Krsna is saying that there are two things. The first thing is the body which is made of earth and other things. It takes birth and it becomes old and then dies. But really, the true self, it is beyond death and birth. When any soul forgets his original position, from where he came from, if he forgets this thing, then he becomes bound by maya or illusion…
Krsna saw that Arjuna was lamenting like so and He began to laugh. He said, “How ignorant are you? You are so ignorant that you have given up your bow and arrow and everything like a coward. I have never seen a coward like you, but yet you are thinking that, ‘I am so intelligent.’”…
Otherwise, in this world, there is no truth. God is truth, but we are not seeing and realizing this. Some are realizing this. This death is truth. Anyone cannot deny this truth. So you must think, “Who am I and who is the controlling power?” You should be united with Him, this controlling power. This is called yoga…
When it was sunset, she returned to Gautama Buddha and she told him, “I am satisfied. I don’t want my son back now because I am seeing that someone has died in every house. There is not a single house where anyone has not died. So why should I worry? My son has died and I will also die. You will also die. Everyone will die, so why should we repent and worry for this?”…
Krsna says, “If anyone is chanting My name and remembering Me, they will easily cross this endless ocean of birth and death.” Otherwise you will have to be in this chain of birth and death, sorrow and suffering. Anyone else cannot give you any help and you will have to be unhappy forever…