K SIVA PRASAD Retired senior IAS officer in the Punjab Government. In the second chapter of the Bhagavad Gita (2.31–2.37), Krishna introduces a crucial concept to Arjuna—swa-dharma, one’s own inherent nature. At a moment when Arjuna is paralysed by despair and moral confusion on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Krishna does not begin by prescribing action.
