We have different responsibilities such as the responsibility of a son, husband, wife, employee, citizen, and human being. However, when we observe this world from inner consciousness, many of these responsibilities may appear as attachments. That is what Krishna told Arjuna. Arjuna was reluctant to fight the battle with his cousins and that is when Krishna made him experience the true nature of the world and Arjuna realized that all human beings are just taking birth from and merging back with Krishna. He realized his attachments and with this realization, his attachments dropped and he could fight the battle.
At the core of Arjuna's realization was not a person but rather the universal consciousness. When Draupadi was insulted in the palace of Hastinapur, she decided to take revenge. In that background, she could convince and motivate her husbands to fight the battle. That motivation could take Yudhistira, Bhima, Nakula, and Sehdeva to the battlefield and fight the battle. However, Arjuna got confused after reaching the battlefield. Arjuna was compassionate and had compassion and gratitude towards Bhishma, Drona, and all the people who made a contribution to his life and who were now fighting the battle from the side of Kauravas. When he came to the battlefield, he had absolute clarity to fight the battle, however, after reaching the battlefield, when he inspected the army of Kauravas, he developed conflicts.
Probably, Other Pandavas did not have the conflict because they were never that deeply connected with their inner self. For them, the actions of people mattered more than their core. They never related to Bhishma and Drona at their core and their relationship was never a relationship based on love. They identified those people just by their mindset, thought process, and actions. Their hatred towards Kauravas was so strong that as soon as they realized that all these people were fighting with Kauravas, they developed hatred towards them as well. While Arjuna had a loving relationship with Bhishma and Drona. He connected to them at their core. That is why when he went to the battlefield, he could not think of killing Bhishma or Drona.
However, Krishna took Arjuna to the core of existence and made him see how all human beings are coming out of and merging again with Him. Arjuna realized that he loved Bhishma and Drona, however, he loved his brother, Draupadi, and the people of Hastinapur as well. For the sake of greater benefit and harmony, we will have to be ready to be a means to kill the Kauravas so that Pandavas can rule Hastinapur and provide opportunities for the people of Hastinapur to grow and evolve. Krishna made him realize that enough opportunities have already been given to the Kauravas for the course correction and there is no other way than the battle to set the situation right.
Thus, the decision of Arjuna to fight the battle was driven by the feeling of hatred or revenge. The feeling of hatred or revenge can not take us very far since the foundation of that feeling lies in division. Each division has a counter-feeling that creates a conflict. That is what happened with Arjuna and he got into the conflict between revenge and attachment. It was only when Krishna connected him to the oneness, that he could see his Dharma. Dharma has its roots in oneness and there is no division there and that is why there is no conflict there. All the warriors whether Abhimanyu or Duryodhana, all merge into Krishna. That is why there is no conflict when our actions are guided by Krishna. All our actions which are guided by craving or aversion do not take us very far since the opposite also travels together and we fall into the trap of conflicts sooner or later. Rather the actions guided by love and compassion are free of conflicts.
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