Passage 23

In English

The righteous

Next day, both the armies prepared themselves for the battle. At the break of dawn, ’s forces sounded battle drums, and ’s forces too sounded their battle drums, fiercely. This time, the second son of entered the battle. He cast magic spells which caused much confusion in the flanks. , who knew all the tricks of the demons, countered the magic spells employed by the demons, and saved the forces of . said, “Oh , all of you did not want to accept as a friend in the beginning. But today, he is of the greatest use to us. He is great. He is unique.” correctly assessed the greatness of . was a staunch supporter of . When he found that his brother was indulging in unrighteousness, he denounced his ways and tried to correct him. He did not want to be a party to sin and unrighteousness. When he failed to correct , he gave him up, joined the forces of , and surrendered himself to Divinity. stands superior even to in this respect. Though was a virtuous one, he did not give up the when they resorted to foul and unjust ways. In fact he became a party to sin and unrighteousness, by becoming the commander-in-chief of their forces.