Passage 5

In English

At one time, when the battle was all over, himself asked the question of . replied in a very quiet and casual way: “Let us take your elder brother, , yes, he is a very good person, he has got many good qualities, but look at him, he never had any forethought. He is having an afterthought, he is feeling now after the whole thing is over and asking himself why he entered this battle. He is asking himself why we killed so many people. This is a kind of feeling that has come to him as an afterthought. This after-thought, by which one feels the guilt of some action after it is over, is the nature of man. Everybody will feel guilty and sorry after the thing is over. Such human quality is characteristic of and therefore he does not deserve to be taught the . If we consider the case of , the great experienced scholar, valiant son of , he is in a very different situation. On the one hand, he realises and states that righteousness or is on the side of . On the other hand, contrary to what he has been saying, he is the head and the chief of the Army of . This is a contradiction and a paradox in his life. Thus in ’s case, what he says is one thing and what he does is a different thing. Thus he is riding a chariot with horses running in different directions. He does not deserve to be taught the .