Acharya Prashant explains that the failures and sorrows India has experienced are not because it walked the path of truth. He states that we have not been as pure as we portray ourselves to be. There have been numerous flaws and faults within us, and it is because of these that we have faced failures. The hallmark of truth is courage. The person walking the path of truth is characterized by fearlessness. One who is courageous and fearless cannot lose. The defeats India has suffered in various wars were not because all Indians were walking the path of truth, but because we had turned away from the path of truth. He strongly refutes the notion that one who is truthful becomes weak and starts losing, calling it a completely false and wrong idea that no one should entertain. A truthful person might die, but they will not live to see defeat. As long as they are alive, they will not lose, because defeat only happens when you surrender. You can beat someone badly, but have they lost? They haven't lost until they give up the resolve to fight back. If Indians have been defeated, it must be because there was some flaw in their truthfulness. Acharya Prashant points out that the greatest and most revered scripture of this land, the Gita, says, "Arjun, you must fight. Don't think about the outcome. Fight for truth, fight for Krishna." The scripture itself is set against the backdrop of a battlefield. How can a country with such a scripture lose? If it has lost, it means the country has forgotten the Gita. He warns against the fallacious argument that since we followed the teachings of sages and Krishna and still lost, there must be a flaw in truth or religion itself. The flaw is not in truth, Krishna, or religion; the flaw is in us for not following their teachings. He criticizes the unfortunate images associated with truth, such as a truthful person being foolish, weak, and easily defeated. He clarifies that a truthful person is wise, with a sharp intellect. He can think and strategize in ways an irreligious person cannot. He gives the example of Shri Krishna, who, for the establishment of truth, broke his own vow of not taking up arms and also instructed Bhima to break Duryodhana's thigh, which was against the rules of combat. Truth is greater than any morality. He concludes that the way forward for India is not to abandon truth and spirituality but to understand that real success and victory belong only to those who are with the truth, quoting "Satyameva Jayate" (Truth alone triumphs) and emphasizing that only that which is hundred percent pure will win.
