Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 41

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-2 Sankhya Yogaḥ

sva-dharmam api cāvekṣya na vikampitum arhasi | dharmyāddhi yuddhāc-chreyo ‘nyat kṣatriyasya na vidyate || 31 || 31. Furthermore, considering also your own duty, it does not befit you to falter, because to a Kshatriya, there is no greater merit than a righteous war. Commentary To a Kshatriya, there is no greater good than engaging in a righteous war motivated by a just cause. It will be declared later on in the Gita: — 'Valour, non-defeat (by the enemies), fortitude, adroitness and also not fleeing from battle, Generosity, Lordliness; — these are the duties of the Kshatriya born of his very nature.' . In the Agnisomiya sacrifice no real harm is caused to the animal victim; for according to the Vedic Texts, the victim — a goat, after abandoning an inferior body, will attain a higher rebirth, with a beautiful body. The Text pertaining to immolation declares: — 'O animal, by this (immolation) you never die, you are not destroyed. You will pass through happy paths to the realm of the gods, where the virtuous, not the sinful reach. May the god Savitar give you a suitable place.' . Likewise the attainment of more beautiful bodies by those who die here in this war [which is like a sacrifice] has been declared in the Gita (. Hence, just as a surgeon makes an incision and performs other surgical procedures for the purpose of curing a patient, the immolation of the sacrificial animal in the Agnisomiya and other sacrifices contributes to its welfare.