TRUTHFULNESS IS A VIRTUE BUT IN SOME
SITUATIONS IT MAY BE A SIN, AS WE HAVE SEEN ABOVE IN MUNNI’S CASE
.KILLING IS A SIN ,SOMETIMES IT MAY BE THE RIGHT CHOICE , WE HAVE NOTED
BALAK’S MATTER IN THIS REGARD .IN
CERTAIN SITUATIONS UNTRUTH MIGHT BE SPOKEN: TO ESCAPE DEATH,TO SAVE
LIVES OF FAMILY MEMBERS,TO PROTECT DHARMA , OCCASION OF MARRIAGE , AND IN
JOKES.
NOW BACK TO OUR PROBLEM. ARJUN
WAS IN A DILLEMA.IF HE KILLED YUDISHTHIR,HE HIMSELF COULD NOT LIVE ,SUCH WAS
THEIR ATTACHMENT. ON THE OTHER HAND, IF HE DID NOT HE WOULD BE DISHONOURING HIS
SECRET OATH. AS ALWAYS LORD HAD A SOLUTION ! “ADDRESS YOUR BROTHER
AS’TU’[तू] ie DISRESPECTFULLY . DISRESPECT TOWARDS ELDERS IS EQUAL TO
KILLING THEM.THIS IS MURDERING THEM WITHOUT ACTUALLY TAKING THEIR LIVES. ARJUN DID SO.NOW A DIFFERENT
DIFFICULTY! ‘I HAVE INSULTED MY ELDER BROTHER I’LL COMMIT SUICIDE’
BHAGVAN ,AGAIN WITH A REMEDY,--- “
PRAISE YOURSELF FOR SELF PRAISE IS TANTAMOUNT TO TAKING ONE’S OWN LIFE.’’ ARJUN
OBEYED. WITH PERSUASION BY LORD ,YUDISHTHIR ,TOO, WAS PACIFIED OF HIS SORROW.
THUS BY CORRECT INTERPRETATION OF DHARMA, FRATRICIDE WAS AVERTED.HAD ARJUN KEPT
HIS VOW ,HIS BROTHER WOULD HAVE DIED.
WERE KRISHNA NOT THERE , AND YOU WERE THERE AS
A DHARMA-GURU,HOW WOULD YOU HAVE RESOLVED THE ISSUE? TOUGH? SOME POSSIBLE
CHOICES COULD BE:-1.YUDHISHTIR KNEW NOT ARJUN’S SECRET OATH SO HOW COULD
HE BE GUILTY; 2.KILLING YOUR KIN IS WRONG; 3.UNARMED CANNOT BE SLAIN; 4.ARJUN
WAS DUTY BOUND TO PROTECT HIS
BROTHER,FOR IN WAR IT IS THE DUTY OF THE SOLDIERS TO KEEP THE KING AWAY FROM
HARM’S WAY; 5.DUE TO HIS WOUNDS YUDHISHTIR WAS NOT IN A
BALANCED STATE OF
MIND ,THEREFORE, SPOKE ILL
OF GANDIV BOW,UNINTENTIONALLY..etc. NO MATTER WHAT OUR ANSWER, ,IT IS
SUBJECT TO ERROR . REMEMBER KAUSHIK MUNI ,EVEN
SPEAKING THE TRUTH WAS NOT CONSIDERED RIGHT. WHEN IN A SITUATION TO DO OR NOT TO DO, WHAT
ARE WE TO DO ! WE MUST TAKE CARE OUR ACTION IS CONSONANT WITH:- LAW OF
THE LAND[राज मत]], SCRIPTURAL INJUNCTIONS[भगवत मत] , VIEW OF
THE LEARNED ,SADHUMAT][ साधु मत], PUBLIC OPINION[ लोकमत]]. IF WE ARE
UNABLE TO GET AN ANSWER, THEN,IN PLACE OF GOING INTO MENTAL ACROBATICS ,WE
CAN LEAVE OUR DEPENDENCE ON DHARMA AND
TAKE REFUGE IN OUR LORD.THAT IS HIS INVITATION TO ARJUN IN GITA-- 18/66 18/66 [गीता ]. THE
SAME IS REPEATED IN BHAGVAT TO UDHAV-- 11/12/14-15. .THE
BEST DHARMA FOR HUMANS IS THAT WHICH FOSTERS DEVOTION FOR GOD. DHARMA
THAT DOES NOT KINDLE LOVE FOR GOD’S STORIES AND PASSTIMES[लीलाएं] IS A BURDEN
AND TOIL..BHAG.1/2/5-8.. REAL DHARMA IS WHAT GOD HIMSELF HAS
REVEALED FROM HIS VERY MOUTH FOR SIMPLE SOULS..BHAG.11/2/34. THE
