Bhagavad Gita -Srila Prabhupada 64

Shrimad Bhagavad Gita As It Is -Shri Shrimad A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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Contents of the Gita Summarized
Chapter 2: Verse-22

Mundaka Upanisad [1] and Svetasvatara Upanisad[2] confirm this:
  
samäne vrkse puruso nimagno
’nisaya socati muhyamänah
justam yadä pasyaty anyam isam
asya mahimänam iti véta-sokah

“Although the two birds are in the same tree, the eating bird is fully engrossed with anxiety and moroseness as the enjoyer of the fruits of the tree. But if in some way or other he turns his face to his friend who is the Lord and knows His glories—at once the suffering bird becomes free from all anxieties.” Arjuna has now turned his face towards his eternal friend, Krsna, and is understanding the Bhagavad-gitafrom Him. And thus, hearing from Krsna, he can understand the supreme glories of the Lord and be free from lamentation.

Arjuna is advised herewith by the Lord not to lament for the bodily change of his old grandfather and his teacher. He should rather be happy to kill their bodies in the righteous fight so that they may be cleansed at once of all reactions from various bodily activities. One who lays down his life on the sacrificial altar, or in the proper battlefield, is at once cleansed of bodily reactions and promoted to a higher status of life. So there was no cause for Arjuna’s lamentation.




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References

  1. 3.1.2
  2. 4.7

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