Chapter 2 · The Yoga of Analysis

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 2.31

स्वधर्ममपि चावेक्ष्य न विकम्पितुमर्हसि धर्म्याद्धि युद्धाच्छ्रेयोऽन्यत्क्षत्रियस्य न विद्यते

swa-dharmam api chāvekṣhya na vikampitum arhasi dharmyāddhi yuddhāch chhreyo ’nyat kṣhatriyasya na vidyate

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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (15 words)

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Krishna pivots to a second argument: considering your own duty, you should not waver, since for a warrior nothing is better than a righteous war. The soul's eternality was argument one; a warrior's specific station in life is argument two.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Krishna doesn't rely on one argument alone — the soul's eternality and Arjuna's specific duty are two separate, independent cases.