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hological warning that in case he would not listen to Him and would refuse to join the fight, he would be compelled to do the same by his own nature and also by the force of his “Karmas”.
Verses 61 and 62 are very important as they come very near to Jain philosophical thinking as shown in the note attached to them.
By verse 63 the Lord leaves the final decision (on the question whether to fight or not) to the judgment to Arjuna himself. The lord finally concludes his sermon by again reassuring Arjuna the supreme mystery of life and the necessity to dedicate his thought to worship, sacrifice and homage to Him and seek refuge in Him alone. Thus he would be delivred from sin.
The Lord ends by expressing His conviction that he who studies this dialogue between Him and Arjuna shall worship Him by Jnana Yoga, and then asks Arjuna whether his delusion, which was born of ignorance,
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