Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand 139

Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand Ji

CHAPTER 2 Curiosity About Action भयाद्रणादुपरतं मंस्यन्ते त्वां महारथा:। येषां च त्वं बहुमतो भूत्वा यास्यासि लाघवम्॥35॥ [ “Even the great warriors who have a high regard for you will then scorn you for having turned your back upon the war out of fear.’’ ] The mighty warriors, in whose esteem Arjun will then fall from honour to dishonour, will believe that he had retreated from the war due to cowardice. Who are these other great warriors? They, too, are seekers who make their way strenuously along the path of spiritual realization. The other formidable warriors who oppose them are, on the contrary, desire for sensual pleasure, anger, greed, and attachment, that drag the worshipper with equal tenacity towards ignorance. Arjun will be disgraced in the eyes of the very people who now hold him in high esteem as a worthy seeker. Apart from this,