34.

Drona, Bhishma, Jayadratha and Karna, as well as other brave war riors, them
al - ready killed by Me do you kill and be not dis tressed. Fiht, and you will !on"
uer your en e- mies in batt le. #here was ood rea son $or %r&una to $ear his o' 'o
nents. For some o$ them were end owed with s'e! ial 'ow ers and !el es - tial
wea'o ns and oth ers were !ons id ered in - vin !i ble. Bhishma, $or e( am 'le, had
his death at his own will. )e had his li$e un der his own !on trol, $or there were only
!er tain !on di tions un der whi!h he !ould be killed. By avoid in these !ond i tions
he was sa$e $rom all at ta!k. Karna was most $or mi da ble in war and *ndra, bei n
'leased with him, had iven him an un - erri n miss ile. #hat miss ile was sure to
kill the 'ers on at whom it was di re!ted. Jayadratha+s $a ther, aain, was 'er$ orm
in sev ere aust eri-
ties in or der that who ever killed his son would him sel$ die in stantly. %nd so were
there oth - ers. Be sides, %r&una had rea son to $ear that he would !omm it a reat
sin by killi n Drona and Bhishma. #he lat ter was his rand sire who had al ways
been very kind to him and the $or - mer, his reate st tea!her in the s!ie n!e o$ ar -
!hery. *t was Drona who had tauht %r&una all that he knew, who had made him the
reate st o$ all war riors. *t is $or this reas on that ,ri Krishna es 'e !ially men tions
these heroes when he tells %r&una not to $eel trou bled. -i! tory will be yours and
you will not !omm it sin by en a in in the .ht. ,ome way or other these men
will lose their lives. * have ord ained it so.
*$ we !an trust in /od, i$ we !an al ways a!t to 'lease )im, then we will not !om mit
any sin. 0e may make mis takes $rom a worldly stand 'oint, but i$ our mot ive is to
obey the will o$ /od in all thins, then no sin will be held aainst us. *t is the mot ive
that !ounts with /od, not the deed. % truly res ined man may su$ $er on the mat er
ial 'lane, karma may a1 e!t him there, but his !ons !ien!e will al ways be !lear, he
will have 'ea!e o$ mind und er all !on di tions. #hat is the rew ard o$ the s'ir i tual
man. ,torm and stress may blow about him, he may meet su!! ess or $ail ure, he
may en& oy or su$ $er, but his heart is .rmly .(ed in the etern al ,'irit and he en &oys
a bliss that 'asses all und er stand - in. #he worldly man !an not !om 'reh end
this. )e !an not be- lieve it. But those who have tried and su! !eeded are .rmly !on
vin!ed that no ha' 'i ness is reater than the ha'' i ness o$ him who lives a s'ir i
tual li$e. %nd the s'ir i tual li$e as tauht in the /ita !on sists in the 'er$ or - man!e
o$ our du ties, $earl essly and un sel$ - ishly, with love $or /od, who is the div ine
2rin!i'le within us, our very in ner be in, the ,oul o$ our soul, the 3i$e o$ our li$e.
3ive in the world, and as the lily that rows in the wa ter is not moist ened by wa
ter, so re main $ree $rom the !ont ami na tion o$ the world, by 'utt in your love
and trust in /od while work in amon, and $or, )is !rea tures. ,an&aya aain rel
ates to Kin Dhritar a - shtra the e$ $e!t whi!h ,ri Krishna+s words e( - er !ised on
%r&una.
34. ,an&aya said5 )av in heard these words o$ Keshava 6Krishna7, 6%r&una7 the di ad
em-wearer, with $olded hands, trem blin and 'rost rat in hims el$, aain s'oke to
Krishna in a !hoked voi!e,