Krishna, an incarnation of the solar deity Vishnu (Goucher's In The Balance: Themes in Global History, 148), explains the role that Arjuna and warriors in this battle must play in the balance of life. This god represents a guide for those that have questions of purpose and a reference of the Hindu belief.
First Krishna establishes that you cannot kill a man by slaying him; his spirit is eternal. By calling the spirit eternal the Hindi God establishes a link between him and his creation. He is eternal and man is of him; therefore they are eternal and " the eternal in man cannot die (The Bhagavad Gita, 50)." With this, the role that Arjuna plays in the destruction of a mortal vessel has no bearing on the status of a man's spirit. Each man is responsible for the status of his own soul.
Krishna explains that the Hindu belief is based on balance. The celestial guide implies that every being is responsible for the balance of their soul. To achieve this balance knowledge must be obtained through the God. With this knowledge wisdom will be found and only with wisdom can faith be acquired. Then with faith a man can achieve peace supreme, in other words, balance. These steps are said to only be successful by turning to God in sacrifice. In sacrifice man loses the desire to please himself and in turn " by the grace of God finds the joy of God( The Bhagavad Gita, 53).".
If men do not seek the grace of God they tend to tip the scales of good and evil. The Hindu religion believe that evil exist in the character of men. When selfish objectives are sought evil clouds the perception of men's minds. It is believed that these desires lead to things such things as obsession and rage. This in turn draws men away from "The One. ( The Bhagavad Gita, 52)" Without God there is no wisdom, without wisdom there is no harmony, and without harmony there is no contemplation, without contemplation there can be no peace, and without peace there is no joy( The Bhagavad Gita, 64).
