Gita reflection Ch 2 verses 9 & 10

 12th February 2024

• The nature of discrimination (विवेक) is to distinguish with the help of the intellect, those that repeatedly appear in our lives :
• The right (धर्म ) and the wrong (अधर्म )
• The path of good (श्रेयस् ) and the path of pleasure (प्रेयस् )
• The merit ( पुण्य) and the demerit (पाप )
• The permanent (नित्य ) and the temporary ( अनित्य)
• When we are unable to use the power of discrimination, we become victims of the circumstances. We need external help to overcome our own intellectual inefficiencies.
• This is symbolically portrayed here in Bhagavad Gita as Arjuna deciding not to fight, while he is in between the two armies
• The Lord, acting as the savior, smilingly extends his help to the distraught friend, Arjuna.