Chapter 2 verse 36-37
“And many unspeakable words will your enemies speak caviling
about your powers. What can be more painful than this?
Slain, you will obtain heaven; victorious, you will enjoy
the earth; therefore, stand up, O son of kunti, resolved to fight”
Krishna continues on the
shame trajectory to goad Arjuna to fight. As well, he gives great logic of
living a stress less life by doing your duty- in this case fighting the battle.
Both outcomes-victory and death for a Kshatriya is honorable says Krishna.
Doing what is preordained for oneself is the path of least resistance in life
and doing those things with a sense of “non doership” lends well to the lessons
to be learnt from this lifetime. Krishna will in future verses talk about these
concepts as well. For now, he is just appealing to the fear, shame of the
Kshatriya in Arjuna. It probably wouldn’t work just like it doesn’t work for
most of us to be told to do our duty or else…how many parent, bosses etc resort
to this and fail miserably?
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