Why hindu mythological stories are contradictory to each other in its theme and morale?

Question

WHEN GOD HIMSELF MAKES MISTAKES- SHIVA BEHEADS HIS SON LORD GANESHA ..LORD KRISHNA HA LEAD PANDAVAS TO VICTORY BUT HE COULD NOT LEAD HIS OWN YADAVA SENA AT THE END. KRISHNA SAYS HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY THING .EVERY LIFE ON EARTH TAKES REFUGE IN HIM.WHEN HE IS SUPREME WHY HE HAD TO FIGHT WITH KAMSA JARASANDA FOR HIS SURVIVAL

Answer 1

A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acharya of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) writes in the Introduction to Bhagavad-gita-as-it-is,

All Vedic knowledge is infallible, and Hindus accept Vedic knowledge to be complete and infallible. For example, cow dung is the stool of an animal, and according to smrti, or Vedic injunction, if one touches the stool of an animal he has to take a bath to purify himself. But in the Vedic scriptures cow dung is considered to be a purifying agent. One might consider this to be contradictory, but it is accepted because it is Vedic injunction, and indeed by accepting this, one will not commit a mistake; subsequently it has been proved by modern science that cow dung contains all antiseptic properties. So Vedic knowledge is complete because it is above all doubts and mistakes, and Bhagavad-gita is the essence of all Vedic knowledge.

Regarding Krishna leading Pandavas to Victory but not leading His own Yadava dynasty to victory, it should not be taken out of context. The Bhagavatam, where these incidents are mentioned gives the complete picture. So it should be read within context.
Just like if somebody says, Prophet Mohammed(pbuh) had married a minor, Aisha who was only 9 years old, and therefore committed child abuse, he is speaking out of context. The same thing goes with Krishna's FIGHT WITH KAMSA JARASANDA.

Krishna's body being spiritual in natural is eternal, knowledge and bliss(Sac-cid-ananda). Therefore, His Yadava men were also spiritual and they had come from the spiritual world to material world to establish righteousness(dharma).

The destruction of the Yadu Dynasty is called as Musala-Lila, meaning it is the pastime of the Lord to wind up the pastime in the material world and going to the eternal spiritual world. In this connection see below one of the explanation given by one of the commentator on Srimad Bhagavatam.
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explains that the fratricidal battle of the Yadu dynasty and the hunter's attack upon Lord Krishna are clearly activities of the Lord's internal potency for the purpose of fulfilling the Lord's pastime desires. According to the evidence, the quarrel among the members of the Yadu dynasty occurred at sunset; then the Lord sat down on the bank of the Sarasvati River. It is stated that a hunter then arrived with the intention of killing a deer, but it is highly unlikely—when more than 560 million warriors had just been killed in a great uproarious battle and the place had been flooded with blood and strewn with corpses—that a simple hunter would somehow come along trying to kill a deer. Since deer are by nature fearful and timid, how could any deer possibly be on the scene of such a huge battle, and how could a hunter calmly go about his business in the midst of such carnage? Therefore, the withdrawal of the Yadu dynasty and Lord Krishna's own disappearance from this earth were not material historical events; they were instead a display of the Lord's internal potency for the purpose of winding up His manifest pastimes on earth.

Answer 2

Shiva behaeded his own son and later resurrected him. This was a morale to the world - "Actions taken in wrath are ok only and only if you can correct them later on. Else control your temper"

Krishna fought Kamsa and jarasndha like a humna being showing us that god need not come to your rescue, you can do it by yourself if you have the will and the strentgh within.

Although Krishna lead the yadav army but the yadav army strted taking liberty of Krishna's support and started plundering. Krishna let them down and gave us the message that however close you are to the almighty, you are not bvound to go against his will.

Krishna was mortal avatar of Lord Vishnu. When a hunter aimed at a deer, the arrow accidentally hit Krishna who was resting at the banks of a river causing Krishna's death. Again giving the message taht what comes to life must die.

I see no contradiction in the theme. Each and every part has a moral...

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Answer 3

This can be a debatable topic and i sure don't want to start one.

Well to begin, In the verses between Vishnu and Narada, Lord Vishnu tell him that everything has a reason, an action and a reaction. Nothing happens co-incedentally. There is a great deal of story telling as to why Ganesha was to be beheaded and the impact it would bring to the cosmos. Also, Lord Krishna came to Earth as a mortal and were to end a great era to begin a new one.
So unlike the older eras where the Avtars used to leave the mortal world by going into a 'samadhi', Lord Krishna dies due to a mortal wound. Also, he made an example, which if you look philosophically and historically makes a lot of sense. He emphasized that no king or man is invincible (even him) and all kingdoms must one day fall from glory into extiction.

