Bhurisrava : son of Sōma Datta & an ally of the Kauravas.
... shishta , not the shishta who makes the achar . The achar is made by the rebel, the innovator, the man who is regarded in his own time as eccentric, disreputable or immoral, as was Sri Krishna by Bhurisrava because he upset the old ways and the old standards. Custom may be better defended as ancestral and therefore cherishable. But if our ancestors had persistently held that view, our so cherished customs ...
... establishes an inward and spiritual rule of conduct. To many of his time he seems to have appeared as a baneful and destructive portent; like all great revolutionary innovators, he is denounced by Bhurisravas as a well known misleader of men and corrupter of morals. It is the work of the Kali Yuga to destroy everything by questioning everything in order to establish after a struggle between the forces ...
... that many abhorred him as an astute & unscrupulous revolutionist in morals, politics & religion, we very clearly perceive. We have not only the fiery invectives of Shishupala but the reproach of Bhurisravas, the Vahlika, a man of high reputation & universally respected. येषु येषु नरः पार्थ यत्र यत्र च वर्तते । आशु तच्छीलतामेति तदिदं त्वयि दृश्यते ॥ कथं हि राजवंश्यस्त्वं कौरवेयो विशेषतः । क् ...
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