Duryodhan Syndrome

Good Morning Many skip columns like Speaking Tree in Times and Faith in The Hindu (hope the column is still there!), sometimes thinking that spirituality and philosophy can wait. Current Affairs, politics, economics and finance should get priority over subjects relevant, may be post-retirement. Depends on personal priorities. Though l'm recording and sharing my random thoughts as and when they happen, I don't expect all the recipients of my messages to read them same day. But the available facilities allow me to preserve my notes in various ways to be available for future reference. Blogs, books, websites are all storehouses of thoughts. Once you upload writings on public domain, anyone including the author can access them on a future date. Of late, I have started accessing my own old blog posts to refresh my memory. M G Warrier Duryodhan Syndrome Duryodhan Syndrome: Know Right Yet Choose Wrong! https://share.google/pjNg94J6Y7c3kxis9 By Bhoosreddy (Chairman, UP-Rera) & Gupta (Professor of Management, Lucknow ) Excerpts : "I know what is right, yet i am not inclined towards it; i know what is wrong, yet i cannot refrain from it." These words, attributed to Duryodhan in Mahabharat, capture one of the deepest conflicts within human nature. Duryodhan was not ignorant of dharm; he clearly understood what was righteous and what was unethical. Yet he was unable to restrain himself from actions driven by ego, greed, jealousy, insecurity, and the hunger for power. This inner contradiction may well be described as the Duryodhan Syndrome, the painful gap between moral awareness and moral action." ***. *** *** "Ultimately, the challenge of life is not merely to know dharm, but to cultivate the courage, discipline, and self-awareness required to live by it. True victory does not lie in defeating others, accumulating power, or securing temporary success. It lies in overcoming impulses that lead one away from truth. The story of Duryodhan endures because it warns us of what happens when knowledge is divorced from character. If there is a lesson Mahabharat offers for every age, it is this: the greatest downfall begins not when we fail to know what is right, but when we know it clearly and still choose otherwise. Lasting peace, dignity, and fulfilment arise only when conscience and conduct are in harmony. The ultimate answer to‘Duryodhan Syndrome' lies in mastering our own mind and impulses."

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