When the practice of Dharma grows, Adharma perishes of itself; no special effort is needed for that. So now, to establish the practice of Dharma is to establish Dharma. To say ‘Dharma has perished’ means just as much as to say ‘the sun has set’. For the sun there is no such thing as setting; only because it cannot be seen do people think it has set. Dharma is just the same. Only because it cannot be seen do people think it has perished; but it is not something that perishes. How can what perishes be Satya? Dharma is joined with Satya, and so it does not perish. This Dharma, which is Satya, has fallen out of sight; to bring back into view what, unseen, has become invisible: that is the establishment of Dharma. And that is exactly the work Kṛṣṇa Paramātma is doing now! Keeping Arjuna as a mere instrument, He is bringing the beginningless dharmic karmas, which had vanished, back into practice! This is what is called “the raising up of Dharma”. He is not raising up something that does not exist; He is raising up only what exists. This is no work that ordinary people can do. So the Lord of all, the support of all, has Himself tied on the kaṅkaṇa; keeping in His hand Arjuna, who is full of every power, He is teaching the world through him. Had Arjuna been an ordinary man, he could not so easily have handed on this sacred Dharma to the country. So understand that Arjuna is no ordinary man. He had conquered even the inner and the outer enemies. Only one who has such divine power can make this powerful Dharma real in practice; to teach it to those without power would serve no purpose. Kṛṣṇa Paramātma thought it over and settled on a shining star: He elected Arjuna as the representative of the people. When so great a stream of grace flowed from God upon Arjuna, one cannot help but see that he is no ordinary man.