Before going
into the core of this topic we must first understand what leap frog strategy
means. Whenever we have to take a big/large step or jump in our life then few
steps of ours are to be taken back in order to ensure that the main step we are
taking is fail safe. This strategy is basically derived from the action of
frog. Whenever frog has to take a big jump then the frog takes its few steps
back in order to ensure that his steps are safe and secured. If the steps will
not be safe and secured then this will cause a trouble in the long run. This as
a whole is called as Leap Frog Strategy.
Now comes
the crux which would bring home the
point as to how our great epic Mahabharata
also contained such strategy. In the
battlefield of Kurukshetra, Arjuna was very much excited to fight his arch
rival Karna without any iota of
knowledge that Karna possessed weapon of
Lord Indra which was Amoghastra/Amoghshakti
which was granted to him in lieu
of Karna’s charity of highest order
by giving in alms to Indra the kavach and kundal which were part of his body
since his birth. This Amoghshakti was supposed to unfailingly kill anybody aimed
at. However, this Amoghshakti could be used only once as told to him by Lord
Indra. Karna was strategic and had preserved this weapon to kill only and only Arjuna.
Lord Shree Krishna, who was not only Charioteer of Arjuna but was also his
friend, guide and well wisher, realized the gravity of the situation
considering strengths and weakness of
both Kauravas and Pandavas ( in management terms we can say SWOT Analysis).Considering
that Karna could use this Amoghshakti against Arjun any time whenever he would
face Arjun , Lord Krishna called Arjuna from the battlefield and in place of
Arjuna Bhima’s son Ghatotkach was sent to fight Kauravas . Ghatotkach was a
terrific warrior and he unleashed a
reign of terror causing devastating damage to the Kauravas’ army . It appeared as if Ghatotkach was to bring
the war
to the end that very day only. When the whole battle field started
showing the bloodshed of Kauravas’army ,
it infuriated and inflicted so
fearful injuries in the mind and soul of
Duryodhana that he had to compel his friend Karna to use his Amoghshakti for bringing halt to the Ghatotkach’s journey of seemingly endless
destruction of Kauravas’ army . Although Karna insisted that he had
particularly saved his Amoghshakti to be used against only and only Arjuna yet on the frightened repeated insistence of Duryodhana
Karna was constrained to use his
Amoghastra/Amoghshakti against Ghatotkach. Ghatotkacha was killed by
Amoghshakti. As it could be used only once so this Amoghshakti missed the
Karna’s intended war objective.(resource utilization missing the attainment
of purpose). This was strategy failure on part of Kauravas and a
Strategic gain on part of pandavas because on the final day fight between Karna
and Arjuna, Karna was deprived of required weapons which ultimately led to the
defeat of a great warrior like Karna. This was a Leap Frog strategy used by Lord
Shree Krishna in Mahabharata.
WRITTEN BY:
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