Sojourn of Arjuna

Q1

Kurukshetra war which is labeled in the Indian Mahabharata was a conflict that happened from a sovereign string between two cousin groups.  The war happened at the throne of Hastinapura in the kingdom of India known as Kuru. The significance of the war location was that it is accredited to the fact that Kurukshetra war happened on the location and that the Bhagavad Gita was preached on the same location during the war when the Krishna Lord got Arjuna in an amazing impasse (Amartya, 208).    

Q2

When Krishna drops a little science on him he want to mean that everyone must move further from where he is in that he cannot just jump to the destiny but move towards it.  Krishna tries to explain to him that they must learn to accept the outcomes of being them. 

Q3

Accepting of the consequences of being ourselves means that at every time that we are under war, we must have the recognition of being our own which will help us to move further.  This means that the selection of the battle location will not move someone from the battle (Amartya, 125).

Q4

We may select the battleground but we will not avoid the war means as it is explained by Krishna to Arjuna in that any person’s actions will be a ladder to their spiritual growth (128). 

Q5

“Every action…may be a stepping stone to spiritual growth; an example is when we cannot describe the duties of our neighbors when at the same time we cannot describe our own. In the example that the pacifist must honor Arjuna and Arjuna on the other hand must respect the Pacifist.  They are both moving towards the same goal which is an ongoing unity between them that can be expressed in that we can help others to perform their duties by doing what we believe is right(210). 

Q6

Based on judging others, Krishna does not describe others as good or evil.  She explains this as she is aware that even an evil person may change their ways into a good life and in that nature does not discriminate people.  Krishna on the mutual respect focuses on Arjuna’s concentration on his duties.  She respects Arjuna who is aware that each person must make his own contribution in his own life (128). 

Q7

We can help others by doing their duties as we get our benefits from the work of others based on their physical and spiritual tasks.  We must put ourselves in the category of human beings basis on the kind of work that we do which will create a sense of labor dignity, thus we must treat others well than we do to ourselves. 

Q8

And the battle begins can be explained to mean that Arjuna does not want the battle as he don’t see the reason as to why he has to kill his family for a supremacy that he also don’t deserve.  He tells Krishna that he will not fight and the battle begins when Krishna starts the process of explaining why it is Arjuna’s responsibility to fight so as to bring back Krishna’s Karma (Amartya, 128). 

Work cited

Sen, Amartya. The Idea of Justice. Cambridge, Mass: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009. Print.