Bhagat Singh was just twenty-three when he laid down his life, yet he remains immortal, while those who lived up to ninety years are just the dust of time. Who cares for them? That's the difference. He had no time for trivial things. Even on the eve of his hanging, he was reading the Bhagavad Gita, and that copy is still preserved. A voracious reader, well-read at a young age, he never wasted time. Does such a life not excite you?
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Acharya Prashant: Some battles need to be fought just because they deserve to be fought. Not for the sake of victory but for the sake of the fight itself. And victory is indeed possible. We are all hypnotized since birth. That's what is called maya. The most fundamental hypnosis. Maya. We are hypnotized. Just as somebody can hypnotize us, somebody can also break the hypnosis. It is possible. Never, never lose faith. It's possible.
And even if you perished in the attempt, it's a life well-lived. It's a death well deserved. There is glory not only in living, there is glory also in perishing. What's the problem if one perishes for the right reason or is there a problem?
How long did Bhagat Singh live? Do you look at him as a loser? Oh! loser died just when he was twenty-two or twenty-three, do you say that? Who in his right mind would call Bhagat Singh a loser just because he lived only twenty-two years? What's the problem in perishing at twenty-two?
