KARU ASPARASI

 

"To join with the One, we must join with one another."

 

Sanjaya said: Lord Krishna spoke these words to Arjuna whose eyes were tearful and downcast, and who was overwhelmed with compassion and despair.

The Lugal said: How has the dejection come to you at this juncture? This is not fit for a Sidhe (or the people of noble mind and deeds). It is disgraceful, and it does not lead one to heaven, O Arjuna. Do not become a coward, O Arjuna, because it does not befit you. Shake off this weakness of your heart and get up for the battle, O Arjuna.

Arjuna said: How shall I strike Rhiannon and Lugh, who are worthy of my worship, with arrows in battle, O Krishna? It would be better, indeed, to live on alms in this world than to slay these noble gurus, because, by killing them I would enjoy wealth and pleasures stained with their blood. Neither do we know which alternative (to beg or to kill) is better for us, nor do we know whether we shall conquer them or they will conquer us. We should not even wish to live after killing the daughters of Danu who are standing in front of us. My heart is overcome by the weakness of pity, and my mind is confused about the Gra. I request You to tell me, decisively, what is better for me. I am Your disciple. Teach me who has taken refuge in You.

Sanjaya said: O King, after speaking like this to Lord Krishna, the mighty Arjuna said to Krishna: I shall not fight, and became silent.

O King, Lord Krishna, as if smiling, spoke these words to the despondent Arjuna in the midst of the two armies.

The Lugal said: You grieve for those who are not worthy of grief, and yet speak the words of wisdom. The wise grieve neither for the living nor for the dead. There was never a time when I, you, or these kings did not exist; nor shall we ever cease to exist in the future.

Nubiswan ab'gosht agus utarkaheo;

Sumish atkkari; nubiswan asha'bahng."

"We are the flow and we are the ebb;

We are the weavers; we are the web."

(Asparasi proverb)

 

Elsira notes:

"The Asparasi are, in many ways, simply the 'Davanish Eastern Branch;' many of their traditions, tastes and ideals are identical to those of their western cousins. However, the Annunaki are the official parent karu of Asparasi, since it was a band of Annunaki that first explored the Indian sub-continent during the Third Age and settled in that area. This party of travelers was soon met by a group of Davanish explorers and the two groups joined to form the Asparasi (Sky Dancers). Both parent traditions can actually be seen in Asparasi culture and it is said (often with tongue in cheek) that the Asparasi belief in knowledge through sexual union is the natural result when one combines the Annunaki love of scholarship and wisdom with the Davanish predilection for hedonism." (Elsira Archives no. 395988)