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all these problems were there in his head. And he had to have certain amount of vairagya to act. That is what he has done, he says and purged out the feeling of undue attachment from his heart.
This can as well be possible today if a personality of that calibre is there. I would ask you to note the condition of Arjuna is something that is a must if you want to have such a condition given to you. Do we feel the need so much? Is there a dharma sankata problem for us? to that extent that Arjuna was having? Don't compare yourself to anybody who is an Arjuna. Have you not compromised yourself earlier on all such dharma sankata issues? You have found your own answer. You did not feel the dharma sankata then, where is the question of getting help. Where is the question of getting the vairagya? who is to grant whom? Do you ask that? "Prchchaami twam dharmasammudha cetah". But is that what your condition is. You have compromised. Your dharma says that you should. There is a basic dharma. There is a duty. But then circumstances do not permit. But at that time did you ask this question of dharma sankata to God and then say please tell me what am I to do? No you took a solution on your own. You took a decision on your own. And we say that you sit in a particular place for meditation, have a separate seat for that. But one prefers otherwise. All your dharma sankata problems are resolved. You have got your own solutions. Your viveka is such. But then that Great Man because he was an abhyasi, he was a sadhaka himself, Arjuna asked Him, What is it I am supposed to do. I seem to be facing a big problem. He was not an incompetent warrior, who was asking, pleading for mercy from God, saying that please support me so that I can fight the war. He was not asking for help for fighting the war, that was not his request. He was not saying please give me the