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The 1st chapter of Bhagavad Gita, 4th verse – Arjuna Vishaada Yoga

“Atra sura mahesvasa bhimarjuna-sama yudhihi, yuyudhano viratas ca drupadas ca maha-rathaha”

Here, Dhuryodhanaa is describing the courage, valor, glory of the other side army. Here in this army there are many heroes wielding mighty bows and equal in military powers to Bheema and Arjuna, Yuyudhana, Viraada and the great chariot warrior Dhrupadaa.

Dhuryodhanaa now points out all the great warriors fighting for Paandavas ready to lay their life for Paandavas. See, when the fear comes, enemy looks too powerful. Enemy’s strength is your fear. Suddenly, Duryodhana is praising … the whole Paandava army. He says here in this army there are many heroes wielding mighty bows and equival in military powers to Bheema and Arjuna. He raises Bheema and Arjuna to a level where he sets a standard based on Bheema, Arjuna. He says Bheema and Arjuna are the standard and to their level there are many many heroes - Yuyudhana, Viraadaa and Dhrupadha. Shooraha ! – he uses the word Shooraha – heroes.

Please understand, when the ego is mixed with the depression, it expresses as fear. When the ego does not mix with the depression, it expresses as a ‘withdrawal feeling’. If you are just depressed and your ego is not supporting it, you will feel like withdrawing. That is what Arjuna felt. When Arjuna had depression, he was withdrawing, he is not describing all the glory of the opposite army. He says very clearly. “We can kill them but what are we going to get by killing all of them?” Please understand the whole attitude.

Here the reason for Duryodhana’s depression is the ‘fear of failure’. “How can we kill all these heroes? Big fellows are there.” But the Arjuna’s depression, the reason for the Arjuna’s depression is “why should we kill? What are we going to gain by killing all these fellows?” See the big difference – depression supported by ego, depression not supported by ego. If your ego does not support the depression, even depression leads you to the right direction. I tell you if Arjuna did not have depression there would have been war. Naturally Arjuna would have won the game because Krishna is there. But Arjuna would not have become enlightened. But here his right depression and the right decision to approach the right person.

Arjuna could have gone to Dharma, Yudhistra when he was depressed. I tell you if he had gone to Yudhistra, Yudhishtra would have been convinced by Arjuna and they would have withdrawn from the war. He could have gone to Bheema. Maybe, Bheema would have killed Arjuna - “you fool! at this moment you are trying to torture and disturb the whole process, better let you die”. He could have gone to Nakula and Sahadeva, how they would have handled, we don’t know. But, fortunately he went to right person ‘Krishna’. Right depression, Right approach, Right Person was approached. That is why not only Arjuna won the game of the war, he won the game of Life! Sometime your individual ego costs too much in the life. I can say sometime it can cost some time lives, not just one life, lives!

“Atra sura mahesvasa bhimarjuna-sama yudhi yuyudhano viratas ca drupadas ca maha-rathah”

Dhuryodhana then pointed out the great Paandava warriors such as Bheema and Arjuna who too were students of Dhrona as well as a number of other great warriors fighting for the Paandavas. If you do the psychoanalysis of Dhuryodhana, you can see the tremendous overflowing fear, arrogance, ego and unable to take the responsibility, unwilling to take the responsibility, the shivering, shivering internally and externally!

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