Commentary on the Srimad Bhagavad Gita-2.3 : Swami Krishnananda
======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22/01/2020. 2. The First Chapter – Vishadha Yogam, the Yoga of the Dejection of the Spirit-3. Post-3. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. When the spiritual seeker passes some years in self-abnegation, a determined spirit arises : “I have risen above all the desires of the world. I have had enough of all things. I am now here to fight the battle of life, to transcend the world, to face it, to overcome it, and then to go beyond it.” The Pandavas facing the Kauravas is like a spiritual seeker facing the whole world. The objective sentiments are represented by the Kauravas, and the subjective sentiments are represented by the Pandavas. It is difficult for the subject to face the object entirel...