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Answer 4

When Lord Shiva beheads Ganesha he does not know about Parvati Devi making clay into a small figurine of a boy and giving life to the figurine.And when ganesha stops Lord Shiva on the orders of Parvati Devi to not allow anyone Lord Shiva not knowing this episode beheads ganesha.(AND ALSO HE WAS NOT "LORD GANESHA'' AT THAT TIME , HE IS JUST A BOY.)
And Lord Krishna did not kill Kamsa and Jarasandha for his survival but to save the world from their wrath.(YOU SEE HE WASN'T HURT WHILE FIGHTING THEM.)

Answer 5

Everything depends on how from whom & what we have understood.If we get from the authorised source we dont get the doubts.In this question somany other questions are hidden,but very intersting one.Each question has different TPC(time,place & circumstence).
SPOG Sri Krishna wanted his family to disappear from this world before kaliyuga acquire the time.
Sri Krishna is adi purusha & Sachit ananda Vigrah.Means He does not have death,because He need not to change His body(death).So He need not to worry for his survival.Its only His promise He had to fulfil to His Dwarapalakas Jaya & Vijayas desire,He had to fight,but not for his Survival.When Sri Krishna was just 7 years,He lifted the Goverdhan Hill,he killed so many demons in His childhood,what to tell about His encounter with Kamsa & Jarasanda,when He was Young.

Answer 6

See Hindu scriptures fall in 2 categories Shruties and Smrities. Shruties are considered the accepted scriptures and characterize the 4 Vedas, 108 Upanashids and the Gita. those are books of Philosophy and no Mythology in touch. technology says that there are particular regulations of Nature and the each thing interior the Universe follows such regulations. Hinduism says that besides to regulations of Physics there are additionally regulations of spirit. case in point basically Gravity is a regulation of Nature, Karma is a regulation of spirit. Such regulations are defined interior the shruties. Shruties are crammed with severe philosophical language that uncomplicated human beings won't be in a position to comprehend, so come smrities, the secondary scriptures, that are the mythological. Smrities have the comparable religious rubdown whether that's clocked with mythological language to make uncomplicated human beings and comprehend.

Answer 7

It is their life style, none should ridicule or laugh. Hinduism is not a religion, it is a custom, tradition, usage, rite, etc. A Hindu is born as Hindu in Hindustian (alone) and practises it. None can convert to Hinduism. A Hindu may opt a religion: Christianity or Islam, if he wishes. Hindus worship and pray the genitals (penis & vagina) of dieties in their temples, regard cow as mother and drink its urine as sacred, believe the gods and goddesses who had extra marital sexual relations. Hindus follow such teachings strictly and cannot evade them as long as a true Hindu.

Usually a blind challenges that everybody else is also a blind, which is not always true. There are no contradictions in Islam. Muslims firmly believe and strictly practice the teachings/commands of their holy book Quran & their Prophet, which is their Code of Life at all times/places. They have the written, clear and unambiguous teachings to guide righteous or wrongs, pious or evil, fair or unfair, etc. They follow them blindly in matters of responsibilities, liabilities, rights, daily life, marriage, private & public relation, business, trade, earning & spending, etc. etc. Islams guides that all human beings are offspring of the same couple: Adam & Eve, so brothers/sisters. Anybody may read, satisfy, accept and practice it.

Answer 8

Hindu mythological stories r just for our sake.. to teach us lessons.. to teach us truth.
Yes they are contodictory.. but they all take place for a special reason.
Everything in hindu mytholgy is logically planned by the heavenly divine God.
Krishna did not want to lead Yadavas.. coz. his Yadav family was so big.. tat it could cover the whole of the Earth.. There;s noting impossible for the supreme lord

Answer 9

Krishna was a mortal incarnation of God. He said he two goals: one as the man and one as God.

Nevertheless, you will find such problems with most religions and their stories. Lots of contradictions in almost all religious texts.

Answer 10

Hindu stories are symbolic in nature and they have many angles in which they can be interpreted and also truth is always contradictory as what is true now may not be a little later for example as children we loved to play games like carom but now they don't seem to be so exciting. It is also to remember stories better than text knowledge.