2nd Chapter:
C2V1: Sanjoy the narrator and onlooker was giving the narration. He is stating the condition of Arjun who was sitting in the chariot with tears. Seeing Arjun in this morose condition SHREE BHAGAWAN scolds him.
C2V2: ‘ARYAS’ are supposed to be more educated and privileged and elite class of society than the common people called as ‘ANARYA’. A person like Arjun, being an icon of the society could not effort to behave in a disgracefully frivolous way at a crucial juncture of life. Impulsively changing decisions which were previously planed, considering many pros and cons, should always be condemned and looked upon lowly by the society.
C2V3: Suddenly looking at the would be outcome, which was obvious from right from the beginning, one can not afford to drop the job in hand, especially if it is one of the most important job of life. SHREE BHAGAWAN is not scolding Arjun for his being respectful to his elders, rather for suddenly discovering the most obvious. At the ‘tug of war’ of responsibility and emotion Arjun is also, like us, getting carried away and at this point SHREE BHAGAWAN rebuking him for being withdrawn and inactive. So has to get rid of irrational emotional bindings.
C2V4-6: All education that we get since childhood when conflict one another put us in a dilemma. Arjun also is in such condition. He have to hit them with sharp weapons, whom he loves, respects, adores. It appears to him that it is better to beg than to enjoy kingdom achieved by killing relatives and teachers. At the same time he is also thinking that these are the people who taught him to fight ruthlessly in a war without caring anything else. Whoever seeks fight would get it. It is the duty of a warrior. Still Arjun is confused. Which would be better, he does not know, whether winning or loosing would be best for him.
C2H7: Arjun is brooding for being indecisive still he is feeling that people would pity him for being so. He is surrendering himself to SHREE KRISHNA as a pupil and praying to Him to show him the right path to go through.
If we really want to know any thing, we have to shed all of our inhibition and make our mind open to get the knowledge to it’s real form.
C2V8-9: Arjun is expressing his well thought out decision that he is not going to fight his ancestors. It is his realization that the winning of the war might increase their wealth but the grief caused by the demise of his ancestors would be insufferable and that could not be wiped out even by winning the Heaven or earth. So Arjun is confirming that he would not fight and as this is his final decision and he is expressing that he is not interested to discuss further.
We may notice that few minutes back he was seeking guidance from SHREE KRISHNA and afterwards he has again changed his decision and reaching to the conclusion without listening to SHREE KRISHNA. This is a very common practice we notice around us. We seek guidance still desire to work in the manner of our own choice. At disturbed state of mind when we really need guidance and advice; we jeopardize our position by being stern. Even a person like Arjun is also shutting the windows of his mind at a great important juncture. What of us?
C2V10: SHREE KRISHNA is laughing at Arjun and starting his discourse in front of everyone present around. He is laughing because to him Arjun is grieved so becoming irrational which makes the most respectable person even a laughing stock.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
1st Chapter
1st Chapter:
In this chapter Arjun is perplexed and dejected to see that the teachers who taught him to fight and all other lessons of life were in front of him an all around him to be fought with and be killed to win the war. What to do? Did he had to fight those respected and loved ones, for whom he would have not hesitate to sacrifice his own life or escape the war proving that the teaching what he had got of fighting ruthlessly, had all gone in vain thus humiliating his own family, ancestors and teachers?
In this chapter Arjun yet did not understand who Shree Krishna was. In C1V21 he is commanding THE BHAGAWAN to place his chariot at a place so that he could see well the other warriors. Then he saw the relatives and friends present in the both sides who would die in the war. Had he not seen that while the planning and preparation was going on? That time he was thinking that the war would be justified and only way left and now he is thinking and hesitating that the war would destroy the whole clan itself. He was crying and repenting to overlook the consequences of the war.
Arjun being the best person of that time in every respect, was also perplexed at the verge of the most important event of life. We notice his dilemma and his physical symptoms especially perspiration, tremor, mouth drying etc. which we also go through at our grave moments of tension. He is taking decision impulsively of not fighting the battle. Being a person of great wisdom, courage and experience he is bewildered to see that he would have to fight against his own people. It is appearing to him that by wining or loosing the battle he himself would be the looser.
He is taking a decision of not to take part in the war. Is he not behaving like an emotional child? Or may be like a grown up dignified person who for his own interest would never hart others. This behavior is not unknown to us. We always see this happen with ourselves. Even being a great person and warrior Arjun was no different from us.
In this chapter Arjun is perplexed and dejected to see that the teachers who taught him to fight and all other lessons of life were in front of him an all around him to be fought with and be killed to win the war. What to do? Did he had to fight those respected and loved ones, for whom he would have not hesitate to sacrifice his own life or escape the war proving that the teaching what he had got of fighting ruthlessly, had all gone in vain thus humiliating his own family, ancestors and teachers?
In this chapter Arjun yet did not understand who Shree Krishna was. In C1V21 he is commanding THE BHAGAWAN to place his chariot at a place so that he could see well the other warriors. Then he saw the relatives and friends present in the both sides who would die in the war. Had he not seen that while the planning and preparation was going on? That time he was thinking that the war would be justified and only way left and now he is thinking and hesitating that the war would destroy the whole clan itself. He was crying and repenting to overlook the consequences of the war.
Arjun being the best person of that time in every respect, was also perplexed at the verge of the most important event of life. We notice his dilemma and his physical symptoms especially perspiration, tremor, mouth drying etc. which we also go through at our grave moments of tension. He is taking decision impulsively of not fighting the battle. Being a person of great wisdom, courage and experience he is bewildered to see that he would have to fight against his own people. It is appearing to him that by wining or loosing the battle he himself would be the looser.
He is taking a decision of not to take part in the war. Is he not behaving like an emotional child? Or may be like a grown up dignified person who for his own interest would never hart others. This behavior is not unknown to us. We always see this happen with ourselves. Even being a great person and warrior Arjun was no different from us.
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