It is the custom - according to ksatriya fighting principles - that an unarmed and unwilling foe should not be attacked. Arjuna, however, in such an enigmatic position, decided he would not fight if he were attacked by the enemy. BG 1972 purports
Expressions researched:
"that an unarmed and unwilling foe should not be attacked. Arjuna, however, in such an enigmatic position, decided he would not fight if he were attacked by the enemy"
Bhagavad-gita As It Is
BG Chapters 1 - 6
I would consider it better for the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra to kill me unarmed and unresisting, rather than fight with them.
It is the custom—according to kṣatriya fighting principles—that an unarmed and unwilling foe should not be attacked. Arjuna, however, in such an enigmatic position, decided he would not fight if he were attacked by the enemy. He did not consider how much the other party was bent upon fighting. All these symptoms are due to softheartedness resulting from his being a great devotee of the Lord.
- It is the Custom
- According
- Administrative Class - Ksatriya
- Principles
- Armor
- Willing
- Should Not
- Attacked By...
- Arjuna As a Ksatriya
- However
- Arjuna's Decisions
- Enemy
- In Such
- Such A
- Awkward
- Position
- He Will Not
- Arjuna's Fighting
- Foe
- Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 1972 Purports, Chapter 01 - Vaniquotes
- Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 1972 Purports, Chapters 01 to 18 - Vaniquotes
Page Title: | It is the custom - according to ksatriya fighting principles - that an unarmed and unwilling foe should not be attacked. Arjuna, however, in such an enigmatic position, decided he would not fight if he were attacked by the enemy. BG 1972 purports |
Compiler: | MadhuGopaldas |
Created: | 12 of Sep, 2012 |
Totals by Section: | BG=1, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 1 |