Bhagvad Gita Chapter 2 verse 19 - The Slayer & The Slain

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Arjuna being the prince and one of the Commander for his army had a higher duty to fight than thinking of personal relationships.  And when he was confused, he surrendered to his guide and mentor to show him the right path.

Hence, this is in NO WAY promotes to commit a crime based on the principle above.

We run into these situations everyday and have the Arjuna moment and constant battle.  Some examples:
  • A Police officer stops a speeding car.  Upon checking the officer  realize that the driver is the daughter of her best friend.  What to do?  Follow duty and give her a ticket?  Or just let go as no harm was done to anyone?
  • I am part of an interview panel and I make the final call to hire for the position.  From the two finalist, one is my nephew who scored slightly lower than the other candidate.  But I know that my nephew will be able to do the job, just not best fit at this time.  Who should I hire?
Swami Vivekananda once said
Any action that one does will have it's effect.  Logically, good and bad actions will have the good and bad results respectively.  

The key point is: Any action that is done selflessly (not done for one's own benefit) will have no effect.  

Per our scriptures: Even if he kills the whole Universe (or be himself killed), he is neither the killer nor the killed, when he knows that he is not acting for himself at all.

 




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