What is Dharma in today’s world? How to fight Adharma? || Acharya Prashant (2024)

Acharya Prashant

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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

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