30. dhehee nithyam avaDhyo ayam dhehe sarvasya bhaaratha
thasmath sarvaaNi bhoothaani nathvam Sochithum arhathi
This self, dhehee, cannot be killed, avaDhyah, because it is eternal, nithyaH. This is the case of all beings in all bodies, dhehe sarvasya and hence you should not grieve over any being.
31.svaDharmaam api cha avEkshya na vikampithum arhasi
Dharmyaath hi yudDhaath SreyaH kshathriyasya na vidhyathe
Even considering your own duty you should not swerve from it. For kshathriya there is nothing more preferred than a righteous war.
kshathaath thraayathi ithi kshathriyah A ksathriya is the one who protects from harm. That is, it is the dharma of a kshathriya to fight for the right cause,. A war which was not started for selfish reasons and out of greediness and is unavoidable and fought as a duty is a blessing for a kshathryia . The Pandavas were fighting only for what was rightfully theirs.
svadharma- the duty which comes to one in accordance with his propensities under the circumstance. This term will be explained fully later in the Gita.
Avekshya-perceiving. Making sure what is his svadharma.
Vikampithum- wavering.
SreyaH ? that which is of perennial god as against that which is desired as being good., preyaH
32.yadhrcChayaa cha upapannam svargadhvaaram apaavrtham
sukhinaH kshathriyaaH labhanthe yudDham eedhrSam
A war that comes to a fortunate kshathriya like this of its own accord, opens the gates of heaven.
What
She said,
Ethath Dhananjayo vaachyo nithogdhyuktho vrkodharaH
yadharTham kshathriyaa soothe thasya kalo ayam aagathah( MB-Udyogaparva)
This should be said to Arjuna and Bheema, who is always waiting to fight, that the moment for which a kshathriya mother gives birth to sons, have come now.
Hence Krishan says that only blessed kshathriyas get this opportunity to fight a righteous battle which opens the gates of heaven for them, svargadhvaaram apaavrtham, living or dead.
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