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Here’s a bullet gist with key quotes from the Kurukshetra passage:
⚔️ Bullet Gist
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Setting: Arjuna, frozen by despair on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, refuses to fight against loved ones.
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Crisis: His anguish leads him to plead with Krishna to release him from duty.
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Teaching: Krishna introduces Karma Yoga—the path of selfless action: do your duty without clinging to outcomes.
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Modern resonance: Everyone faces their own Kurukshetra (marriage struggles, financial stress, daily overwhelm).
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Core message: You cannot escape life’s battles by inaction; peace comes from acting with integrity and detachment.
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Call to action: Show up to your battles not for reward, but for the honor of fulfilling your sacred duty.
🗣 Key Quotes
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“I cannot fight … Release me from this duty. Let me flee to the forests rather than spill the blood of my kinsmen.” — Arjuna
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“No man shall escape from act by shunning action… Do thine allotted task! Work is more excellent than idleness.” — Krishna
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“You cannot escape them through inaction. You cannot find peace by avoiding what life has placed before you.”
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“Act without attachment to the fruit of action. Fight your battles for the honor of showing up. This is your sacred duty.”
👉 This frames the Bhagavad Gita’s teaching of Karma Yoga as both timeless and immediately practical.
Do you want me to condense this into a short motivational post version (LinkedIn/Threads-style), or keep it as a longer reflective summary (article-ready)?
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