The Relevance of the Bhagavadgita to Humanity : 7.5. Swami Krishnananda.
---------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, October 16, 2020. 10:13. AM. The First Six Chapters of the Bhagavadgita Chapter 7: Can War Ever be Justified ? - 5. (Spoken on Bhagavadgita Jayanti) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. There is a little story in the Chhandogya Upanishad. There was a poor, learned Brahman, almost starving to the point of dying. He was going to attend a sacrifice, or a yajna, that was being performed by the king or the ruler of that country, expecting to receive some presents in that great performance. Utter poverty is the only word that can explain his condition. On the way he met an elephant driver, a person who was considered a low-caste man, from whose hands nothing can be accepted by a high-caste Brahmin. That elephant driver was eating some beans, and he had eaten half. Firstly, one cannot eat from that man’s hand. Secondly, half-eaten stuff is the worst thing. It cannot even be touc...