what swamy vivekananda said on the sloka of gita( II-3) - Advaita Vedanta - IndiaDivine.org

what swamy vivekananda said on the sloka of gita( II-3) - Advaita Vedanta - IndiaDivine.orgklaibyam ma sma gamah partha" etc., why is he goading Arjuna to

fight? Because it was not that the disinclination of Arjuna to fight
arose out of the overwhelming predominance of pure Sattva Guna
(quality); it was all Tamas that brought on this unwillingness. The
nature of a man of Sattva guna is, that he is equally calm in all
situations in life- whether it be prosperity or adverisity. But
Arjuna was afraid, he was overwhelmed with pity. That he had the
instinct and inclination to fight is proved by the simple fact, that
he came to the battlefield with no other purpose than that.
Frequently in our lives also such things are seen to happen. Many
people think they are sattvika by nature, but they are really nothing
but Tamasika. Many living in an uncleanly way regard themselves as
paramahansas. Why? Because the shastras(scriptures) say that
paramahansas live like one inert, or mad or like an unclean spirit.
Paramahansas are compared to children ,but here it should be
understood that the comparision is one sided. The The paramahansa and
the child are not one and non-different. They only appear similiar,
being the two extreme poles, as it were. One has reached to a state
beyond jnana and the other has not got even an inkling of jnana. The
quickest and the lowest vibrations of light are both beyond the range
of our ordinary vision; but in the one it intense heat, and in the
other it may be said to be almost without any heat. So it is with the
opposite qualities of Sattva and Tamas. Tehy seem in some respects no
doubt to be the same, but there is a world of difference between
them. The Tamoguna loves very to arry itself in the garb of the
sattva. Here, in Arjuna, the mighty warrior, it has come in the guise
of Daya(pity)!
in order to remove this delusion, which had overtaken Arjuna, what
did the Bhagawan ( Lord) say? As I always preach that you should not
decry a man by calling him a sinner but that you should draw his
attention to the omnipotent power that is in him,in the same way does
the bhagawan speak to Arjuna- 'naithathwa upa paddhathe" - it doth
not befit thee. Thou art that Atman imperishable, beyond all evil..
Having forgotten thy real nature, thou hast , by thinking theyself a
sinner, as one afflicted with bodily evils and mental grief- thou
hast made thyself so- this doth not befit thee. So says the bhagawan"
klaibyam ma sma gama partha" - Yield not to unmanliness O son of
pritha. There is in the world, neither sin nor misery , neither
disease nor grief; if there is in the world which can be called sin,
it is this-' fear" ; know that any work which brings the latent power
in thee , is Punya ( virtue); and that which makes thy body and mind
weak is , verily, sin. Shake off this faintheartedness ! " klaibyam
ma sma gama partha- Thous art a hero, a vira; " this is unbecoming of
thee" If you , my sons, can proclaim this message to the world "
klaibyam ma sma gama partha naithathwa upa paddhathe"- then all this
disease, grief, sin and sorrow will vanish from off the face of the
earth in three days. All these ideas of weakness will be nowhere. Now
it is everywhere-this current of the vibration of fear. Reverse the
current; bring in the opposite vibration, and behold the magic
transformation!Thou art omnipotent- go, go to the mouth of the
cannon,
fear not, Hate not the most abject sinner, look not to his exterior>
Turn they gaze inward, where resides the Paramatman( Supreme self)>
Proclaim to the whole with trumpet voice,"There is no sin in thee,
there is no misery in thee; thou art the reservoir of omnipotent
power.Arise , awake, and manifest the Divinty within"
If one reads this one sloka, one gets all the merits of reading the
entire gita; for in this one sloka lies embedded the whole message of
the gita
( from complete works of Vivekananda; vol IV p 102-110)