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Part II: The Inner Doctrine.1401
Part II: The Inner Doctrine.
Krishna, the Blessed One, filled with love, compassion and pity for Arjuna
who was thus smitten with compunction and gloom, and whose eyes
were overflowing with tears of grief, spake unto him these words:
“Whence cometh this dejection, O Arjuna, which hath overcometh thee
who art standing on the field of battle. This folly and unmanly weakness is
most disgraceful, contrary to thy duty—such weakeneth the foundation of
honor. Yield not thyself to this unmanly weakness, for it ill fitteth thee who
hath been called the Tormentor Of His Foes. Shake off this despicable fancy,
and stand up bravely and resolutely, O Conqueror of Foes!”
Arjuna: “Alas O Krishna, how can I attack with the arrows of the battle,
such worthy and honorable men as Bhishma and Drona—they who are full
worthy of my reverence, O Master—how shall I do this wicked thing?
“Better were it for me to eat even the dry and tasteless crust of the
ragged beggar, than to be the instrument of death to these most noble
and worshipful men, who were my preceptors and teachers! Were I to slay
these well-wishers of mine, verily I should partake of but blood-besprinkled
possessions, wealth and pleasures—a horrid feast to which the beggar’s
crust would be noble and most worthy.