Message #42953

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Bhagavad Gita

What does Krishna told Arjuna about killing? Krishna tells Arjuna to arise with a brave heart and push forward to destroy the enemy. When Arjuna questions how he can support such sin, Krishna says there is no such thing as the killer and the killed, that the body is merely flesh -- and that at the time of death he attains another body.


Lord Krishna convinced Arjuna to fight in the battle against his relatives by reciting Bhagavad Gita, a 700 verse in Sanskrit1. He invoked the concept of dharma, sacred duty, which sustains the cosmic order23. As a member of the warrior class, Arjuna had the primary sacred duty of fighting righteous battles2. Krishna told Arjuna to arise with a brave heart and push forward to destroy the enemy1. Arjuna's banner bore the emblem of Lord Hanumana4.