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6. We do not know which is better; whether we conquer them or they conquer us. The sons of
Dhrtarastra, after slaying whom we do not wish to live, are standing before us in battle array.
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We are not sufficiently endowed with the light of truth and knowledge that would help us deal correctly with life's many twists and turns. When confronted with serious and perplexing problems in life, we blindly grope in the semidarkness of our consciousness and resign ourselves to the force of some unknown fate in utter confusion with resultant anxiety and insecurity.
Confusion reigns in our hearts and minds like a leech that would not easily go. Ignorance breeds this confusion and denies us the required perspective that would help us find correct solutions. Senses keep the mind in a stupor, feeding it constantly with their perceptions of the material world, not letting it establish truth and harmony in its domains. We are like the blind horses unleashed on earth by some supernal being, galloping away aimlessly in total confusion and consternation till we are exhausted physically and collapse.
Our consciousness, limited in scope and movement, is essentially a mixed consciousness that permits both light and darkness to establish their camps on its grounds and fight a pitched battle for supremacy. It yields simultaneously to the temptations of worldly life and the noble possibilities of divine life, there by keeping all the venues open to the self for necessary its evolution or involution. This makes the ego either become recklessly independent and bombastic in its approach and attitude or turn helplessly to the divine for grace and guidance.
Arjuna is confronted with a similar predicament. He is in a state of confusion, unable to decide the correct course of action. He does not know what is good for him, what he should do in order to resolve his inner conflict. But he is willing to admit his ignorance and confusion honestly and looking to God reverently for suitable guidance. He is bound to receiv
Commentary by Jayaram V
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