The message of the Bhagwad Gita is the message of courage, heroism, and atma shakti. With shakti or inner energy and power, we can overcome despair, doubt and pessimism, and progress on the spiritual path.

Arjuna, like so many of us, is bewildered by the choice he has to make. He is in the grip of uncertainty. He faces the classic dilemma ­ to act or not to act. It is only honest, conscientious people who agonize over such perplexing situations. As for selfish, unscrupulous men, they are guided and motivated only by their own desires and narrow interests.

The `battle' here is not a fight between armies, but a war within a soul. The chariot symbolises the body , in which the mind (Arjuna) is seated, along with Krishna, the Atman, Self. The horses represent the five senses that we need to rein in.

And Kurukshetra is the plane of action, the plane of friction, the world of strife and contradictions that we inhabit.

The implication is that life on earth is a battle, and all of us must fight the good fight, for the just cause.

The message of the Bhagwad Gita is the message of courage, heroism, and atma shakti. With shakti or inner energy and power, we can overcome despair, doubt and pessimism, and progress on the spiritual path.

Om Namah Shivay