Krishna explains to Arjuna, who is unwilling to lift arms against his family elders and his preceptors, that one who performs his work unaffected by pleasure and sorrow and faces both with equanimity, attains moksha or salvation. Arjuna need not worry about causing somebody's death, as weapons do not kill the atma that is stationed within the body. A sword doesn't pierce it, water doesn't wet it, the wind dooesn't dry it, and fire doesn't burn it. Atma is indestructible and it takes on another body after the death of the present body. Arjun remains confused. He wants to know whether it is right that Bhishma, and other elders who shaped his life and in whose arms he spent his childhood, have to be recklessly killed, considering each one of them an indestructible atma. Krishna reiterates that all the people in his present life existed before, and will continue to exist later too. The body is only an instrument for the atma. What is important, Krishna elaborates, ...
Sun TV Mahabharatham Translated Into English