यदृच्छया चोपपन्नं स्वर्गद्वारमपावृतम् |सुखिन: क्षत्रिया: पार्थ लभन्ते युद्धमीदृशम् || 32||yadṛichchhayā chopapannaṁ swarga-dvāram apāvṛitamsukhinaḥ kṣhatriyāḥ pārtha labhante yuddham īdṛiśham*BG 2.32*: O Parth, happy are the warriors to whom such opportunities to defend righteousness come unsought, opening for them the stairway to the celestial abodes.
अथ चेतत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं संग्रामं न करिष्यसि | तत: स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि || 33|| atha chet tvam imaṁ dharmyaṁ saṅgrāmaṁ na kariṣhyasi tataḥ sva-dharmaṁ kīrtiṁ cha hitvā pāpam avāpsyasi *BG 2.33*: If, however, you refuse to fight this righteous war, abandoning your social duty and reputation, you will certainly incur sin. अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम् | सम्भावितस्य चाकीर्ति र्मरणादतिरिच्यते || 34|| akīrtiṁ chāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣhyanti te ’vyayām sambhāvitasya chākīrtir maraṇād atirichyate *BG 2.34*: People will speak of you as a coward and a deserter. For a respectable person, infamy is worse than death.For respectable people, social prestige is very important. The particular *guṇas* (modes of nature) of warriors make respect and honor especially important for them. For them, dishonor is worse than death. Shree Krishna reminds Arjun of this, so that if he is not inspired by superior knowledge, he may at least be inspired by inferior knowledge. Many societies in the world observe the norm that a warrior who runs away from the battlefield out of cowardice is ostracized from society. That could be the extent of dishonor inflicted upon Arjun if he avoided his duty. KR IRS 20 6 23 On Mon, 19 Jun 2023 at 17:25, Jambunathan Iyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > *Power to FaceIf we face our problems and respond to them positively, and > refuse to give in to panic, bitterness, or self-pity, these adverse > situations that look like they could bury us have within them the very real > potential to make us unshakable.* > > N Jambunathan Rengarajapuram-Kodambakkam-Chennai-Mob:9176159004 > > *" What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you > become by achieving your goals. If you want to live a happy life, tie it to > a goal, not to people or things "* > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZoraF5-uH-rdJsN1SVUdFm0gG2b2qEikyCQ_m9ELLKEf3A%40mail.gmail.com.
