On the field of Kurukshetra, two great armies stood ready for war. The mighty archer Arjuna asked his charioteer — Krishna Himself — to draw the chariot between the two forces.
But seeing his own kinsmen, teachers and friends arrayed against him, Arjuna’s heart sank. His bow slipped from his hand. “I cannot fight,” he said. “What victory is worth the death of those I love?”
The eternal teaching
Then Krishna spoke the Bhagavad Gita — the Song of God. He taught Arjuna of the immortal soul that is never born and never dies; of dharma, one’s sacred duty; and of karma yoga, acting without attachment to the fruits of action.
“You have a right to action alone, never to its fruits. Let not the fruit of action be your motive.” — Bhagavad Gita 2.47
Finally, Krishna revealed His universal form, and Arjuna understood. He took up his bow not in anger, but in surrender to the Divine will. The Gita remains, to this day, a guiding light for every soul facing the battlefield of life.