Inertia - Bhagavad Gita XI & XV

I was always wondering and on the previous post I even shared it with you, that why was it Arjuna the one being taught by Krishna. Out of everybody in the world, why is he the student of Krishna? After having read these two teachings, my question was somehow answered. I now kind of understand the connection between Krishna and Arjuna and why this whole lesson has been going among these two characters. I can now say that Krishna is somehow Arjuna's leader that is guiding him towards success. Krishna tells Arjuna that he has to fight and kill somebody for some strange reason that I didn't get, but after all, this action will benefit Arjuna for Krishna is leading him. Before the battle, Arjuna was a strict follower of his ways, but now he revealed himself to Krishna. He might have felt confident being led by the supreme, well, there was no way he could go wrong.

Arjuna talks about Krishna in a very respectful way. He honors him for what he really is but at the same time, he knows that Krishna is someone great to have as a friend rather than an enemy. "As moths in the frenzy of destruction fly into a blazing frame, worlds in the frenzy of destruction enter your mouth." (Page 102) Krishna, just like the moths being described above, can cause immediate destruction to his enemies. Arjuna doesn't like to see Krishna in this way for he is scared and therefore prefers to see him as the gentle charioteer he once was and not as the supreme being he now is.

Later on, it is finally told what it is that Krishna wants from Arjuna and why is it him the one being elected. What is his job? It coems to be that Krishna is simply using Arjuna as his weapon to kill those that oppose him. In other words, Arjuna is defending Krishna and punishing those that apparently offended Krishna in some way. Arjuna takes action as the others didn't and forces them to commit a sacrifice. Maybe what I just said is contradicting, for one commit sacrifice by himself without forces, but that's how it seemed to be.

Detachment and knowledge, the past key terms are now explained. It said how Krishna once had to leave all his family and home for other principles. I find this extremely depressing and sad for the family is the only thing you will have forever and you should never replace is for something else. Also, a new term is now introduced; dark inertia. What inertia means here is negligence and falling into those desires that are looked down by Krishna. Passion, as well as inertia are two bad things that come from negligence which originates from the previously stated desires. I had never seen passion as negligence for I see it as an opposite to inertia. One is to remain still, while the other is plain passion. Does anyone need the definition of passion?