“The Universal Harmony: The Logic of Dharma in Mahābhārata (II)”

When the human, social, and the universal order is in distress, injustice rules. Finding themselves at the end of a cosmic cycle, individuals are being trapped in to destiny's straight net, with the help of their karma. As shown by the final war of the epic poem Mahābhārata, no one can stand against destiny. What one is required to do is to fulfill his dharma, hoping for a smooth decline of the world and the beginning of a new prosperous era. But when injustice is too deeply entrenched, there is no other issue. The avatar of the Great Lord Vishnu makes all it is required for restoring dharma, even if the price for all warriors to pay is their own full destruction. Engaged in a fiercely combat, they destroy each other as a destiny plan to destroy the evil and renew the world. This is the sacrifice they have to honor in order to fulfill the destiny of all mankind.