In a tragic incident on 10 February 2018, at predawn,
Jaish-e-Mohammed fidayeens attacked an Indian army camp in Sunjuwan, Jammu
city. 6 Indian soldiers lost their precious life guarding the base and all 4
militants were neutralised in the operation followed by the attack. There are
few life lessons based on Bhagavad Gita which could be learned in this
connection.
Importance of alert
sentry
In this attack, At first militants were trying to sneak
through the rear end of the camp where security where security was less. They
had brief exchange of fire with sentry (soldier stationed to control access to
a place) and later they entered family quarters.
As per Bhagavad Gita our senses are points of entry to all
kind of information. And we are supposed to guard these sentry points with our
intelligence. If any of the senses is not properly guarded, the input of wrong
information & further such desires almost inevitable.
Unprotected mind is
easy hideout
Our impure mind is like unprotected hideout which could be
easily occupied by unscrupulous lusty desires & impressions as in this case
the terrorist used the hideout of residential buildings where guards were
taking rest with their families and security was less. Purified mind is always
guarded by strong intelligence so that only legitimate occupants of right
desires would be allowed to stay in.
Special forces have
to be deployed to fight the battle
After fidayeen had take shelter at family quarters at camp
and had started the assault, special forces were deployed and in next 24 hours all terrorists were gunned down. We can
learn from this that once base desires & thoughts have occupied our mind,
we have to take help of saintly association and scriptural injunctions to
identify futility of those desires and thoughts nullify their influence by
eliminating them altogether. When the
bodies of the terrorists were recovered it was found that they had used combat
uniforms like army to enter the camp. Same way our lower desires sometimes take
garb of those of useful or non harmful
ones and with the help of higher intelligence their identity has to be
ascertained.
The root of the problem is misidentification.
As few people are in Kashmir are not identifying with republic of India and have been
facilitating terrorists being sympathetic to them. But because this, actually
they are planning to miss the benefits what a Indian state could offer to them.
Same way when we forget our identification as Souls, we
facilitate our base desires thinking they may help us to enjoy. But in this
process we loose out on unlimited spiritual bliss which can come with
identifying and acting as per our spiritual identity as servants of God &
using our senses in service to God, like seeing His form, eating His remnants
and hearing about Him, chanting His names.
