Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 47

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-2 Sankhya Yogaḥ

Sri Krishna then explains to the aspirant for liberation how to behave in war. sukha-duḥkhe same kṛtvā lābhālābhau jayājayau | tato yuddhāya yujyasva nainaṁ pāpam avāpsyasi || 38 || 38. Considering pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat to be the same, prepare yourself for the battle. Thus, you shall not incur any blame. Commentary “Thus, knowing the Self to be eternally different from the body and unaffected by all its physical qualities, you should remain indifferent to pleasure and pain resulting from the inevitable blows of weapons etc., also be indifferent to gain and loss of wealth, victory and defeat, and remaining free from attachment to heaven and other such results, begin the battle considering it merely as your incumbent duty — thus, you will not incur blame.” In this context 'pāpa' [blame] means the results of injury to others — continuation of transmigratory existence which is misery. The purport is that one will be liberated from the bondage of reincarnation [through the unattached performance of one’s dharma].”