“Crooked is war always; who strikes, and is not struck again? But it is the same if one be slain or not, for he that dies in battle wins victory from death; for death is battle is the womb of heaven”
Such is the morality of the Indian epic par excellence, the Mahabharata.
Such is the morality of the Indian epic par excellence, the Mahabharata.
“To escape is a disgrace; to die in battle is best; to ask for mercy is a sin; sweet it is to die in battle; the path to heaven lies in fighting”
To flee is un-Aryan, ungodly.
To flee is un-Aryan, ungodly.
“I choose glory even at the cost of life, victory is the root of right and death is better than lack of fame” say the Pandavas.
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