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Chapter 11
Link:- Arjuna, in the next verse, describes those warriors who being engaged in worldly pleasures and prosperity, joined the war in order to gain praise and kingdom, illustrated by moths.
yatha pradiptam jvalanam patanga visanti nasaya samrddhavegah
tathaiva nasaya visanti loka-stavapi vaktrani samrddhavegah
As moths out of their folly rush headlong into the burning fire for destruction, even so, do these people, hurriedly speed into Your mouths for their annihilation. 29
Comment:-
Yatha pradiptam samrddhavegab:- Moths, living in green grass, in the dark night of rainy season, being enamoured of blazing fire, in order to get light, rush into the blazing fire, for their destruction. If a person, out of pity extinguishes the fire, they feel very sad, because they foolishly think, that they have been deprived of a great gain.
Tathoiva nasaya visanti lokastavapi vaktrani samrddhavegah:- Worldly people, generally hanker after worldly pleasures and prosperity and they also think of these. Such warriors were Duryodhana, his co-warriors and such other kings, who were entering the Lord's blazing mouths, for their destruction i.e., they were paving their way, for eighty-four lac forms of life, and hell. It means, that generally people, hanker after worldly pleasures, prosperity, praise, honour and rest etc. In order to, gain these they have to bear insult, dishonour, loss, worry and internal burning sensation etc., yet they yearn for these.[1]
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