Just as vultures gnaw at a corpse on the battlefield from all sides?

Question

If, however, you will not carry on this lawful war, then failing in your duty and honour, you wilt incur sin.

If you withdraw now from this war and grieve for nothing, you will cause harm to yourself. If you throw down you weapons in this war, you will defile the fame of your forefathers, lose your present repute and incur the censure of the world. Then all human foibles will seek you out and possess you. Even as a woman deserted by her husband becomes the object of scorn all along, such will be your state If your abandon your duty. Or just as vultures gnaw at a corpse on the battlefield from all sides, so if you fail in your duty, all human frailties will encircle you

Source:- Jnaneswari viz Bhagavad Gita

any thoughts from you?

Answer 1

This passage is metaphorical. It is not saying that we should continue with any particular physical war that we have started in the physical world. It is not saying that we should continue to kill people just because our forefathers started something. The “war” referred to is a spiritual challenge. We need to overcome ignorance and attachments to what is false in the world. Our “weapons” are love, determination, humility in the face of the great mystery, etc. If we through down our weapons, we lose the war, and simply decay.