37. hato va irapyasi svargam
jitva va bhoksyase 'mahim
tasmd uttistha kaunteya
yuddhdya krtaniscayah
(37) Either slain thou shalt go to heaven; or victorious thou shalt enjoy the earth; therefore arise, 0 Son of Kunti (Arjuna), resolved on battle.Whether we look at the metaphysical truth or the social duty our path is clear. It is possible to rise higher through the performance of one's duty in the right spirit, and in the next verse Krsna proceeds to indicate the spirit.
38. sukhaduhkhe same krtva
labhalabhau jayajayau
tato yuddhaya yujyasva
nai 'vain pa pain avaasyasi
(38) Treating alike pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat, then get ready for battle. Thus thou shall not incur sin.
Yet in the previous verses, Krsna lays stress on sensibility to shame, the gain of heaven and earthly sovereignty. After urging worldly considerations, he declares that the fight has to be under-taken in a spirit of equal-mindedness. Without yielding to the restless desire for change, without being at the mercy of emotional tps and downs, let us do the work assigned to us in the situation in which we are placed. When we acquire faith in the Eternal and experience Its reality, the sorrows of the world do not disturb us [1]He who discovers his true end of life and yields to it utterly is great of soul Though everything else is taken away from him, though he has to walk the streets, cold, hungry and alone, though he may know no human being into whose eyes he can look and find understanding, he shall yet be able to go his way with a smile on his lips for he has gained inward freedom.
