Chapter 18 verse 59
“If, motivated by pride, you think, “I shall not fight,” your decision will be in vain. Your own material (Kshatriya) nature will compel you to fight.”
The
intellect and ego can play tricks to try and control the mind and body against our
true nature and confuse ourselves. However the material nature of our self and
inherent vasanas dictates how we eventually behave majority of the time. In
this particular case, Arjuna has shown indication that he doesn’t want to fight
his own kith and kin just for the sake of the kingdom. Bhagawan implores him to
fight since the alternative approach cannot last long with all his inherent
tendencies for aggression and passion. It is better to exhaust one’s tendencies
or vasanas within the construct of “dharma” than to be someone or something
else in this life.
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