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Fighting is generally considered an act of violence and a source of sinful reaction. However, Srila Prabhupada explains that when fighting is performed under the order of the Supreme Lord, it becomes transcendental. This is the central lesson of the Bhagavad-gita, where Krishna engages Arjuna in fighting not for personal sense gratification, but as a service to the Divine. There is a distinction between dharma-yuddha (righteous fighting) and adharma-yuddha (political or envious fighting). Furthermore, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself possesses the propensity to fight, engaging in mock battles with His friends or annihilating demons like Kamsa and Jarasandha to reduce the burden of the earth. | |||
* '''Fighting as Bhakti:''' Superficially, Arjuna's fighting appears violent, but because he acted under Krishna's order, he incurred no sinful reaction; rather, it was pure devotional service. | |||
* '''Righteous vs. Political War:''' A ksatriya is duty-bound to fight for a religious cause (dharma-yuddha), whereas modern wars are often based on political whims (adharma-yuddha) caused by a lack of God consciousness. | |||
* '''The Lord's Pastimes:''' God is not void of activities; He engages in wrestling and mock fighting with His cowherd friends and also fights formidable demons, proving that the fighting spirit is originally present in the Absolute Truth. | |||
* '''The Cause of Conflict:''' Material fighting arises from godlessness; when people lose interest in Visnu, they engage in unnecessary bombing and destruction despite having sufficient resources provided by nature. | |||
* Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: [[Vanipedia:The Spiritual Dimension of Engaging in Fighting|The Spiritual Dimension of Engaging in Fighting.]] | |||
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Theme Analysis
Fighting is generally considered an act of violence and a source of sinful reaction. However, Srila Prabhupada explains that when fighting is performed under the order of the Supreme Lord, it becomes transcendental. This is the central lesson of the Bhagavad-gita, where Krishna engages Arjuna in fighting not for personal sense gratification, but as a service to the Divine. There is a distinction between dharma-yuddha (righteous fighting) and adharma-yuddha (political or envious fighting). Furthermore, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself possesses the propensity to fight, engaging in mock battles with His friends or annihilating demons like Kamsa and Jarasandha to reduce the burden of the earth.
- Fighting as Bhakti: Superficially, Arjuna's fighting appears violent, but because he acted under Krishna's order, he incurred no sinful reaction; rather, it was pure devotional service.
- Righteous vs. Political War: A ksatriya is duty-bound to fight for a religious cause (dharma-yuddha), whereas modern wars are often based on political whims (adharma-yuddha) caused by a lack of God consciousness.
- The Lord's Pastimes: God is not void of activities; He engages in wrestling and mock fighting with His cowherd friends and also fights formidable demons, proving that the fighting spirit is originally present in the Absolute Truth.
- The Cause of Conflict: Material fighting arises from godlessness; when people lose interest in Visnu, they engage in unnecessary bombing and destruction despite having sufficient resources provided by nature.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: The Spiritual Dimension of Engaging in Fighting.
Pages in category "Engaging in Fighting"
The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
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- Although superficially it appears that Krsna is engaging Arjuna to fight in the sinful activities, no, that is not sinful. Whatever Krsna does, it is not sinful; it is transcendental, the most pure activity
- Arjuna was Krsna's friend, but He never said that "You stop your working." Rather, He engaged him in his real work. He was a fighter
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- Because of their (the demigods') enmity, our (Kamsa's ministers) opinion is that the demigods should not be neglected. Therefore, to uproot them completely, engage us in fighting with them, for we are ready to follow you (Kamsa) - SB 10.4.37
- Berlin is a very nice city and London is also a very nice city, but why do the people engage in fighting and bombing every other city? Why has this happened? Because they have lost their interest in Visnu, God
- Bhimasena and King Jarasandha engaged themselves in fighting, and with their respective clubs, which were as strong as thunderbolts, they began to strike each other very severely, both of them being eager to fight
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- Everything is complete by the arrangement of Krsna. Simply we mismanage. That's all. I do not know why people are engaged with politics, fighting, and so on, so on. By Krsna's grace everything is complete. You eat sufficiently, you be strong and chant HK
