Want is paramount for progress in any discipline. It’s the driving drive that leads one to achieve heights of profound responsibility and glory. The will of Lord Krishna to determine righteousness made him the charioteer of Arjuna and lead the Pandavas to victory. The will of Eklavya to develop into a skillful archer made him even higher than Arjuna. The will for the throne of Hastinapur stored Dhritrashtra at all times blind to the wickedness of his beloved son Duryodhana. Therefore, want is the drive that drives one to righteousness or unrighteousness. Want if managed, results in Dharma and uncontrolled wishes result in Adharma. Eklavya had managed wishes and thus willingly supplied his proper thumb as gurudakshina to Dronacharya. Arjuna had managed wishes and thus at all times adopted the directions of Sri Krishna thereby profitable the battle Who Wrote Mahabharata.
Gangaputra Bhishma is a towering instance of how wishes may be managed by his rigorous, trustworthy, and awe-inspiring observe of celibacy till his final breath. But, his want of conserving the throne of Hastinapura unhurt, binds him to Duryodhana, the crown prince, and though unwilling, he has to take part within the battle from the aspect of Adharma. When he’s mendacity on his bed of arrows and upon the request of Yudhishthira, he explains to him the that means of Dharma and the way a king ought to rule justly and properly in keeping with the rules of righteousness and fact. Bhishma explains how uncontrolled wishes carry anger, which carry self-delusions, and in flip carry destruction. Wishes need to be reined in as per the dictates of Dharma, solely then can fact shine, and victory is achieved. Wishes fueled by Adharma result in frustrations, anger, self-delusions and destruction.
