Personal Responsibilities Vs Principles, which one do you choose?
Learn how your duty is more important than principles
Have you bound yourself with certain traditional principles? If so, how much you give importance to them? If you need to sacrifice these principles for your people, then would you go ahead?
Don’t worry, I’m not an interviewer. Still, I’m asking these questions, because I want to know your thoughts. What would you do if you are in such a condition where you have to choose either principles or social duty?
I’m not putting you in a dilemma. But this exact situation happened with one great king of India named Prithviraj Chauhan. Yes, that Prithviraj Chauhan who defeated Muhammad Ghori two times in the Battle of Tarain. People who are unaware of him can read the biography of Prithviraj Chauhan.
I’m going to cover his one incident of life that changed the entire history of India. This incident was the third battle of Tarain. His enemy, Ghori, knew they would not win if his army went straight into the battlefield. So, he conspired and fought in the night against war principles.
More than half the army of Prithviraj slaughtered in a tent while in sleep. Remaining soldiers bravely faced atrocious situation but could not win the battle. As a result, upcoming around five centuries, the entire nation has to bear consequences.
Now you would ask what mistakes Prithviraj did and what principles Prithviraj followed.
Prithviraj Chauhan was Rajput king and there was a tradition to give shelter to refuge. Hence, in the first two battles of Tarain, Ghori surrendered to Prithviraj and Prithviraj given shelter to Muhammad Ghori two times.
But he did not realize what would happen to his subjects if the enemy come back, and he lost the battle. And it actually happened. Ghori returned the third time and became the reason for the end of Prithviraj’s empire.
Whatever Ghori did is not morally right, but war and its outcomes did not see morality and only devastation happen.
A lesson I want to give from this story is, never give more importance to traditional principles than your duty.
