Mahabharat

I am nothing.

But I am also everything.

This has happened in every age

and will happen in future, as well.

When you reflect on your own being.

You will find that your own self is also connected to me.

And then, like me,

you'll find that you are also within the avatar of the Almighty.

But to reach that stage,

it is important for you to wholly submit to me.

What do you mean with 'submit', Madhav?

It is a state of mind

where one surrenders all one's desires.

Not making any expectations for oneself.

And not taking any oath

for anyone according to

what is requested from him.

In short, submitting yourself to someone,

willingly. Your mind,

your thought, your knowledge,

your wish, your desire, your emotion,

and all that you have,

to someone.

That commitment is called submission.

A wife committed to her husband.

A soldier committed to his general.

A student committed to his teacher.

Isn't all these submissions the same?

Isn't all of them reaching God?

No, Arjuna.

When one committed to something or someone,

it's according to its circumstances.

One that leaves no room for doubts or questions.

Commitment to someone evil,

can make one to slander.

King of Anga, Karna, even when he knows what is right,

slanders Panchali in the game of dice.

'A woman that has relations to five men'

'is no better than a harlot.'

And because of

King of Anga's committment to brother Duryodhana,

he will get punishment in this war.

Is that so?

No. But because of his loyalty to an evil person.

That's why, Arjuna,

it is important to commit oneself to what is right.

That will make a human righteous.

Otherwise one is like a criminal that's bound with an iron chains.

Like a temple lamp bound by a brass chains.

Like a gold chains around our neck,

just as ornament.

Loyalty to a husband, loyalty to a teacher,

loyalty to friends, they are but some forms of loyalty.

But the true loyalty of all,

is your loyalty to God.

But is dedication to God

must be fulfilled with "sankhya yoga" or "karma yoga"?

Because of "sankhya yoga"

human knows that they are only souls.

And because of 'karma yoga'

they can liberate themselves from the bind.

And that's because through dedication

human knows the real manifestation of the Almighty,

and knows about the Almighty.

A human is in the circle of life and death.

To reach bliss and knowledge,

a human dedicate itself to the Almighty,

and becomes the Almighty.

Just like water falls into a river,

and becomes the river itself.

So do you mean,

that this human body has no value, Madhav?

It surely has value, Arjuna.

A human body is a medium

for human to meet the Almighty.

Between death and reincarnation,

with soul's knowledge is still active,

with experience, thoughts,

and learnings from the previous life,

the soul becomes part of a new body.

The soul growth and its commitment,

it only happens when it becomes part of a human body.

But, Madhav, by killing people that are present here,

do we not destroy their chance of liberation?

Your enemies have gone past the limits of righteousness.

Evil had become their second nature.

Liberation for them is not possible.

Sinners only given chance

to reform to a certain time.

I had given Sishupala 99 offences,

but it becomes necessary to punish him,

for his 100th offence.

If we let sinners do evils,

they will do more and more.

Righteousness is stopping them committing sins.

These souls will not meet their ends,

but leave their bodies that had been corrupted with evils.

And become part of a new human body.

And there are more opportunities to reform in their new bodies.

If you fight this war with this logic,

it would be justifed.

A human body, to a human, is its wealth.

As bhakti,* as dignity. *Dedication.

Those who tread the path of truth,

will purify their bodies.