Guest guest Posted July 25, 2002 Report Share Posted July 25, 2002 TRANSLATION: The transcendental qualities are conducive to liberation, whereas the demoniac qualities make for bondage. Do not worry, O son of Pandu, for you are born with the divine qualities. PURPORT: Lord Krsna encouraged Arjuna by telling him that he was not born with demoniac qualities. His involvement in the fight was not demoniac, because he was considering the pros and cons. He was considering whether respectable persons such as Bhisma and Drona should be killed or not, so he was not acting under the influence of anger, false prestige or harshness. Therefore he was not of the quality of the demons. For a ksatriya, a military man, shooting arrows at the enemy is considered transcendental, and refraining from such a duty is demoniac. Therefore there was no cause for Arjuna to lament. Anyone who performs the regulative principles of the different orders of life is transcendentally situated. >>> Ref. VedaBase => Bg 16.5 Question: Is a person whose life is not centered around Kåñëa, but who follows the regulated principles of different orders of life, transcendentally situated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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