SB 01.15.15 – We win over our anarthas not by our power but when Krishna disempowers them

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feet thank you here Arjuna is recollecting the battle at Kurukshetra here the mention of Shalya is there Shalya was not present in the Virat war but he was present here and Arjuna is saying that they were undefeatable extremely powerful and Rajanya Varya they were the best among the kings not only these there are others also who are also great warriors their chariots were decorated not just for show but for war and they were decorated with formidable weapons and the chariots were arranged also in uh impenetrable formations and yet he’s so he’s saying that Krishna moved ahead of him so this youth there all these rathas were arranged but Krishna was in front of me as my charioteer and he actually he actually stole away their life and not only they stole away their life he also withdrew Manamsi their power their power of thinking creatively as well as so Oja and Oja is their strength or vigor or enthusiasm archer he drew it away took it away from them so now Krishna Arjuna is not thinking oh I was the real warrior Krishna was just a charioteer actually Krishna was doing a lot while I was doing my fighting Krishna was actually weakening my enemies just by glancing at them and withdrawing their lifespan their mental power and their enthusiasm so their spirit of fighting just by seeing the transcendental lord on the opposite side many of the warriors they felt how what is the hope for us to win and the Kuru elders like Bhishma Drona although they fought they kept reminding Duryodhana and the other warriors also heard those reminders that no one can win against Keshav so that took away their Oja the spirit of fighting and Manamsi their capacity for planning this is especially evident in the way Krishna baffled Karna. Karna had the Shakti Astra which is spent meant specifically for killing Arjuna but Karna entered the war on the 11th day after the fall of Bhishma on the 10th day but from the 11th day onwards he repeatedly tried to encounter Arjuna and finish off their pending confrontation by using the Shakti Astra but Krishna would by various means keep away from Arjuna and not only that further he would keep whenever Karna would come in front of Arjuna Krishna as a super soul within the heart would delude Karna so that Karna would get so angry and we would fight vigorously but he would not think of summoning of using the Shakti Astra and finally this went on to the 14th day and the actually on the 14th day when Arjuna was trying to advance towards Jayadrath at that time again Karna forgot it and Krishna was responsible for as he says in 15.15 the Bhagavad Gita from me come knowledge remembrance and forgetfulness and then after that when was especially angry that Krishna had Krishna Arjuna had succeeded in killing Jayadrath and then the battle went on so when he had resolved that now I am going to kill at that time what Krishna did was he used his expertise to have Ghatotkach send over there and again when Ghatotkach was fighting fighting again Krishna bewildered Arjuna’s Karna’s mind and made him feel that he had no way to defend himself against Ghatotkach except by killing and that by using that Shakti Astra to kill and in that way eventually he used up the Shakti Astra being baffled by the attack of Ghatotkach and the delusion that was caused by the attack ultimately for which Krishna was responsible and in this way Arjuna was saved from that Shakti Astra of course Ghatotkach he had a Rakshasa body and he had some sense to take care of and by dying and attaining a hero’s death he was freed from those sinful reactions and he attained exalted destination because of dying on the battlefield so Krishna basically Arjuna is acknowledging that Krishna just by his glance was doing so much for his protection for his success and that’s why he’s saying that it is actually his glory it is he is who took away the life took away the power of thinking took away the energy the spirit of fighting and similarly when we are fighting our inner battles against our anarthas we cannot ourselves conquer lust we cannot ourselves conquer greed we can try and we should try definitely but if we just keep showing Krishna through our attempts to fight our determination to fight then Krishna will in due course of time steal away the sting the power of these anarthas and then we will be able to overpower them and we will march ahead towards victory in our inner battle to attain a pure love for Krishna so even when we win the inner wars we shouldn’t if we we shouldn’t become proud because becoming proud is also losing the inner war so if you remember that actually it is Krishna who is disempowering our anarthas and is empowering us to win over them then our inner war or say over our victory over anarthas like lust or greed will not transform into an inner defeat with the anartha of pride but will become a complete inner victory wherein we will attain pure love for Krishna gradually