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Chapter 2
sukbaduhkhe same krtva labhalabhau jayajayau
into yuddhaya yujyasva naivam papamavapsyasi
Treating alike victory and defeat, gain and loss, pleasure and pain and engage yourself in battle. Fighting thus you will incur no sin. 38
Comment:-
[Aquila was thinking that by killing his kinsmen he would incur sin. So Lord Krsna clarifies that it is not the war but desire, which induces a man to incur sin. So by renouncing desire, he should be engaged in war.]
Sukhaduhkhe same krtva labhalubhau jayujayau tato yuddhuya yujyasva:-In a war a man either gains victory or suffers defeat. Victory results in gain, while defeat results in loss. Worldly people, view gain with pleasure and loss with pain. But your aim is not to think of victory and defeat, gain and loss, and pleasure and pain, but your goal is to discharge your duty by treating the agreeable and the disagreeable, alike. By doing so you will incur no sin viz., you will be free from bondage.
Everyone should discharge his duty earnestly and efficiently, whether he has a desire or not for its fruit. By refusing to be affected by favourable and unfavourable circumstances, the mind becomes steady. So treating the two equally, one should discharge one's duty. Moreover, one should not perform an action for the sake of pleasure, and refrain from another, for fear of its pain. Scriptures should be the authority in determining what ought to be done and what ought not to be done (Gita 16/24).
Naivam pupamavupsyasi:-Here, the word, sin, has been used both for sin and virtue. The former, leads to the bondage of hell and the latter to the constraints of heaven. Both of these deprive a man of salvation and binds him to follow the cycle of birth and death. So, Lord Krsna exhorts Arjuna, to discharge his duty of waging war, by being even-minded. This will help him to escape the bondage of both sin and virtue.
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