India in Mind by Pankaj Mishra
Author:Pankaj Mishra [Mishra, Pankaj]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Travel, Asia, India
ISBN: 9780307532589
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2005-01-04T00:00:00+00:00
The two legendary armies of India are face to face. The old king whom Arjuna is fighting against is blind. His charioteer has the magical power of knowing what is happening on the battlefield. He hears the dialogue begin, in the midst of the enemy army, in the chariot with the white horses, between Prince Arjuna and his charioteer, who is Krishna and will become the supreme Deity. The Gita is divine speech reported by magic to a blind Priam enclosed in his darkness.
Arjuna looks at those who are to die, and Krishna reminds him that if the greatness of man is to free himself from fate, it is not for the warrior to free himself from courage. It is the fratricidal combat of the epics, and for us the Trojan sadness of Arjuna seems like the desolate echo of the voice of Antigone:
Krishna, I see such omens of evil!
What can we hope from this killing of kinsmen?
What do I want with victory, empire,
Or their enjoyment?
How can I care for power or pleasure,
My own life, even?
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