The Relevance of the Bhagavadgita to Humanity : 5.3. Swami Krishnananda
Sunday, June 14, 2020. The First Six Chapters of the Bhagavadgita Chapter 5: The Udyoga Parva of the Mahabharata - 3 1. What exactly is meant by the words ‘battle’ or ‘war’? We have our own prosaic, human, political and historical ideas about this very unpleasant event which has always been part and parcel of history and human existence. But while it is true that people engage themselves in battles and wars to solve a particular problem or a situation prevailing at a given moment of time, it is not the intention of the Bhagavadgita to say that any problem of human existence can be solved merely by reading the historical aspect of the human side of empirical existence. 2. We never do anything unless we are sure that our doing is going to solve a particular problem or necessity in our life. If a necessity does not arise, we will not budge an inch, and we will not act. There is a need felt for action, and that need is commensurate with a difficulty behind it. What is meant by ‘...