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00:009 months
00:10you have given me
00:12second life
00:12I will never ever be able
00:17to leave you
00:19always stay with me
00:21sir my question
00:26is
00:26as Shri Krishna
00:31is teaching Arjuna to fight
00:34against Kauravas
00:35as Kauravas are against
00:37Dharma
00:38what should one consider
00:41a Dharma in real world of today
00:43and fight against
00:45with the truth
00:46Kaurava also denied the rights of Pandavas
00:49and one step
00:51further they conspired to assault
00:54Kunti's right to harm
00:56Pandavas in every possible way
00:58there is lot of
01:00a Dharma in everyday life
01:02should we keep quiet
01:03sit back
01:04if somebody does
01:06a Dharma with you
01:07even if
01:08not at the level that
01:10that was between
01:12Pandava and Kaurava
01:13Dhaniwa
01:14there is always
01:18only one
01:19a Dharma
01:20to
01:24to keep
01:28a person tied
01:30to his or her
01:32animal
01:36center
01:38the center of the jungle
01:43the center of
01:46Prakriti and evolution
01:47that is
01:49a Dharma
01:49Dharma
01:52is an ascension
01:53arise
01:54arise
01:57towards
01:58what you actually are
02:01but
02:04must
02:06always
02:08still
02:09aspire
02:11to be
02:12given that you do not start
02:16from what you actually are
02:18if you look at a human being
02:24his journey according to him
02:28starts from the day of his or her birth
02:31birth
02:33we say
02:35I began on such and such day
02:38that's the
02:40common understanding
02:43is it not
02:43yes
02:451st of January 1970
02:47I began my journey
02:48so when you begin your journey
02:50you do not begin your journey
02:52from the right center
02:54yes
02:56so the entire journey
02:58is about
02:59reaching
03:01where you
03:02anyway
03:03are always
03:05located
03:05it's about
03:09becoming
03:10what you anyway
03:12are
03:13it's about
03:16unbecoming
03:17what you have
03:18erroneously
03:19become
03:20yes
03:22so that's Dharma
03:26that's Dharma
03:28why was
03:32the war fought
03:33because
03:36power in the hands
03:37of Duryodhana
03:38would have meant
03:41policies
03:42that would have
03:44stimulated
03:47the animal center
03:49in
03:52at least
03:53millions of people
03:54Astinapur
03:57was one of the larger
03:58kingdoms
03:59and one of the most
04:00influential and powerful ones
04:03what was happening
04:07in Astinapur
04:10would have sent
04:12ripples
04:12throughout the subcontinent
04:16it was a very central kingdom
04:18yes
04:20Haryana
04:23Delhi
04:23western
04:24that was the area
04:26so you see how
04:27how centrally located it was
04:28and very powerful
04:32kingdom
04:33so
04:35whosoever controlled
04:36Astinapur
04:37would have had
04:40a very important
04:44and strong effect
04:47on the
04:47population of the entire subcontinent
04:51in his interactions with
04:57Duryodhana
04:58in his experience with
05:00Duryodhana
05:00Krishna would have
05:03clearly seen
05:04how dangerous
05:05was it
05:06to let power
05:08come to
05:09this fellow's hands
05:10power in the hands
05:17of Duryodhana
05:18would have
05:18meant
05:20rampant
05:21Adharma
05:21all pervasive
05:25Adharma
05:25because we
05:29are people
05:31who get influenced
05:33you know
05:36Yatha Raja
05:37Hapraja
05:38If the state policies
05:43themselves
05:44promote
05:45Adharma
05:46then the effect
05:50on the population
05:52would definitely
05:55be derogatory
05:57therefore the war
06:02therefore it was seen
06:05that
06:07in spite of the number
06:10of lives
06:11that are likely
06:12to be lost
06:13in the war
06:14it was still important
06:16that the war
06:17be fought
06:18the war was not at all
06:23for the sake of
06:24Arjun
06:25or the
06:27Pandu party
06:28no
06:29it was not at all
06:33for the sake of
06:36giving one back
06:37to Duryodhana
06:38oh you have been
06:39unjust
06:40and treacherous
06:41all the while
06:43so let retribution
06:46come
06:47no that was
06:48not what the war
06:49was about
06:50there was nothing
06:54personal
06:55about the war
06:56it's not that
07:03Krishna had a soft corner
07:05for Arjun
07:06or favored the Pandavas
07:07more
07:08therefore he aligned with the Pandavas
07:11it's just that
07:13power could not come to Duryodhana
07:15it was certain
07:16and therefore the war had to be fought
07:18it's not about who really was the rightful
07:32claimant to the throne
07:35even that was not a very important question
07:39people often quarrel over those details
07:43Dhritarashtra or Pandu
