Chapter22- The dhigvijaya- the conquest
In the night called indiscrimination the Lord has given a lamp called neethi sasthra which helps one to avoid stepping into the mire of adharma and it serves as the hand of the Lord to rescue those who go down.
The advice of the wicked is like an upturned umbrella which will not protect from the rain of calamities.
To walk along the beaten track of the good is to avoid pitfalls, said Krishna and told them to march into the world to conquer all except Kouravas and Pandavas (because Krishna had other plans for them!)
The body, mind and intellect are like three kinds of friends to be handled properly.
This has reference to the words suhrd, mithra and banDhu mentioned in the Gita. Suhrd is one who has friendship without reason and out of goodness of heart. Mithra is the one who is friendly with a purpose and banDhu is the relation who is friendly because of the relation ship. There are three ways to impress a friend, by welcoming him from a distance, by opening your heart to him and by gifts depending on which kind of friend he is.
The prosperity itself is like a cobra which can be worn on the body when the poison is taken out. Like the manthra to remove the poison there are five limbs to establish the seven aspects of the kingdom to bring prosperity.
The five limbs mentioned here are, sahAya, assistance, sADhanopAya, means of ensuring success, dhesakAla vibhAga, right apportioning of time and place, viptthipratheekAra, antidote for calamities and siddhi, success. The seven aspects of a kingdom are, The king, ministers, country, fort, treasury, army and allies.
pramAdhasapthakam thyakthva prayujyopAyasapthakam
angasapthaka sampatthya jayatha dhveepasapthakam
(Yad.22.29)
The seven ills- Hunting, dice, women, drink, harsh speech, character assassination and cruel punishment'
The seven means- sama, peace, dhana, gift, bhedha, creating rift dhanda, punishment, mAdeluding, upekshA, indifference and indhrajAla, magic.
The seven limbs of kingdom has been mentioned earlier.
The seven dhveepas ? jambu, plaksha,SAlmali,kuSa, krouncha,SAkha and pushkara.
To conquer and rule the earth first one has to win his internal enemies namely,
The life is like movable tree. The childhood is the sprouts, the youth is the flower and the sanathana dharma is the fruit. The life ebbs away whether you are awake or sleeping. So one should amass immutable wealth in the form of spiritual discipline.
So long Desika has been handing out the treasures from the neethi sasthra and dharma sasthra. Now
parivAreNa sampannah ? Sathyaki is surrounded by his men and the sword is also covered with the scabbard.
thyakthakoSah kAryathah- gives away the treasures when necessary and the sword leaves its scabbard when needed.
Sathrujith- winning the enemy.
All of them drank thirstily the words, sarasvathee, of
Then Sathyaki started with his army like a second
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