So Arjuna was a kṣatriya, trained up by Droṇācārya how to kill. This is the... Nonviolence is not the business of the kṣatriya. That is cowardice. They are taught how to become violent. Otherwise, they cannot rule over. Formerly the judgement was given by the king, immediately finished. Not go to the court and wait for the judgement for ten years. In the meantime everything is finished. Not like that. Anything, there was regularly, the king used to sit in his assembly, and all the criminals, culprits, they were judged by the king himself. Sometimes the king had to kill personally with the sword.
Judge (Lectures)
Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
Page Title: | Judge (Lectures) |
Compiler: | Rishab, Alakananda |
Created: | 25 of Jan, 2011 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=211, Con=0, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 211 |