Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-11
The Universal Form
34. Slay Drona, Bhishma, Jayadratha, Karna and other warriers too, already killed by Me; do not grieve, fight and you will triumph over your foes in battle. Do not be cowed down by Drona, or be frightened of Bhishma, and do not feel any scruples to take up arms against Karna. Do not be perplexed as to how to get rid of Jayadratha. Know that all these and other famous warriors are little more than portraits of lions drawn on a wall, which can be erased by a moist hand. O Arjuna, if you ask my opinion about this crowd, which has come to fight, I say that they are nothing but phantoms, I have already swallowed them up (471-475). Their brief span of life ended the moment you saw them enter my mouth. They are just like hollow rinds, peeled off the plantain tree. Therefore, rise up now, kill them, already slain by Me and do not fall into the grip of a non-existent agony. As one makes a scare-crow and fells it down by an arrow, I have acted in the same manner. You be a mere tool in My hands. O dear Arjuna, know that those who were hostile to you were rendered powerless even at the time of their birth. Therefore, win this victory and enjoy the kingdom. Let this be written in the annals of history that your cousins, who were by nature, proud, powerful and impudent, were slain by you, without much trouble (476-480). |
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