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1. Mrityunjayanand says:

   June 28, 2013 at 6:19 pm

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   Lord Krishn sings in Bhagavad Gita:

   “There are sensations of heat and cold,
   and of pain and pleasure,
   O son of Kunti, as senses meet their objects.

   Bear them patiently,
   O Bharat,
   because they have a beginning and an end, and are transient.”

   The contact of senses and their objects, which generates pleasure and pain, and feelings of cold and warmth, is occasional and momentary. Arjun should, therefore, abandon them.

   But instead of that, he is shaken by the mere thought of pleasures that are derived from the union of senses and their objects.

   The causes of attachment are momentary, false and perishable. Neither shall our senses always meet with objects they enjoy, nor shall they always be capable of enjoyment.

   So Arjun is counselled to give up sensual pleasures and learn to withstand the demands of his senses. But why is Arjun counselled thus? Is it a Himalayan war in which he has to endure cold? Or is it a desert war in which he has to suffer heat?

   As knowledgeable people say, the actual “Kurukshetr” has a moderate climate. During the mere eighteen days that is the total duration of the Mahabharat war, is it possible that seasons will change: that winter and summer will come and go?

   The truth is that endurance of cold and heat, of happiness and sorrow, of honour and dishonour, depends upon the seeker’s spiritual endeavour.

   The Bhagavad Guta is an externalization of the inner conflict that rages within the mind. This war is the war between the gross physical body and the Self which is aware of his identity with God.

   It is a conflict in which ultimately even the forces of divinity grow inert after they have subdued unrighteous impulses and enabled the Self to become one with God.

   When there remains no impiety, what else is there for pious impulses to fight? The Gita is thus a picturization of inner conflict that rages within the mind.

   Humble Wishes!!!

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