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HARE KRISHNA TO ALL MATAJIS AND DHANDAVATS,
By the divine grace of our most beloved Lord Sri Krishna, in the capacity of the humblest of humble servant of servant of our dearest Lord, in the coming days, chapter wise, would like to express my views on one of our most divine holy book “SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA” with specific emphasis to management.
The most important aspect of our Divine Srimad Bhagavad Gita is , it is uttered by the lotus lips of our dearest creator Lord Sri Krishna and has to be treated as a pure and perfect science just like Math, Physics, Chemistry etc for our Lord has showed us the way of life itself. Each and every solution to each of our problems can be decoded if we try, reflect, ponder, analyze and with utmost devotion fully surrendering unconditionally unto his lotus feet, understand the verses uttered by our loving Lord, its implications in our daily life and above all the impact it can have when we in a very accurate manner decipher the meaning and practice the principles at all times. The success of any thing in our life lays in the application of the principles, in obtaining the results and constantly improvising on our existing knowledge base and an impeccable conduct of life.
This interpretation is done after a relentless and continuous research spanning twenty five years, from personal experiences where Sri Krishna has showered his immense blessings, grace and benediction and above all under his divine direction am trying to reach out only as a very small speckle of dust at the lotus feet of our beloved lord Sri Krishna as a very tiny medium with our dearest Lord Sri Krishna being the actual doer, guide and teacher.
In the process of my interpretation, in case any of you feel, something is amiss, some areas need fine tuning please do not hesitate to let me know for would love your feedback, valuable comments to enable me to improvise and work on all your suggestions.
HARE KRISHNA!
CHAPTER 1: THE YOGA OF DEJECTION OF ARJUNA
At the very beginning when Dhrtarastra, father of the evil Kauravas wanted to know from Sanjaya the actual situation in the battle field of Kurukshetra, Sanjaya conveys that the battle is about to begin, the proud and wicked Duryodhana even before the commencement of the battle is overconfident and arrogant that his side would surely win the war hands down for he feels that the most competent warriors are fighting on his side. At this moment, on the other side, Arjuna an exemplary archer has totally lost his mental equilibrium and begs Lord Sri Krishna to stop the war immediately for he is blinded by his affection and love of his near and dear ones. His reasoning that this battle is a pure waste of time, the losses would be unimaginable, the honour of the women would be at stake when there is a mixture of races and above all to his mind, it is pointless to even win the war when at the end there would be no one around to celebrate their victory, every single person would have lost their lives and in the process the happiness of the victory would be zero for fortunate are those who have their near and dear ones at the time of their successes, victories and celebration. This is a very short summarization of the chapter 1.
When we analyze the same in depth, we can draw some of the following conclusions from the management point of view:
1. OVERCONFIDENCE IS A ROUTE TO ALL FAILURES:
Overconfidence and misplaced bravery would be a downfall of any person at a micro level and at the macro level it would be a disaster for Corporate and even Super power countries if they are overconfident and do fail in their SWOT TEST. (Strength, weakness, opportunity and threat tests). One should be very positive in life but underestimating the worth of ones opponents would be fatal. In the so called man eat man race we find many organizations , unethically competing with each other , falsely advertising their products, short selling and many other malpractices which will enable them to survive for very few moments, fall they will, since these companies are “QUICK TO FIX COMPANIES AND EVEN QUCKER TO SLIDE”, since they have climbed quickly in an unethical manner their fall is also very instantaneous , permanent and above all the repercussions they face after their fall is terrible, they just cant rise and have to liquidate . So lets keep our confidences intact but let them be realistic, ethical and above all let us learn to live, let live and conduct our selves in such a way that neither do we cause ourselves any harm nor do we destroy others. Let each one of us speak the language of excellence and climb the ladders of success on the strength of our hard work and merit and ensure that even our competitors join us in our journey towards our success because it has been achieved with fair play.
2. NEVER LOOK BACK ONCE THE DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN :
One has to think before one leaps , but one cannot be thinking eternally wasting precious time for in business “TIME IS MONEY”. Proper research has to be done before any action is initiated , one can weigh every pro and con possible, field study, empirical evidences, comparative analysis, cost benefit analysis, etc can be fully undertaken but once one is set to begin one should not look backward for even a single second, any consequence good or bad has to be shouldered and one must be able to catch “RISKS” by its horns and move forward. One has to give one’s superlative shot and leave the rest to our dearest Lord Sri Krishna for sometimes even our very best efforts go un rewarded , does not matter, once again we need to rise like a phoenix and not cry over spilt milk, one has to have the capacity of resilience , to bounce back with renewed vigour and face any eventualities with stoic courage, conviction and perseverance. Arjuna failed in this, he was about to embark on one of the most important mission of his life, to vanquish the most evil Kauravas who even after Lord Sri Krishna’s peaceful mediation did not want to budge from their unsavory stand and conduct , wanted every inch of the land which did not rightfully belong to them yet Arjuna is willing to forgive them, this is called misplaced sympathy and will only incur dis - reputation for the very person on whom it has been directed will blow the trumpet that the opponent got frightened and ran away with fear abandoning their duty for anything done for the evil people will not be taken in a positive manner , they do not deserve the goodness of anybody and have to be tackled with iron fists.
3. BATTLE OF GOOD AND EVIL:
If we sit in silence and think that the battle of Kurukshetra is not only a physical place where there is a war and disturbance but it is the ever present conflicts in our minds. Many times despite being very righteous we are unclear whether our actions which we think is excellent is actually good or when we think something is evil is it really so? Only the mind which practices discriminatory powers that is the power to understand right and wrong can win the internal battle of our mind to enable each of our thoughts and action to be pure and righteous. Each one of us should constantly endeavour to iron out our inner confusion and chaos and ensure that each of our action is guided towards truth and light and our actions are a constant source of joy to our most beloved Lord Sri Krishna , if we have any doubts we can sit in absolute meditation, invoking the blessings of our Lord and after few moments we get the right answer to our problems and conflicting situations and once we take action after the will of our Lord we need not further dissect our actions at all for it has been approved of our creator , our Lord Sri Krishna and it has be 100% right. This way, we can win the battle of our minds and all our actions would not be binding us for it has already been approved and surrendered unto the lotus feet of our lord, it has become his, pure and pristine and we are completely rid of its effects
4. REASONING HAS TO BE RATIONAL:
Our reasoning in any of our ventures has to be highly scientific and rational. We should not become a victim of bias, prejudices and any other consideration arising out of misplaced sympathies have to be fully overridden and overlooked. A rationale mind is the only ground for fruitful and righteous action. Irrational arguments, unfound criticisms and above all supporting the evil forces is an utter sign of weakness and falsehood, we need to fully refrain ourselves from this. Our lord is truth and absolute truth is prevalent at every atom and in every space pervading the entire cosmos, and hence, if any one of us violate the tenets of truth, we surely would have to bear the severe consequences which would be quite unpalatable for us. Let our actions not be clouded by favoritism, one up man ship, wrong judgments, etc. At all times, we have to act in the very best interests of mankind and in the process, we could incur sadness or dejection since at a human level we are bound by different relations, emotions etc and if any one of them is adversely affected it makes us feel sad since they are a part of our circle but if they are evil, uncompromising and wicked to the core we have to set aside our feelings and take a very stern truthful stand and move on unattached for happy are those who have lived their life with the very best principles of honesty, sincerity and maintained “STRENGTH OF CHARACTER AT ALL TIMES.”
This concludes the first chapter. Our divine Bhagavad Gita is a treasure trove and it is practically impossible to fully interpret it word by word for at each of our study newer and finer nuances crop up and hence please treat this as a summary or gist.
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