vice on what guidelines he should follow. According to Krishna, one must follow his duty (dharma) to perform his task. The task that Arjuna must complete is to fight in the battle because he is a warrior and that is his duty as such. Further more, if he does not go into battle, his enemies who think him a coward for not doing his duty will destroy his honor. Krishna tells him that it is better for anyone to die in battle doing their duty then to refuse to fight. If he fails to do such then he will fail his duty, and so forth sin shall be cast onto him. Also, the violation of dharma will upset the entire universe because everything is interconnected. He is told not to decide things from their consequences; “To action alone hast thou a right and never at all to its fruit; let not the fruits of action be thy motive; neither let there be in thee any attachment to inaction.” He must fight because, as previously stated, it is his duty and also it is not noble if he does not. The key to life is yoga (discipline) and Arjuna must learn that although he may have inclinations that it is wrong to kill his fellow man he must have the discipline to look through the outcome of his actions and focus solely on the duty of them. The more he can do this the closer he will get to breaking through the delusions of the word and law of man and reaching true insight into yoga. According to Krishna, “…a man of disciplined mind, who moves among the objects of sense, with the senses under control and free from attachment and aversion—he attains purity of spirit.” The whole point that is trying to be taught to Krishna is that above all one must follow his duty and that we should try and create an equilibrium within our minds because abandoning all desires and longings is the path to peace. Once this peace is reached then one will discover the true bliss of God at the time of mortal death. Therefore Arjuna should ...
