shadows look like mountains.
One close look at the mammoth kin
of the virtuous and the vicious
Close buddies, relatives and friends
The inevitability of their destruction,
of change, of redefinition, of the horror
Shook the force out of Arjun...
No longer sure of what he wanted
he was ready to quit...
convinced he presented to Krishna,
his concience and friend,
seemingly sound reasons...
ah..isnt it ironic? the same reason
that lays the path to truth
can delude one away ...thus was Arjuna
consumed by reasons, excuses and justification
of why it was better to quit and drop the fight
than to face the inevitability of the fierce action..
Copyright 2007 dropsoflight for
Art of Living.(bookstore.artofliving.org)
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Verse by Verse Translated by Ramanand Prasad :
Arjuna was overcome with great compassion and sorrowfully said: O Krishna, seeing my kinsmen standing with a desire to fight, (1.28)
My limbs fail and my mouth becomes dry. My body quivers and my hairs stand on end. (1.29)
The bow, Gaandeeva, slips from my hand and my skin intensely burns. My head turns, I am unable to stand steady and, O Krishna, I see bad omens. I see no use of killing my kinsmen in battle. (1.30-31)
I desire neither victory nor pleasure nor kingdom, O Krishna. What is the use of the kingdom, or enjoyment, or even life, O Krishna? (1.32)
Because all those, for whom we desire kingdom, enjoyments, and pleasures, are standing here for the battle, giving up their lives and wealth. (1.33)
Teachers, uncles, sons, grandfathers, maternal uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law, and other relatives. (1.34)
I do not wish to kill them, who are also about to kill, even for the sovereignty of the three worlds, let alone for this earthly kingdom, O Krishna. (1.35)
O Lord Krishna, what pleasure shall we find in killing the sons of Dhritaraashtra? Upon killing these felons we shall incur sin only. (1.36)
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For the sanskrit text and audio see:
http://bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-01-28.html
http://bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-01-29.html
http://bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-01-30.html
http://bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-01-31.html
http://bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-01-32.html
http://bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-01-36.html
http://bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-01-37.html
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1 comment:
As I was going through this blog, it reoccured to me that my favorite excuse to inaction was dislike: In high school i used to not like chemistry and hence would neglect studying it..only later, upon meeting an inspiring chemist in IIT i realised the beauty of the subject and how much i had missed by my excuses.It reminded me to look for where i may be using the dislike as an excuse for inaction in my workday.
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