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Chapter 2. Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 32 yadrcchaya copapannam
SYNONYMS  yadrcchaya--by
its own accord; ca--also; upapannam--arrived at; svarga--heavenly
planet; dvaram--door; apavrtam--wide open; sukhinah--very
happy; ksatriyah--the members of the royal order; partha--O
son of Prtha; labhante--do achieve; yuddham--war; idrsam--like
this.
TRANSLATION O Partha,
happy are the ksatriyas to whom such fighting opportunities come unsought,
opening for them the doors of the heavenly planets.
PURPORT As supreme teacher
of the world, Lord Krsna condemns the attitude of Arjuna who said, "I do
not find any good in this fighting. It will cause perpetual habitation
in hell." Such statements by Arjuna were due to ignorance only. He wanted
to become nonviolent in the discharge of his specific duty. For a ksatriya
to be in the battlefield and to become nonviolent is the philosophy of
fools. In the Parasara-smrti or religious codes made by Parasara,
the great sage and father of Vyasadeva, it is stated:
ksatriyo hi praja raksan sastra-panih pradandayan
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