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The Nectar of Devotion
Chivalry
When on account of love and devotional service for the Lord there is special valorous enthusiasm, the resultant activities are called chivalrous. These chivalrous activities can be manifested in the acts of mock-fighting, giving in charity, showing mercy and executing religious principles. By performing chivalrous activities in fighting, one is called  yuddha-vīra . By charitable activities one is called  dāna-vīra . By showing extraordinary mercy one is called  dayā-vīra . And when one is munificent in executing religious rites, he is called  dharma-vīra . In all such different chivalrous activities, Kṛṣṇa is the object.
When a friend wants to satisfy Krṣṇa by performing some chival-rous activities, the friend becomes the challenger, and Krṣṇa Himself becomes the opponent; or else Krṣṇa may give audience to the fighting, and by His desire another friend becomes the opponent. A friend once challenged Krṣṇa thus: “My dear Mādhava, You are very restless because You think that no one can defeat You. But if You do not flee from here, then I shall show You how I can defeat You. And my friends will be very satisfied to see this!”
Krṣṇa and Śrīdāmā were very intimate friends, yet Śrīdāmā, out of anger with Krṣṇa, challenged Him. When both of them began to fight, all the friends on the bank of the Yamunā enjoyed the wonderful fighting of the two friends. They prepared some arrows for mock-fighting, and Krṣṇa began to throw his arrows at Śrīdāmā. Śrīdāmā began to block these arrows by whirling his pole, and by Śrīdāmā’s chivalrous activities, Krṣṇa became very satisfied. Such mock-fighting generally takes place amongst chivalrous persons and creates wonderful excitement for all viewers.
There is a statement in the  Hari-vaṁśa  that sometimes Arjuna and Krṣṇa fought in the presence of Kuntī, and Arjuna would be defeated by Krṣṇa.
In such chivalrous fighting between friends, there is sometimes bragging, self-complacence, pride, power, taking to weapons, challenging and standing as opponent. All of these symptoms become impetuses to chivalrous devotional service.
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