There is no particular glory or joy in defeat. Victory is likable because man associates joy with victory and the loss of joy with defeat. Your victories will not bring you joy. If your victories are bringing you joy, then it is a very shallow joy. And when joy there is, joy remains equally in victory and in defeat. Victory appeared favorable, defeat appeared unfavorable, the poet is celebrating the fact that that which appeared unfavorable is no more unfavorable.
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“Defeat, my Defeat, my solitude, and my aloofness; You are dearer to me than a thousand triumphs, And sweeter to my heart than all world-glory.“
~Khalil Gibran
Acharya Prashant: The question is, “How can defeat be sweet? How can there be joy in being shunned and scorned?”
There is no particular glory or joy in defeat. In fact, the moment one looks for glory or joy in particular events or happenings, joy has been constrained, localized, and hence lost.
The poet here is talking of defeat because man has taken defeat as abhorrent.
