DECODING GOD

God often leaves us puzzled by His mysterious ways—actions that challenge our sense of fairness and justice. To seek clarity, we turned to the Mahabharata, drawing from the profound wisdom of how and why Lord Krishna orchestrated it. The Mahabharata stands as a timeless case study—an unfolding drama that reveals how God plays His game, not to comfort individuals, but to preserve the deeper balance of the universe.

This isn’t just an article. It’s an attempt to decode the mind of God—and anticipate His next move. If history is the board and humanity its players, this article dares to ask: what might be God’s next move?

INTRODUCTION

Call it God. Call it the Universe. Call it Dharma. Call it Source. Or simply, Life.

Religions have dressed It in different robes. Philosophers have tried to trap It in logic. Scientists have ignored It — until they couldn’t.

But whether you're on a battlefield, in a courtroom, or quietly folding laundry on a rainy Tuesday — you’ve probably felt it.

• When something unjust happens, but you can’t shake the feeling that justice will somehow find its way.

• When you meet someone at exactly the right time.

• When life corners you, not to destroy, but to reveal something you needed to see.

• When systems collapse, only for truth to slowly, silently rise from the rubble.

That is “It".

It’s not a man in the sky. It’s the invisible pattern that governs everything visible — including your breath, your karma, and your fate.

And the real question isn’t whether It exists. The question is:

How does It play Its game?

1. GOD DOESN’T INTERVENE. IT ORCHESTRATES.

It doesn’t stop evil at the gate. It lets it walk in — to reveal who among us will stand, and who will kneel.

• Krishna didn’t stop Draupadi’s humiliation. But He remembered every silence in the court.

• He doesn’t prevent the war — he becomes a sarathi (charioteer), not a king.

• He gives Arjuna the Gita — not as a command, but as a clarity before choice.

• God didn’t stop slavery. But It raised Harriet Tubman, Lincoln, and Martin Luther King Jr. from its shadows.

• It didn’t prevent your heartbreak — but it made sure you saw what you couldn’t see when love was blinding.

→ God sets the stage, gives wisdom, but lets mortals act.

→ It doesn’t prevent situations. It reveals your choices within them.

And that, more than rescue, is transformation

2. GOD USES TIME AS HIS MOST SUBTLE WEAPON

Time, for us, is urgency. For It, time is theatre.

God doesn't rush. He waits. Even injustice is allowed to grow — so its roots are exposed.

It allows injustice to spread. Lies to win. Tyrants to prosper. But only for a while.

Because It waits.

And when the time is right, It does not knock. It collapses the house from within.

• Krishna could’ve stopped the dice game. He didn’t.

• He waited until 13 years of exile were over.

• He allowed even great souls like Bhishma and Drona to fight on the wrong side — to show that greatness without dharma is ruinous.

• The Third Reich seemed unstoppable — until it crumbled in months.

• The Catholic Church held unquestioned moral power — until the weight of hidden sins surfaced.

• People endure years of depression, poverty, or silence — and one small moment cracks everything open.

→ It doesn’t act fast. It acts when the mask is most fragile.

→ God plays long. He uses time to exhaust falsehood.

3. GOD BREAKS RULES TO SAVE. IT BREAKS ITS OWN RULES TO PRESERVE THE BIGGER PATTERN

Krishna lied (Ashwatthama is dead). He tricked (Bhima with Duryodhana’s thigh). He helped Arjuna shoot Karna when he was unarmed.

This reflects a deep insight: morality is not always moral when it serves evil. Sometimes, to protect the moral order, one must bend laws that are being exploited by the wicked.

This may look like hypocrisy. But it’s deeper than that.

When evil hides behind rules, the Divine breaks those rules to save the world — not to cheat, but to restore balance.

• Krishna lied to protect the greater truth.

• Lincoln broke constitutional law to keep the Union intact.

• Mandela chose forgiveness over vengeance — bending the rules of revolutionary justice.

→ When the law becomes the veil of injustice, the Divine doesn’t bow to it. It exposes it.

4. IT DOESN’T REWARD THE ‘GOOD’. IT RESPONDS TO THE ALIGNED. DHARMA

This is where most people feel betrayed.

