Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand 136

Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand Ji

CHAPTER 2 Curiosity About Action Krishn lays down that even if the inherent ability, by which a man participates in this dharm, is of the unmeritorious and ignorant Shudr level, it is beneficial in the highest sense, because it is the starting point from where he can set out on the path of Self-cultivation. However, the worshipper is destroyed if he imitates the manner of higher classes. Arjun is a worshipper of the Kshatriy class. That is why Krishna enjoins him to remember his ability to wage war, because through it he will know that irresolution and grief are unworthy of him. There is no better task than this for a Kshatriy. Clarifying the point further, the Yogeshwar says: यदृच्छया चोपपन्नं स्वर्गद्वारमपावृतम्। सुखिन: क्षत्रिया: पार्थ लभन्ते युद्धमीदृशम्॥32॥ [ “Blessed indeed, O Parth, are the Kshatriy who, without seeking, come upon such a war which is like an open door to heaven.” ]