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In the 30th verse of chapter 2 of Bhagavad Gita for happiness, Lord Krishna tells Arjuna that killing the soul is not possible. Hence, there is no need to grieve any creature. Describing the soul in various ways, Lord Krishna establishes that the soul is immortal and the body is temporary. Hence, it is Arjuna's duty to fight the battle and not worry about killing his grandfather and his Guru Dronacharya!

The 29th verse of chapter 2 of Bhagavad Gita for happiness begins with Lord Krishna telling Arjuna that some people are shocked or surprised looking at the soul, some describe it as amazing while others fail to understand the soul. Lalwani says that in his earlier verses, he has mentioned that understanding the soul is not easy, and he further explains the same.

In the 31st verse of chapter 2 of Bhagavad Gita for happiness, Lord Krishna tells Arjuna that as a Kshatriya, it is critical that Arjuna think about his primary duty. There is nothing more important to him than fight. According to Krishna, those fight battles for the cause of discipline or dharma — there is no violence in this act. Rather such battles are for a noble cause, and such warriors go to heaven.

The 32nd verse of chapter 2 of Bhagavad Gita for happiness begins with Krishna explaining Arjuna that as a Kshatriya you should be happy that you are getting an opportunity to fight a battle like this. It is these opportunities that open the doors of heaven for them. Krishna criticizes Arjuna for thinking that there is no benefit of this war and he would go to hell for this.

In the 33rd verse of chapter 2 of Bhagavad Gita for happiness, Lord Krishna tells Arjuna that if you don't honour the duties of a Kshatriya, then you will lose your reputation because you have not abided to the required norms. Arjuna had a reputation of gaining fame having defeated Shiva and many other demigods. So he should not back out from this battle now.

In the 25th verse of chapter 2 of Bhagavad Gita for happiness, Lord Krishna says that the soul is invisible, immeasurable and unchangeable — knowing this Arjuna should not grieve for the body. The magnitude of the soul is so small for material calculation that it cannot be seen through a microscope. There are many things that we accept on the ground of superior authority, and Lalwani elaborates on the same.

The 24th verse of chapter 2 of Bhagavad Gita for happiness continues with the discussion of the soul. According to Lalwani, the individual soul cannot be broken or dissolved or burnt or dried. The ever-lasting, unchangeable soul is eternal. The souls continue to live within the earth and outside too. At the end of it, the body dies, and the soul continues to live.

In the 23rd verse of chapter 2 of Bhagavad Gita for happiness, Lord Krishna says that the soul can never be cut into pieces by any weapon, it cannot be burned by fire or moistened by water or dried by the wind. It appears that there were many kinds of weapons made. Arjuna has still not merged with Krishna and has an individual identity.

The 22nd verse of chapter 2 of Bhagavad Gita for happiness begins by Lord Krishna saying that as we change clothes, the soul also changes bodies. Even though many of the modern scientists do not believe the existence of the soul, there are facts about the body that they cannot explain. Lalwani further elaborates that sometimes the soul goes to a human, sometimes animal — and at times, salvation!

In the 21st verse of chapter 2 of Bhagavad Gita for happiness, Lord Krishna tells Arjuna that any human being who is aware that the soul is not destructible and eternal cannot kill anyone or ask anyone to kill. When Krishna is asking Arjuna to continue with the battle, it is for supreme justice — it is not about violence at all. It is within the discipline of fo justice.