincere. That is all that is needed.
What is the meaning of the tale of Kacha and Shukracharya in Mahabharata? What is the symbolic meaning behind Kacha bursting out of Shukracharya’s belly and then making him alive? Also, why is Shukracharya guru of the asuras?
October 8, 2026
Oh, that’s a most fascinating story, one of my favorites. The story is from the Adi Parva of the Mahabharata. The daitya guru Shukracharya has discovered the Mrit Sanjivani to revive the dead. Thus he is able to revive all the Asuras increasing the burden of darkness and chaos upon earth. Kacha, son of the Devguru Brihaspati goes to …
