Chapter 2 verse 32
“Happy indeed are the Kshatriyas, who are called to fight in
such a battle that comes of itself as an open door to heaven”
There is something to be said about doing the work what your
are passionate about and you were born to do. In this case, a Kshatriya’s
ultimate crescendo is fighting a righteous war where they can feel doing
something for a cause bigger than themselves. In our past history, our sages or
uber human psychologists understand the importance of following one’s inbuilt
strengths, passion and lineage. That was the crux of the varna system. Krishna
talks about reaching heaven after having a battle like this. The heaven he is
talking about is right here on earth- in our heads. There is another sloka
which talks about this concept coming up in future so I will wait for that one
to elaborate further on this topic. Bringing this concept back to corporate
world, the average business person would love to be involved in a big project
with lots of upside to show for their work. Is’nt it? Someone at work yesterday
talked about the early 90s where a hugely popular video game came along which
had a lot of violence and bravado built into it. He said the primary reason why
it came was to fill a void for action in American psyche for a major entity to despise
such as Russia, no major wars US was involved in at that time. Interesting
perspective! Kshatriyas are happy to fight a war bcos it is the biggest goddamn
war of that time even if they get killed at end of it!
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