Decisive inevitable action over emotional dilemmas
Decisive inevitable action over emotional dilemmas ARJUNA in the MAHABHARATA SWOT of ARJUNA S ituationally appropriate W ise actions must be O perationalised T hough emotional dilemmas can hamper ARJUNA (also called Partha, Dhananjaya, and Gudakesha) is the Mahabharata’s central “agent” of action: the archer through whom political conflict becomes moral crisis and, finally, disciplined duty. His story matters not only because he is the Pandavas’ decisive warrior, but because his inner conflict—love versus duty, compassion versus justice, fear versus responsibility—becomes the setting for the Bhagavad Gita, one of the epic’s most influential philosophical dialogues. ...