False wisdom
Sri Bhagavan Uvacha
Ashochyananvashochyastwam Pragnyavadamscha Bhashase
Gatasoonagatasoomscha Nanushochanti Panditaha
Sri Krishna, from here on holds the reign of the dialogue with Arjuna and begins to assert his philosophy.
The master always gives the disciple a very long rope and in this case, Arjuna had done enough of pontification philosophising and crying to prove a point that he should not fight the war. Sri Krishna does not however budge. He derides Arjuna and says that he was moaning for those who should not be moaned for. He said that Arjuna seemed as though he was talking words of wisdom by saying he would not fight his masters, friends and relatives who have gathered against him ready for battle. But Krishna said, the truly wise person would cry neither for those who were dead or those who were living. - Swahilya Shambhavi.
(Maha Shivaratri, Patanjali Yoga Sutra, Vignana Bhairava Tantra, Tirumandiram, Satsangh in Chicago, Himalayas, swahilya.soulmate@gmail.com)
2 comments:
A very hard-hitting shloka which strikes right at the root of the problem of Arjuna. It is beauty of a shloka where Krishna directly hits at the root of Arjuna's delusion!
A typical Master! He utters not one word in sympathy.
Yet speaks on with utmost empathy
Firm and rock solid, like the anchor that holds a swaying boat.
Yes plainspeak!
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