GIST OF IT IS TO LEAN ON HIM ONLY. ABANDONMENT OF DUTIES IS NOT BEING
ADVOCATED. WHAT IS ADVISED IS THAT
ALL ACTIONS ARE TO BE OFFERED TO HIM.THIS WAY WE WILL LEARN TO DEPEND ON
HIM ,SHIFTING OUR DEPENDENCE FROM DHARMA/ ACTIONS TO GOD.WHEN FACED WITH A
DILEMMA ,WE WILL NOT HAVE TO CHOOSE FROM A NUMBER OF ALTERNATIVES OR WEIGH THE CONSEQUENCES
OF PARTICULAR ACTIONS. WITHOUT JUDGING WHAT IS RIGHT OR WHAT IS
WRONG WE WILL DO OUR DUTY OFFERING IT TO
HIM ,CONSIDERING HIM TO BE THE DOER,WITH RELINQUISHMENT OF THE FRUIT,AND WITH
NO ATTACHMENT WITH THE ACTION. ARJUN DID JUST THIS WHEN DIRECTED BY BHAGVAN TO
KILL KARNA WHO WAS UN- ARMED AND WAS TRYING TO PULL HIS CHARIOT’S WHEEL
OUT OF MUD. ARJUN DID NOT GO INTO THE MORAL ISSUE. THIS IS WHAT TAKING REFUGE
IN GOD MEANS ! WE ARE FREED OF ALL SINS. ALL THAT IS REQUIRED IS “THINK OF HIM AND DO YOUR
DUTIES ,EVEN BATTLE’’---gita 8/7.
AGAIN IT IS CLARIFIED , WE ARE NOT TO CEASE
ACTION.IT IS NOT POSSIBLE, WITHOUT IT WE CANNOT EVEN EXIST ; NATURE
COMPELS ACTION--- gita 3/5 . A LITTLE CHOICE WE DO HAVE---WE CAN CHOOSE TO ACT
WITH SAKAMTA सकामता ie WITH A DESIRE FOR FRUITS ,OR WITH NISHKAMTA निष्कामता ie. NO DESIRE FOR FRUITS. FORMER NEED NOT BE
EXPLAINED FOR WE ARE ADEPTS AT IT SINCE THE BEGINNING BECAUSE WE ARE
ETERNAL,AND HAVE DONE THIS IN EVERY HUMAN LIFE TIME TILL NOW----DONE ACTIONS
WITH AN EYE ON FRUIT. LATTER IS ELABORATED IN GITA : NO ATTACHMENT WITH
ACTOIN,NO DESIRE FOR FRUIT ,NO FEELING OF DOER- SHIP; SANKHYOGI
FEELS NATURE IS DOING ALL; DEVOTEE
OFFERS ALL ACTIONS TO GOD, HE,BEING A MERE INSTRUMENT ; KARMA YOGI WORKS
FOR OTHERS. SAKAMTA BEGETS THE FRUITS OF
ACTIONS ie. BONDAGE---- IT GIVES FRUITS
WHICH ARE TO BE BOURNE IN THIS LIFE-TIME OR OTHER LIVES (GITA 18/12 ) . IT IS A
REASON FOR RE- BIRTHS . NISHKAMKARMA ON
THE OTHER HAND GIVES LIBERATION .
“THEREFORE,ARJUN,THINK OF ME ALWAYS AND FIGHT.WITH MIND AND REASON THUS
SET ON ME,YOU WILL DOUBTLESS COME TO ME.’’ -- GITA.8/7.
IN OUR ILLUSTRATION, KAUSHIK MUNI WAS
SAKAM,ATTACHED TO TRUTHFULNESS,AND IT’S FRUITS.SO WAS BALAK . BOTH GOT FRUITS
OF THEIR ACTIONS ie. HELL AND HEAVEN RESPECTIVELY . BUT,IN ORDER NOT TO
GET INTO BONDAGE,WE ARE T0 ACT AS PER KRISHNA’S DIRECTIONS: WITHOUT DESIRE FOR
FRUIT,WITHOUT ATTACHMENT ,OFFERING ALL ACTIONS TO HIM WE ARE TO DO OUR
SCRIPTURE-ORDAINED DUTIES ,AS PER VARNASHRAMA DHARMA [वर्णाश्रम धर्म] ---GITA 9/27-28 . HANUMANJI KILLED THOUSANDS OF
DEMONS [राक्षस गण],WITH HIS MIND ON RAM ,WITH INTENTION THAT HE WAS DOING RAM’S WORK,AND HE WAS NOT DOER [[कर्त्ता ]. HANU MANJI
EARNED NO SIN. THUS, NOT THE ACT BUT THE MENTAL STATE BEHIND THE ACT,IS IMPORTANT .
