cunning man, deal with in the same way

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And actually Bhismadeva went to the side of the Duryodhana considering that "These people are maintaining me. How can I give up their company at times of danger?" That is also another consideration. So similarly, Dronacarya, although he's guru, teacher of military art, he also went to Duryodhana's side for money. So therefore... Karna... Nobody came to this side. So Krsna was doing justice, that He was... This is politics, "Tit for tat." This is politics. Sathe sathyam samacaret. Canakya Panḍita says. "If somebody is satha"-satha means very cunning-"so you should be also cunning." This is politics. You should not be, at that time, a brahmana, liberal. No. So the idea is that in the Bhagavad-gita Krsna teaches everything very rightly, properly. The whole Vedic literature is meant for that, not one-sided. (More...)

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