Sanskrit Verse
Ya enam vetti hantaram yash chainam manyate hatam ubhau tau na vijanito nayam hanti na hanyate
Translation & Meaning
Krishna says that one who thinks the soul is a slayer and one who thinks it is slain — neither of them knows. The soul neither slays nor is slain. The confusion about killing and being killed on the battlefield rests entirely on the mistaken identification of the self with the body.
Key Teachings
- •The soul is beyond the duality of killing and being killed
- •Mistaking the body for the self is the root of war-related grief
- •True knowledge of the self dissolves all violent misconceptions
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