DOING ACTOINS IN ACCORDANCE WITH GITA WE
CAN ATTAIN LIBERATION.......FOLLOWING
KRISHNA IS THE HIGHEST DHARM धर्म , WHICH IS TO BE ACHIEVED,KEPT AND
MAINTAINED . DHARMA FULL OF MERCY AND TRUTH,AND KNOWLEDGE WITH TAPA CANNOT
PURIFY A HEART DEVOID OF DEVOTION AS FIRE BURNS WOOD,SO DEVOTION BURNS SIN[पाप]--- BGAGVATभागवत11/14/21 -22.
BHISHMA EXPLAINS TO DURYODHAN, “WHERE-EVER
DHARMA IS KRISHNA IS. ’’THE CONVERSE IS ALSO TRUE: WHERE
KRISHNA IS DHARMA IS ALSO THERE. GET KRISHNA, DHARMA WILL COME AS A NATURAL
CONSEQUENCE .WHEN WE HAVE WITH US BRAHMAGYAN[ब्रहम ज्ञान] ,ie. THE
FULL OCEAN,WILL WE LOOK FOR A GLASS OF WATER ? Gita 2/46. ‘’ I AM THE ABODE OF ETERNAL DHARMA’’ ,KRISHNA
DECLARES.--GITA 14/27
THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF DHARM IS TO
ATTAIN GOD.ONCE WE HAVE HIM WE HAVE ALL..NO NEED OF DHARM. WHY? DHARM IS
IN KRISHNA. FOR INSTANCE, I GET A BIG MANSION AS A GIFT ,WHICH HAS MANY ROOMS INCLUDING A DRAWING R00M. HAVE I
TO TRY FOR THIS DRAWING ROOM AGAIN. NO. I ALREADY HAVE IT WITH THE MANSION.
HAVING KRISHNA IS HAVING DHARM, TOO. GOPIS, HAVING NO REGARD FOR VEDIC DHARMA
,HAD ADULTEROUS LOVE FOR KRISHNA. YET THEY ARE EPITOMES OF BHAKTI[भक्ति]--- NARAD BHAKTI
SOOTRA नारद भक्ति सूत्र.
TILL WE HAVE NOT FULLY REALIZED HIM,WHAT ARE
WE TO DO ? WE ARE TO LEAN ON HIM ONLY,LIKE A KITTEN OF CAT. MANY DOS AND DONTS OF DHARMA-KARMA WE CAN SKIP. WE ARE TO FOLLOW THOSE RULES
THAT MAKE US INTROVERTS,AVOID THOSE THAT MAKE US EXTROVERT;PRECEPTS
PERTAINING TO PURITY,CLEANLINESS CAN BE
AVOIDED.... 11/10/27भागवत. DHARMA IS TO BE FOLLOWED
ONLY TO THE EXTENT IT DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH BHAKTI [भक्ति]DEVOTION
.KRSHN-.STRIVERS SHOULD HAVE THEIR MIND ON HIM ALWAYS,AND HIM ONLY, BECAUSE
VEDAS,YOG,TAP,GYAN,DHARM(वेद ,योग, तप, ज्ञान, धर्म ), ALL ARE FOR KRISHNA.---BH.1/2/28,29 .HE IS ABOVE ALL.
THE DHARMA TO BE FOLLOWED IS OUR OWN DHARMA,IN
ACCORDANCE WITH OUR STATION IN SOCIETY AND STAGE IN LIFE [वर्णाश्रमधर्म ]. SOMEBODY
ELSE’S DHARM WILL LAND US IN SIN AND
DISREPUTE---. GITA 2/33. EVEN IF LESS VIRTUOUS,OUR DHARM IS BEST,IT
IS GOOD EVEN DYING WHILE FOLLOWING IT .---GITA 3/35,18/47..
BHAGVAT OPINES THAT NO ILL CAN BEFALL
A PERSON WHO GIVES UP HIS DHARMA FOR BHAKTI .THERE IS NO GAIN FOR ONE WHO
FOLLOWS HIS DHARMA ONLY AND DOES NO WORSHIP(भक्ति )--1/5/17..IF BY CHANCE
A GOD-WORSHIPPER COMMITS ANY SIN ie.TURNS AVERSE, HE IS STILL NOT CAUGHT
IN THE CYCLES OF BIRTHS AND REBIRTHS ---1/5/19. A BHAKT(ONE WHO WORSHIPS GOD
EXCLUSIVELY) CAN NEVER FALL DOWN OR BE DESTROYED---GITA 9/30-31,
6/40 .
WHY THEN FOLLOW DHARM WHICH IS SO
COMPLEX AND INTRICATE ? WHY NOT SURRENDER TO HIM ONLY!
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