Lord Krishna explains His glories to Arjuna. Arjuna then tells the Lord that he no longer has moha. What was Arjuna’s moha?
He was confused about what constituted dharma and what did not. He felt that he would be doing wrong if he took up arms against his teacher and the elders of his family. The Lord explains to him that He is the One who has all beings for His body. Thus He shows Arjuna that he cannot destroy the atma. All he is going to do is to strike at the body of those in the opposite camp. Krishna points out to Arjuna the rakshya rakshaka bhava between Him and the world, said Valayapet Ramachariar in a discourse. That was something that could never be destroyed.
Alavandar, in his Gitartha Sangraha, talks of the confusion that human beings have. He says he feels like one walking through a forest on a day when the sun is not visible due to an overcast sky. Because of the darkness and the rain, he cannot find the beaten track in the forest that will take him to safety. How is one to find his way on such a day, which Alavandar calls a durdina — an inauspicious day?
The analogy here is that our acts of merit and demerit are like the rains. The proper path is the one our wise elders followed. The inauspicious day (durdina) is akin to our ignorance, because of which we cannot distinguish between dharma and adharma. The only way a person can find his path out of such confusion is through the grace of Lord Achyuta, says Alavandar.
So the only solution to Arjuna’s dilemma is to seek the help of the Lord, which Arjuna does. The result is the Bhagavad Gita, which is not just advice for Arjuna, but for all of us who are confused about our duties, our place in the world, and who do not know the difference between the body and the atma.