Sanskrit Verse
Vedavinasinam nityam ya enam ajam avyayam katham sa purushah partha kam ghatayati hanti kam
Translation & Meaning
Krishna asks: how can one who knows the soul to be indestructible, unborn, eternal, and immutable kill anyone or cause anyone to kill? The question is rhetorical — true knowledge of the self makes the concept of killing spiritually meaningless. Only ignorance creates guilt around fulfilling one's righteous duty.
Key Teachings
- •Knowledge of the self removes the burden of guilt
- •The enlightened act without being bound by notions of killing
- •Duty performed with wisdom is free from karmic entanglement
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