07:48and therefore Yudhishthir or Duryodhana
07:52a lot of people argue over these things
07:55it was not about Dhritarashtra
07:57or his blindness
07:59or Pandu or his illness
08:02or Yudhishthir or Duryodhana
08:09it was not about these fellows
08:11it was about having
08:14the one right fellow on the throne
08:18who would help
08:21the entire population
08:24navigate the path of Dharma
08:26so I dare say
08:31that Krishna would have tried to put
08:36a Dharmic person
08:41a Dharmic person
08:43on the throne
08:46even if that Dharmic person
08:49were not
08:53the rightful hire
08:55by traditional
08:59logic
09:01or ritual
09:04why are we talking of
09:08Yudhishthir or Duryodhana here
09:09because they were the senior most
09:11in their lines
09:13but had it so transpired
09:17that the
09:21two senior most
09:23brothers on either lines
09:25the
09:26Korav line
09:27and the Pandav line
09:28were both
09:29both
09:30rank
09:31scoundrels
09:32then Krishna would have
09:36supported
09:37and picked
09:38maybe the
09:41youngest brother
09:44as his
09:46choice
09:47for the crown
09:48if the youngest one
09:50Vardharmic
09:53Vardharmic
09:54so it's not as if Krishna is trying
09:59to settle things
10:05in a just way
10:08in a matter between
10:12brothers
10:13it is not a thing
10:15between
10:17brothers
10:18it is not a thing
10:20between
10:21two parties
10:22of brothers
10:23it is a thing that concerns
10:26an entire population
10:27are you getting it?
10:29Krishna is not saying
10:30oh you know you send these people off to the jungle
10:40and that was illegitimate
10:44therefore now you should pay up
10:47no
10:49it's not that
10:51oh you know these fellows
10:54they have fulfilled the condition
10:56of being away for so many years in the jungle
10:59and then for
11:01remaining incognito
11:02Agyatvas
11:04for one more year
11:06so they have fulfilled all the conditions
11:08so you should give them their territory
11:11it's not about all that
11:17even if traditional justice were to be on Duryodhana's side
11:22Krishna would have still supported the Pandavas
11:26because it's not about traditional justice
11:28it's about higher justice
11:30it's about higher justice
11:34traditional justice says
11:35give the throne and the crown
11:38to the elder most brother
11:40the eldest son
11:43that's traditional justice
11:45Krishna's justice is dharmic
11:49not traditional
11:50he says
11:52the eldest is the one
11:57who is the wisest
11:59wisdom is the criteria
12:04for determining elderliness
12:09the eldest one by age
12:15is not necessarily the wisest
12:18wisdom
12:22is the touchstone
12:24I'll see who is the wisest one
12:27I'll see who is the most dharmic
12:30and that one I'll take to be the eldest
12:34and he shall rise to the throne
12:37that's
12:39Krishna's justice
12:40because
12:41to him it's not about these two quarreling parties
12:45to him it is not about
12:46I want people here
12:48and hundred out people there
12:50to him it is about
12:52the millions
12:54that are there in the
12:56in the whole
12:57country
12:58we often fail to
13:08put the war
13:09in perspective
13:13we
13:14miss the bigger picture
13:18we feel it was about avenging the atrocities
13:22that Duryodhan had been committing
13:24you know
13:25he misbehaved Vidrapati
13:28you know he tried to kill the
13:30Pandavas in Lakshagra
13:35you know he tried to poison Bhim
13:43you know he was always being unfair
13:45he was always
13:46conspiring
13:48therefore the Pandavas should fight for their own rights
13:51the war was not about the Pandavas rights
13:54the war was not to avenge
13:57Duryodhan's atrocities against Pandavas in the past
14:04the war was to stop Duryodhan
14:08from wreaking havoc
14:11on the entire country in the future
14:17it was not about squaring the past
14:20the past
14:22it was about
14:23it was about
14:24aborting
14:27what was coming in the
14:29future
14:34revenge
14:35and retribution
14:36these are small things
14:38for a wise man like Krishna
14:43the wise ones do not get hurt easily
14:45why will they clamour for revenge
14:47why will they clamour for revenge
14:55what is Dharma then?
14:56please always remember
14:57please always remember
15:02the rise of consciousness
15:04is the path of Dharma
15:06that is Dharma
15:09we begin
15:10as animals
15:14we must
15:17end
15:18dissolve
15:20as pure consciousness
15:24that is Dharma
15:25as before
15:26and
15:42is when
15:44the
15:45the
15:47the
15:48the
15:49the