→ God’s allegiance is not to fairness.

→ It’s to righteousness.

They say:

“Why do bad things happen to good people?”

Because the game doesn’t reward niceness. It rewards alignment with truth — not comfort, reputation, or even prayer.

• Karna in Mahabharata was noble, but stood on the wrong side.

• Bhishma was wise, but attached to a vow that protected evil.

• A hardworking man may lose his job because he avoided conflict, not because he failed.

And sometimes…

• A flawed but honest person attracts grace, while a polished fraud wins applause but feels hollow.

→ It doesn’t look at your image. It measures your integrity.

5. GOD GIVES EVERY CHARACTER THEIR MOMENT OF CHOICE

Each figure in Mahabharata is tested:

• Bhishma: loyalty vs. justice.

• Karna: friend vs. dharma.

• Arjuna: kinship vs. duty.

• Yudhishthira: morality vs. survival.

→ God’s game is choice-driven. Every soul is given a spotlight. What they choose becomes their karma.

6. GOD ALLOWS TRAGEDY, NOT BECAUSE HE IS CRUEL, BUT BECAUSE HE IS A TEACHER

Everyone suffers. Even the victors.

• Kunti loses Karna.

• Pandavas lose all their sons.

• Krishna’s own clan is destroyed in the end.

→ God’s play is not to ensure comfort. It is to ensure awakening.

→ It Gives You a Mirror, Not a Manual

We all want clarity. Certainty. Instructions.

But It rarely gives them.

• Arjuna was given the Bhagavad Gita — but still had to choose.

• Eve was warned — but still free to bite.

• You are told “Do what feels right” — but you alone bear the result.

In this game, you are not given answers. You are given moments that reflect your soul back to you.

What you do with that reflection… becomes your karma.

7. GOD REMAINS DETACHED

Krishna smiles often. Even in war. Even in death.

Why? Because He knows that the world is maya, a grand stage where roles are played, but the soul is eternal.

→ God is the architect who designs the game, the player who moves within it, the stage on which it unfolds, and the scorekeeper who watches and records karma — all at one time.

8. IT USES PAIN AS ITS MOST DEVOTED MESSENGER

You can ignore wisdom. You can dismiss intuition. But you can’t ignore pain.

It uses suffering not as punishment, but as pressure that forces truth to the surface.

• The pain of exile made Rama a legend.

• The pain of jail made Mandela a statesman.

• Your heartbreak may have shown you your pattern. Your illness may have slowed you down before your ego drove you off a cliff.

→ Pain is not cruelty. It is often the last language truth speaks.

9. IT ALLOWS COLLAPSE BEFORE REVELATION

If you’re wondering why things are falling apart — your health, your nation, your friendships — maybe it’s not destruction.

Maybe it’s preparation.

• The Mahabharata war was a bloodbath — but it birthed an age of wisdom.

• The Black Death wiped out millions — but ended serfdom and awakened Europe.

• Your personal rock-bottom? Might be the first time you finally met your real self.

→ Before light, there is debris. Always.

CONCLUSION – YOU WERE NEVER A VICTIM. YOU WERE ALWAYS A PLAYER.

The Divine does not comfort.

It reveals.

It doesn’t make life easier.

It makes the soul visible.

It doesn’t promise fairness in your terms. It delivers justice in cosmic ones.

So how does It play Its game?

• Through silence, not thunder.

• Through time, not haste.

• Through pressure, not praise.

• Through truth, not tradition.

And once you understand this…

You stop begging It to change the world.

You start asking It to reveal yourself — clearly, nakedly, fully.

Because then, and only then, you're no longer a pawn.

You become a conscious player.

And that —is the only way to play Its game.

SUMMING UP

God Plays Its Game Through - Seven Divine Principles 

1. Set the stage, don’t script the play.

2. Let evil expose itself by overreaching.

3. Empower the righteous, not control them.

4. Test loyalty, not comfort it.

5. Use deception only to defeat greater deception.

6. Make tragedy a teacher, not a punishment.

7. Remain a player, yet untouched — the cosmic Sakshi