Dutifulness!


While rushing at Nakula, Dushasana pierced him with many arrows. Simply laughing, Nakula retaliated by knocking down his flag, breaking his bow & piercing him with 20 arrows. In retaliation Dushasana angrily killed Nakula’s horses & cut down his flag


Durmukha rushed at Sahadev & pierced him all over with arrows. Sahadev countered by killing Durmukha’s charioteer & covering him with hundreds of arrows


Maharāj Yudhisthira encountered Salya, the Madra king, piercing him with numerous arrows. Salya retaliated by breaking Yudhisthira’s bow in half. Picking up a stronger bow, Yudhisthira pierced Salya more violently


In this great battle Dhrishtadyumna rushed at Drona & Dhrstaketu encountered Bāhilka. Ghatotkaca fought with Alambusa & pierced him with many arrows


Sikhandi battled Asvattāma while Krpa rushed at Brhadratha, the ruler of the Kaikeyas, enveloping him in a shower of arrows. Those two great warriors then killed each other’s horses, broke one another’s bows & smashed their opponent’s chariots. Being highly enraged, Krpa & Brhadratha finally took their swords & continued fighting on foot


The Kurus & the Pāndavās fought, forgetful of their family relationships & bent upon killing one another as if possessed by demons. During the great battle many heroic warriors fell from the chariots, never again to rise up. Chariots collided with one another & huge elephants crushed infantry & chariots, steeping on them in great anger. These huge elephants, mad with rage, could not be stopped as they tore through the enemy lines until at last, filled with thousands of arrows, they fell dead on the ground


Elephants confronted elephants & tore at one another with their huge tusks. The foot soldiers that protected the elephants were armed with bows, brightly colored battleaxes, maces, lances & swords, all of which were covered with human blood. When these terrible weapons were brought down upon the enemy, the other warriors heard the loud sounds of wailing voices


Some men had their heads severed, some lost their arms or legs & some were pierced with lances or hacked with swords. Some were pierced by tusks of elephants & then flung into the air at a great distance


Gita emphasizes that life’s ultimate purpose is to raise our consciousness to the spiritual level, free from mortality & misery that besets our consciousness attached to material things. Krsna therefore advises Arjuna to fight unselfishly, without considering victory or defeat, profit or loss. The Lord articulates a universal principle: Do your duty without attachment to results


What is the ultimate purpose of raising one’s consciousness? Sri Krsna recommends detached dutifulness as the means to liberation from material existence. Eventually, the Gita’s flow culminates in Krsna recommending devotional dutifulness, leading to the attainment of Krsna’s personal abode, for an eternity of ecstatic loving reciprocations


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