- Externally we can see that both parties are engaged in fighting, but we should understand that Arjuna is not bound by reactions because he is fighting under the order of Krsna
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- Hanuman become engaged in fighting with Ravana, but he became the greatest devotee of Lord Ramacandra. Arjuna also became engaged with, in fighting with the Kauravas, and he is the greatest
- He (Arjuna) was a military man, and his sva-dharma, his occupational duty, was to fight. So that fighting capacity he engaged himself in the service of Krsna, and he became a devotee. Krsna certified, bhakto 'si
- He (Bhisma) might become engaged in the fight, and the enemy might take advantage of his full engagement on one side. BG 1972 purports
I
- If a king wants to practice mock fighting, he will engage some very qualified wrestler. Similarly, Krsna does not fight with anyone ordinary, but rather with some of His great devotees
- In a sporting attitude, Krsna wanted to engage in a mock fight with His devotee. As we have experienced from the pages of Srimad-Bhagavatam, the Supreme Personality of Godhead has all the propensities and instincts of a human being
- In the Battle of Kuruksetra he (Bhurisrava) was especially engaged in a fight with Satyaki, and he killed ten sons of Satyaki. Arjuna cut off his hands, and he was ultimately killed by Satyaki. After his death he merged into the existence of Visvadeva
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- King Mucukunda had not slept for many, many years. He was engaged in the duty of fighting, and therefore he was very tired. So when the demigod offered a benediction, Mucukunda simply thought of sleeping
- Krsna appeared for the mission of diminishing the burden of the world, & Arjuna was assisting Him by fighting on His behalf. Arjuna personally declined to fight, & the whole instruction of the Bhagavad-gita was given to Arjuna to engage him in the fight
- Krsna engaged Arjuna on the battlefield under His order, and so the fighting became devotional service. Therefore, Arjuna was not subjected to any sinful reaction
- Krsna said, "My dear friends, you know that Lord Balarama and I left Vrndavana just to please Our relatives and family members. Thus We were long engaged in fighting with Our enemies and were obliged to forget you, who were so much attached to Me"
- Krsna said, "Yes. Don't be agitated. I am coming, I am coming." Like that. And practically He never came back. He left at the age of 15, 16 years old, then He became engaged in fighting, being educated and marrying and becoming king and so on
- Krsna sometimes played with His intimate friends by engaging in fighting or wrestling with their arms, sometimes by playing ball, sometimes by playing chess
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- Lord Balarama heard that although most of the ksatriyas had been killed, the Kurus were still engaged in fighting. Therefore He returned to the battlefield just on the day Bhimasena and Duryodhana were engaged in a personal duel
- Lord Nrsimhadeva pierced Hiranyakasipu's abdomen with His nails, pulled out the demon's intestines and wore them as a garland, which enhanced His beauty. Thus the Lord became very fearsome, like a lion engaged in fighting an elephant
- Lord Siva was engaged in fighting directly with Lord Krsna, Pradyumna was engaged with Karttikeya, and Lord Balarama was engaged with Banasura's commander in chief, Kumbhanda, who was assisted by Kupakarna
O
- O scion of Bharata, knowing this eternal truth (that no one can destroy the eternal, ever-existing spirit soul. Although this material body is subject to annihilation, the proprietor of the body is eternal), you can go on with your fighting engagement
- On the Battlefield of Kuruksetra, Arjuna engaged in fighting, and those on the side of Duryodhana also engaged in fighting. We must understand how it is that Arjuna is free from reaction whereas Duryodhana is not
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- Some soldiers fought on the backs of camels, some on the backs of elephants, some on asses, some on white-faced and red-faced monkeys, some on tigers and some on lions. In this way, they all engaged in fighting
- Somewhere else Naradaji found that Lord Krsna was engaged in discussing topics of fighting, and somewhere else in making peace with enemies
- Sri Advaita Acarya and Nityananda Prabhu sat side by side, and when prasadam was being distributed They engaged in a type of mock fighting
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- The elephants, feeling much pain from Garuda's attack on them, all dispersed from the battlefield. Bhaumasura alone remained on the battlefield, and he engaged himself in fighting with Krsna
- The impersonalists, who do not accept the transcendental form of Lord Sri Krsna, and the demons, who are always engaged in blaspheming and fighting with Him, are punished by being merged into the Brahman effulgence
- Then the Battle of Kuruksetra began, and he (Jayadratha) took sides with Duryodhana. In the first day's fight he was engaged with Maharaja Drupada, then with Virata and then with Abhimanyu