Verse 2.37

Verse 2.37: “Or slain, thou shalt attain Heaven; or conquering thou shalt enjoy the Earth. Therefore, arise, O Son of Kunti, taking the resolve to fight. (220)

Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:

Or were you to lose your life while fighting, you will without any effort secure everlasting life. Therefore, O Kiriti, do not think about this but get up and take up the bow and begin to fight immediately. See, by doing one’s own duty (moral religion) all sins are washed off. How (then) has the suspicion of any sin arisen in your mind? Say, would there be any drowning by taking resort to a boat or any obstruction by walking over a plain road? This could only happen in the case of an ignorant one who does not know how to walk. There will be death by taking nectar if it is mixed with poison; in the same way there will be failure if one’s own duty performed with the aim of securing reward therefor. And therefore, O Partha, there will be no sin if you do the fighting bravely, harbouring absolutely no motive (in such fighting).