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By Kamlesh Tripathi
By Kamlesh Tripathi
A TIP FROM BHAGWAD
GITA
We often
hear of politicians and senior government officers misbehaving with the common
man. Debates arising out of such incidents are often broadcasted in prime channels
and at the prime time slots; not alone for TRP ratings but also to sensitize
these misguided dignitaries about their bad behavior. The media also refers it as
VVIP racism, where a Neta bashes up the common man or where a government
official abuses and ill treats the aam aadmi. And at times our
VIPs are also seen misbehaving in an inebriated state.
To all such
people who believe that success in life comes only by showing brute misdemeanours
to people below them, there is a tip from the Bhagwad Gita:
Yadacharitra shrestastha devevtro janah
Sa yetpramanam kurute lokast danuvartate.
The verse
tells us:
The demeanours of all eminent people in the
society are followed quite closely by the common man. Whatever he projects
through his daily behavior as his deeds is followed by his followers, rather
even the world at large.
Let us not
forget that the Aam aadmi (common man) always needs a leader to continuously
inspire him and the purpose is best served when the leader exhibits decent civil
behaviour and righteous orientation. If a
mass leader himself smokes or drinks, how can he stop the junta (common
man) from smoking or drinking? And if he behaves in a rowdy manner how can he
expect his followers to be civil and if he creates scams how can he expect his
constituents to be honest? Chaitanya Mahaprabhu preaches that a teacher (in
this case any leader) must observe right moral behavior, and only such teachers
with upright and good behavior should be considered as ideal teachers.
Therefore teachers
before imparting education to commoners should apply religious and moral texts
on themselves. And no teacher should ever deviate from the time tested and
proven religious texts and should not pass his own self made laws to the
commoners. Proven religious texts like Manu-Smrti should be followed by common
people as a benchmark of teachings. Therefore the sermons of the netas
should be based on the rules of the religious shastras and there shouldn’t
be a difference kathni and karni (what you say and what you do). But
unfortunately this is not the case with most eminent people.
People who
want both spiritual and worldly progress in life should imbibe and practice
teachings of high moral values and rules practiced by great teachers. Srimad bhagwad
Gita too confirms the point that human beings should follow the spiritual footsteps
of knowledge for spiritual and materialistic progress; and this is the only
way.
Whether it
is the king or his administrator, whether a father or a teacher—they all are considered
as natural leaders. They have a great duty and responsibility towards people who
lean on them and therefore they should be well versed with spiritual samhita
and other religious texts so that they can convey a proper message to the
society at all times.
In school
days we had a paper on moral science but it was never taken seriously as the
marks were never added to the finally tally deciding our ranking. But the time
has come when these marks need to be added in the education of life. Maybe, an abridged
form of all religious texts should be taught in school and a refresher course
should be part of State Assemblies and Parliaments curriculum, including
government offices.
We have
tried many ways to refine the behavior of politicians and government officials but
failed. So, where is the harm in trying out religious texts? For, if nothing
else, it will at least remove the misconceptions about religions.
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