The word 'Arjuna ' means one who is honest and straightforward in nature. Arjuna opened out his heart before Krishna, laid bare before Him all that he felt and thought. He hid nothing from Him and ultimately surrendered to Him totally. When he made Krishna his charioteer and entrusted to Him the reins of the horses, he had got ready to give into His hands the reins of his mind also. Let us do likewise. Let us not think that, unlike Arjuna, we do not have Krishna to guide us. Let us not get caught in the fallacy that Krishna was an historical person. Everybody has Krishna residing in his heart as the indwelling Self. He is nearer to us than the nearest. Let us bare our heart, with all its impurities and weaknesses, before Him and pray:
"O Lord! I take refuge in you. You are my sole guide, my master. Show me the right path and I shall follow it."
(Based on "Talks on the Gita" by Sri Sri Vinoba Bhave - Pub. by Paramdham Prakashan, Paunar)
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