The Relevance of the Bhagavadgita to Humanity : 7.3. Swami Krishnananda.
---------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, October 02, 2020. The First Six Chapters of the Bhagavadgita Chapter 7: Can War Ever be Justified ? - 3. (Spoken on Bhagavadgita Jayanti) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. There was another side of it which disturbed Arjuna’s mind, apart from the question of the success or the defeat. It was a war. Even today politicians, statesmen and social philosophers do not seem to have come to the conclusion as to the meaning of war itself. What is its justification? There are those who say it cannot be justified under any circumstance. It is a beastly behaviour of man and, therefore, it cannot be justified. Now I am digressing a little from the point I raised, in order to throw light on some interesting issue which occupies many people’s minds these days. It is a totally unjustifiable behaviour of man, that which we call battle or war, yes. So it should not be there. If everyone ...