In the previous episode, we had witnessed a very important segment of the accord on “Aapad-Dharma” given by Bhishmachaarya to Yudishtra. Bhishmachaarya has just finished talking about the 4*4 matrix of enemies and how we handle each of them. Post this, Bhishmachaarya is now explaining that if a leader has to protect “Dharma”, two things are very important – First is power and the second is wealth. In other words, with the help of power and wealth, “Dharma” can be protected. With regards to this, we spoke at length about how as “Sanaatanis” (Hindus) we should be united. Per the old adage – “Unity is strength”, all of us should come together at a time when our “Sanaatana Dharma” is being challenged by others. Of course, I’m not saying that we should go on an all-out physical war of any sorts, but we should be ready to face any kind of eventualities at any point of time. As we’ve seen recently during the Pahalgam terror attack in Kashmir, innocent Hindus were massacred by the barbaric Muslims by asking their religion. This atrocity will never go unanswered, and the current Indian Government along with our brave Indian Army has hit the enemy where it hurts the most! This incident should be a wake-up call for all Hindus residing in India and elsewhere, to come together and unite. Our unity will definitely send a message across to our enemies to think twice before messing up with us!
Having said thus, if we look into our past history, India had to see several invasions, right from the Muslims to the British primarily not because of their brute power every time, but mostly because of our lack of unity. If we see the British era of our history, there were several Hindu men who acted as spies of the Britishers, gave them crucial details of information at key moments and made truckloads of money for themselves. In return, the Britishers captured our country part by part and the national interests were heavily compromised. Hence, just because of a few peoples’ selfish needs being fulfilled, the entire country had to suffer humiliations after humiliations. This should not repeat henceforth, and if we’ve to ensure this, Hindus must unite. The moment we start uniting, it will send shivers across the enemies who are trying to destroy our “Sanaatana Dharma”, especially our “Secular” enemies within our own country!
Saying thus, Bhishmachaarya highlights that if we’ve to protect “Dharma”, we should have power and wealth. Power can be in terms of weaponry, unity and strength of knowledge. Wealth can be in the form of any monetary and non-monetary aspects. Moreover, Bhishmachaarya explains that if a leader has both these two aspects – power and wealth, he should also have “motivation” along with it. It is not enough if power and wealth are present. The leader should be adequately motivated to take action, isn’t it? This should not become like the erstwhile Congress government in India – When our country faced devastating Islamic terror attacks during the 2004-14 time period, the then political dispensation never took any action against the enemy, even though India had the requisite power and the wealth. This is because the then dispensation was hiding and shielding under the “peace” policy and never cared to protect our territorial borders by any means! The disastrous consequences of those gross inactions are the ones which are haunting us today. However, fortunately for the country’s welfare, the present Indian government is not of that lazy and lethargic kind of the past! So, the point here is that, along with the wealth and power, a leader should have motivation to attack the enemy in whatever way possible.
So for today, let us understand up to this point, and subsequent to this, Bhishmachaarya is going to narrate some interesting stories / anecdotes to highlight all the points that we’ve discussed till now with regards to the “Aapad Dharma”. We shall wait till the next episode to start witnessing these stories one by one. Stay tuned! 🙂
The Indian Dharma 