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Chapter 1
Here, Arjuna is thinking about the disastrous consequences of war and so he is not willing to wage it. But he is not thinking that his feelings of attachment, selfishness and delusion for the family, are responsible for his behaviour which is totally wrong for a thoughtful, righteous and brave member, of the warrior-class.
[Arjuna in the thirty-eighth verse states that Duryodhana etc., with mind blinded hy greed do not perceive the evil of destruction of their own clan and the sin accruing from enmity towards friends. Here, he says that goaded by the greed for throne and enjoyment, they themselves are prepared to commit a great sin. It proves that Arjuna knows that greed is the cause of sins. But, in the thirty-sixth verse of the third chapter, he asks, "Impelled by what does a man commit sin, unwillingly? And why?" The answer is, that he has a feeling of attachment _ and affection for the family, so he wants to turn away from war. He thinks, that greed is the root cause of the sin of destruction of one's own clan. But, by hearing the gospel of the Gita, he wants to know the path or discipline by pursuing which, he may obtain the highest good—the supreme bliss (Gita 3/2). So, in the third chapter he asks, which is the force that impels a man to ahandon his duty vie., (in 3/36) Arjuna, asks the question as a striver, about his duty, not as a person, having attachment for his family.]
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