In English
For eighty-four years and had been playmates and friends. They had lived, played and sung together ever since their childhood, yet had never expounded the , the , or the to till the time of the battle of . The essence of the was expounded by to on the battlefield in the midst of the clash of arms and din created by the warring soldiers. What is the inner significance of choosing the battlefield as the venue for making the grand spiritual annunciation of the ? Till the battle was fought, had been completely engrossed in the pursuit of worldly pleasures and was preoccupied with mundane matters. He had spent all his life in search of power, pelf and prestige, but, on the eve of the battle, he swooned and found himself thrown into a mood of despondency. To him, the world appeared to be a great vanity fair. He lost interest in everything and experienced a profound feeling of emptiness, futility and despair. He felt that it was a sin to fight against his kinsmen, friends, elders and teachers. He felt like beating a retreat and going away from the battlefield. He was filled with agony and anguish and doubt and despair. Waging a war against his own cousins seemed to him the deadliest sin. He did not want the homicidal glory of this fratricidal war. “To fight or not to fight” - that was his problem. Finding himself on the horns of this great dilemma, he said to , “I have lost my power of discrimination. I cannot distinguish good from evil. I am robbed of my reason and do not know what to do. I am facing a grave moral and spiritual crisis. I surrender everything unto you. Save me from this predicament.” thus became a (one who has surrendered) and prostrated before . In this situation of complete self-surrender, attained one-pointedness. He qualified himself to receive ’s gospel of life. apparently waited for this right moment to expound the great Song Celestial.