Acharya Prashant addresses a question about the restlessness to act after spiritual realization, and the fear that such actions might be tainted by Maya (illusion). He explains that all the tools and resources of Maya, such as intelligence, education, enthusiasm, ambition, and capital, are currently in the hands of those who side with falsehood. This includes both external resources like money and internal ones like intellect and knowledge. It is a misfortune that these resources are controlled by those who play the game of falsehood. An even greater misfortune is that those who love and speak of the truth often limit themselves to just singing devotional songs, remaining passive. Ambition, degrees, knowledge, experience, and organizational systems are all with the liars, while the truthful are content in their ego, merely talking amongst themselves. There is a great need for someone to show energy on the side of truth. While energy itself is a form of Maya, and all things related to the body and the world are illusory, Maya can only be countered by using its own resources. One must use the same illusory tools—speech, body, intellect—to cut through falsehood. Just as an arrow must be met with an arrow, the ambition of the liar must be challenged by the ambition of the truthful. The speaker uses the analogy of the Gita, where Shri Krishna tells Arjun that an arrow in Duryodhana's hands is a bad thing, but the same arrow in Arjun's hands is different. Similarly, the throne is a problem when Duryodhana sits on it, but it is what Shri Krishna desires when Yudhishthir, the embodiment of Dharma, sits on it. Acharya Prashant emphasizes that it is necessary to remove the unrighteous from positions of power because thrones will not remain empty. The truthful have left the thrones vacant for the unrighteous to occupy. All capital, power, and systems have been handed over to those who use them to destroy humanity and the Earth. He asserts that those who lament the rise of sin in the world are themselves responsible for it, as they have handed over power to the sinners. The call is to reclaim these resources. Shri Krishna's message is that Dharma (righteousness) must be established on the throne, not Adharma (unrighteousness). This cannot happen if Dharma is unwilling to fight, like Arjun who initially wanted to run away. This is a meaningful war that must be fought and won. It is not a time for restraint, renunciation, or contentment, but for courage and battle.
