Arjun continued to say to Shri Krishn, "We have been hearing that those people whose FamilyDharm is destroyed, they find their place in hell. Out of our desire for the kingdom, what kind of sin we are about to commit, by killing our own brothers (cousins)? Better than this, let these armed sons of Dhritraashtr kill me in this battlefield, without my lifting arms, or without my putting any resistance." Shlok 44-46
No lasting peace, no true peace can be attained without justice
Look at the mental state of Arjun. Today, many peace lovers tend to display this kind of tendency, not realizing that no lasting peace, no true peace can be attained without justice.
Just because fighting is bad, bloodshed is bad; running away from it is not the solution. Nor is the solution found in surrender, because that only boosts the morale of the unjust.
Tolerance is different than giving up. Tolerating injustice may be magnanimity up to a certain point but beyond that it is cowardice while they name it peace!
This cowardice is responsible for letting injustice grow beyond repair. They, who take such stand, are no less responsible for letting injustice grow.
Shlok 47
Sanjay reported to Dhritraashtr, "Saying so, Arjun in distress dropped his Gaandeev and sagged in his chariot."
Arjun drops his arms
Compare Arjun’s state of mind at KuruKshetr with Hindu state of mind today. Typically, this is the state in which many of us are today, for we fear to resist Adharm', in fear of more commotion!
Epilogue
This page was added to the enlarged 2008 edition
25 August 2008
Today’s leaders (and those who want to become leader) tend to accuse "Hindu" of inactivity? When they use this generalized term "Hindu" whom they actually refer to? Do they refer to the common man? If yes, then what right do they have to accuse the common man?
Have they been able to provide a worthy leadership to the common man? If not, who is at fault? How does one expect common man to rise against the wrongs being done to him at such a mass scale, as is the case today, without being able to offer them the right leadership? How can the common man trust you when each and every leader, who has been the product of this "Varn’Sankar" culture (including education), has only betrayed the masses every time they posed their trust on them?
25 April 2008
No leadership—worth its salt—has yet risen on the horizon—whom Hindu can handover his reins.
Hindu is waiting—he is watching—he will surrender to the leadership—when a worthy one presents himself.
Until then—if Hindu is not letting himself turn into yet another barbarian as are the opponent Aasuric forces—there is no reason for someone to fume and fret about it.
25 August 2008
This time there will be yet another battle between Dharm and Adharm, and again, a decisive one. The color on the horizon has begun to change!
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BhagavadGita — Adhyaay' 1 — Arjun'Vishaad'Yog'
— Shlok' 1
Participants in the Battle of Dharm'
and Adharm' — Shlok' 2-20
Arjun’s Dilemma — Shlok' 21-39
Arjun’s Concerns about the
deterioration of the eternal Family-Dharm' — Shlok' 40-43
Arjun’s Concerns about
the deterioration of the eternal Family-Dharm' — Shlok' 40-43 (continued)
Arjun’s Concerns about
the deterioration of the eternal Family-Dharm' — Shlok' 40-43 (continued 2)
Arjun gives up and resigns,
so has Hindu given up — Shlok' 44-47