Mahinda bayagullekda?
Nethnam 'Ona ekakata ottu weerayekda?
There is a strong “machismo” element in this with a mixture of emotions like pride, shame, courage and cowardice. Sometimes such emotional thinking leads to defeat.
History tells us that the old king Elara accepted a challenge for single combat by the younger Dutu Gemunu and lost though Elara’s army was superior on the battlefield and had the advantage.
It is said that Theodore Roosevelt contested the American presidency as a third “independent” candidate with his “BullMoose” party against Taft and Wilson because someone had posed the public query “Is the hero of San Juan Hill a coward”? Earlier Teddy Roosevelt had been wavering about deciding.
Likewise Mahinda too has to accept and confront this challenge. Since he is not a professional soldier the onus is on him to demonstrate that he too is a warrior and not a coward who would avoid or postpone a direct fight. In the jargon of a street-fighter Mahinda must prove that he is “Ona ekakata ottu” (ready for anything).
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