Dharma haz no direct translation in other languages. The approximate one is : Innate Law or Principled Duty.
The sun's Dharma is to shine, the fire's is to burn, burn's is to emit heat.
The sun cannot, not shine.
The fire cannot, not burn.
The burning cannot, not emit heat.
In humans, Principles come in play based on our changing Avatar. And that's not stagnant.
Avatar are based on the context. Context is created by the changing dynamic world.
And in that Avatar, what's my duty?
If I do my Dharma, as per or true to my Avatar of the moment, then I'll never fail.
My Avatar's change based on the context, thus - I'm a father, son, husband, member, leader, helper, contributor, seeker, etc, in different moments.
Arjun's confusion waz just that, he didn't know in which Avatar waz he in the battlefield - a cousin, a nephew, a student .... or a soldier?
He couldn't grasp the context.
Principles are born as a response to the other.
He couldn't see the Avatar that the Kauravas had borne on the battlefield.
God, too, does hiz Principled Duty of simply presencing the Truth to him.
God had placed the ever conflicting options before Arjun, and that alone waz the eternal Truth that humans will endlessly encounter : Should one remain unsinful and let the injustice prevail, Or, should one sin and deliver justice.
That done, not God, it is Arjun who had to make the choice.
Each of us are not the children of our parents. We're simply born through our parents.
We all are the products of Arjun's thoughts, that he delivered, before he met God !
And so we Suffer !
Suffering can be replaced by strength. And strength can be enhanced by setting in motion the right Karma, so long as it is being done out of sheer i.e., selflessly, without any expectation.
When all strength is lost, Death does its Dharma.
The West stole a lot of material from Bharat.
It is only after their ideology clashed with our civilizational wisdom that they realized that, while they do understand life & killing brilliantly, they have no clue about living.
For that, they needed to get what Dharma, Karma & Avatar are, all they met here.
So they stole those words too & appropriated them into the English language.
And then, they taught us to read, write, speak and even think in English.
Dharma, Karma & Avatar are English words now. However, the spirit behind those words has long departed.
It is time now to revive & reclaim what is ours and reintroduce Bharat, first to ourselves, then to the world.
