Withdrawal syndrome

अविद्यास्मितारागद्वेषाभिनिवेशाः क्लेशाः॥ पा यो सू २-३॥

As Patanjali says, avidya, asmita, raga, dvesha and abhinivesha are five obstacles which mask clear thinking. Avidya or Ignorance is in the root of all these five obstacles. Abhinivesha is too much attachment coming out of passion, or so to say blind attachment. Partha forgot his own past accomplishments and feel into vishada "withdrawal syndrome" because of his Abhinivesha. In the past, Partha had fought with Gandharvas to protect his very own cousin Duryodhana, neutralized the entire Kaurava army with his Sammohanastra while fighting for Virata maharaja, as per Vyasa's advice, had fought with Shiva and procured Pashupatastra. In-spite of being such an accomplished professional warrior, who hasn't been defeated so far, has now fallen trap to this withdrawal syndrome.

If we look at Rama in the contrast, he too had to face similar situation, before going to vanavasa, Bharata cried saying Ayodhya would be ruined in his absence, Vasista, the family guru who urged him to neglect the owe made by his father in haste and take care of his kingdom, Jabala rushi who taunted him of running away from his duty (kula dharma) of administering the country. In-spite of all this, Rama never got distracted, not even once repented about his decision of going on to Vanavasa. Such is the power of this withdrawal syndrome which can mask all past memories and lead us to misinterpretation of Jati dharma and Kula dharma. Partha, having fallen to such a syndrome goes further and uses all his intellect to hide his weakness.

अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम्।

यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः॥ गीत १-४५॥