In the Thiruppugazh Eluppunaadi , we have the lines that refer to an important event in the life of Krishna: உலக்கை ராவி நடுக்கடல் விட்டவன் மருகோனே (ulakkai raavi nadukkadal vittavan marugonE). The Krishnaavatara shows the essence of Karma yoga as a path to attain salvation, and Krishna exemplifies this by living His life as a Karma Yogi. He accepts the consequences of Karma with equanimity and dies at the hands of a hunter. Yes, the laws of Karma are universal and applies to gods as well. According to Mahabharata, the Kurukshetra war resulted in the death of all the hundred sons of Gandhari. On the night before Duryodhana's death, Lord Krishna visits Gandhari to offer his condolences. Gandhari feels that Krishna knowingly did not put an end to the war, and in a fit of rage and sorrow, she curses that Krishna, along with everyone else from the Yadu dynasty, would perish after 36 years. Krishna himself knew and wanted this to happen as he felt that the Yadavas had become very haugh...
