Warrior Arjuna suddenly fell into despair
while surveying the enemy when he saw that the men he was about to fight
against were his own relatives and friends. Overwhelmed with compassion when
thinking how little he would benefit from killing them, he told his charioteer
Krishna that he would not fight. The incarnate
God Krishna, seeing the warrior Arjuna so despondent, began to encourage him to
rise up and fight, saying that if he relinquished his duty, evil would
certainly triumph. He explained to Arjuna that if he did not fight, sin would
be his reward, and if he gave up his duty, people would speak ill of him.
Krishna further said to Arjuna that for someone like him, with such a noble
reputation, to abandon his duty, shame was worse than death. While Arjuna stood
dejected, Krishna, after telling him why it was so important to uphold
righteousness, the war was fought between the Kauravas and the Pandavas it was
only God who determined who would live and who would die, not the human soul.
In emphasizing this, he pointed out that Lord Krishna, in trying to convince
the warrior to fight, said that He had already killed the enemy and Arjuna is
just His tool to destroy them. Doing one’s duty without any desire for reward
or success should be the motive behind such an act. Performing acts of goodness
with the sole motive of going to heaven would not liberate one from the cycle
of birth, death and rebirth or bring one in unity with God. One must relinquish
their desire and surrender all actions to God with sincere love and devotion.
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Warrior Arjuna suddenly fell into despair
while surveying the enemy when he saw that the men he was about to fight
against were his own relatives and friends. Overwhelmed with compassion when
thinking how little he would benefit from killing them, he told his charioteer
Krishna that he would not fight. The incarnate
God Krishna, seeing the warrior Arjuna so despondent, began to encourage him to
rise up and fight, saying that if he relinquished his duty, evil would
certainly triumph. He explained to Arjuna that if he did not fight, sin would
be his reward, and if he gave up his duty, people would speak ill of him.
Krishna further said to Arjuna that for someone like him, with such a noble
reputation, to abandon his duty, shame was worse than death. While Arjuna stood
dejected, Krishna, after telling him why it was so important to uphold
righteousness, the war was fought between the Kauravas and the Pandavas it was
only God who determined who would live and who would die, not the human soul.
In emphasizing this, he pointed out that Lord Krishna, in trying to convince
the warrior to fight, said that He had already killed the enemy and Arjuna is
just His tool to destroy them. Doing one’s duty without any desire for reward
or success should be the motive behind such an act. Performing acts of goodness
with the sole motive of going to heaven would not liberate one from the cycle
of birth, death and rebirth or bring one in unity with God. One must relinquish
their desire and surrender all actions to God with sincere love and devotion.
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