Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-18
Release
59. If resorting to egoism you think that you will not fight, vain is this resolve of yours; (because) your nature will constrain you (to fight). If you nourish egoism through the hatred of discrimination, as fever is nourished by the hatred of prescribed diet or darkness is nourished by the hatred of light and if you were to label your body as Arjuna, and those of others as your kinsmen and the war as a sinful act, and if out of such notions you resolve not to fight (1276-1280), your inborn nature would defeat that resolve. Is there any substance other than Maya (illusion), in your statement that ‘I am Arjuna, these are my kinsmen and killing them would amount to a great sin’? It is also queer, that you were ready to fight to start with, took up arms in your hands and now you swear that you will not fight. Therefore, this talk of yours that you will not fight, is all futile. Even from the worldly point of view, this talk of yours is unacceptable. It is true that you have resolved not to fight, but your inborn warrior’s disposition, will compel you to fight (1281-1285).
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