The Yoga of Knowledge

Arjuna is paralyzed by grief over fighting his family. Krishna responds with a profound analogy: just as the soul moves from childhood to youth to old age without dying, it moves to a new body at death. The key term 'dhīraḥ' (the wise/steady) captures those who aren't disturbed by these transitions. This isn't abstract philosophy—Krishna points to Arjuna's own experience. You've already 'died' to childhood and youth, yet you remain. Death is simply another transition, not annihilation but transformation.