2.31 to 2.38 Karma Kanda - FightKrishna refutes 2, 3 arguments of Arjuna

Benefits fighting(prescribed duty) 2.31,32 1)Win: Enjoy kingdom2)Lose: Heavenly planets

2nd: Loosing Enjoyment 3rd: Fear of Sinful reactions

What Arjuna will loose by not fighting(avoiding his duty as kstriya)

1)Incur sin by neglecting duties&Infamy 2.33 3) Ridicule(2.35,36)

2)Dishonor (2.34) PRACTICAL APPLICATION

Material happiness comes from proper executionof one’s dharma. Neglect of dharma means material downfall

Summary: (c) Duty of Ksatriya – Ref. Parasara Smriti explains the duty of ksatriya (2.32 purport)To protect citizens from all difficultiesApply violence for law and orderConquer inimical kings Rule the world according to religious principlesKsatriyas are never meant for directly accepting the order of sannyasaNon-violence in politics may be diplomacy, but it is never a factor or principle(d) Training of a Ksatriya (2.31 purport)Trained for challenging and killing because religious violence is a necessary factorHow they are trained – Would go to forest, challenge tiger face to face with a sword and offer tiger for royal order of cremation(e) Ref. Religious law books on ‘violence’ (2.31 purport) – The following are not acts of violence:Sacrificial animal killing by brahmanas – Animal immediately gets a human body without evolutionary cycle / Brahmana gets heavenly planets

Ksatriyas fighting on religious principles – Get heavenly planets if killed(f) Result of avoidance of duty by Ksatriyas Infamy (2.31 purport) Sinful Reaction – Hellish planets(g) Fighting benefits both ways (2.32 purport) – Win or Lose – (Refer to main theme above)(h) Two types of ‘Sva-dharmas’ (Specific duties) – ‘Material’ and ‘spiritual’ Spiritual ‘sva-dharma’ – Attained after liberation Material ‘sva-dharma’ (Varnashrama-dharma)o Definition – Duties which are performed in accordance with the religious principles, according to particular body, to gradually achieve liberationo Must for humanity▪ Human civilization begins at this point▪ As long as one is not liberated, these duties are very important to performo Ordained by the Lord (Clarified further in Bg. Chapter 4)▪ They are unavoidable (Man’s stepping stone for spiritual understanding)o Benefit – It elevates to higher stages of life.

Lead karma free life: How? Krishna conscious lifeFight for the sake of duty – Krishna concludes this section by saying that Arjuna should not make decisions based on material happiness or distress, rather fight for the sake of his duty and thus be purified Which is sinful: “Fighting or not fighting” Arjuna reasoned earlier that fighting the battle would cause him to suffer prolonged sinfulreactions, but here Krishna explains that no sin will be incurred by one who executes his duty in the proper consciousness.

Lead karma free life: How? Krishna conscious lifeSpiritual consciousness:1)Working for the pleasure of Krishna2)Beyond victory, defeat, happiness, distress, loss or gain. 3)Advantage: free from bondage. 4)Devarshi, Butapta….5)Material consciousness: work for own self impelled by passion, goodness. Outcome: Bound by the reaction: Mana eva..(Amrita Bindu..)