Q: In Bhagavad Gita when Arjuna wishes to flee the battle and renounce the world Krishna urges him to fulfill his duty by staying put and fighting. How is this advice understood with the principle of non-violence, a concept also central to the Gita?

असटपदी सिमर‍उ सिमिरि सिमिरि सुखु पाव‍उ ॥ कलि कलेस तन माहि मिटाव‍उ ॥ सिमर‍उ जासु बिसुंभर एकै ॥ नामु जपत अगनत अनेकै ॥ बेद पुरान सिंम्रिति सुध्याखर ॥ किनका एक जिसु जीअ बसावै ॥ ता की महिमा गनी न आवै ॥ कांखी एकै दरस तुहारो ॥ नानक उन संगि मोहि

सलोकु १ ओ़़ं सतिगुर प्रसादि ॥ आदि गुरए नमह ॥ जुगादि गुरए नमह ॥ सति गुरए नमह ॥ स्री गुर देवए नमह ॥ ॥ १ ॥

Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinaha Sarve Santu Niramayah Sarve Bhadrani Pashyantu Mas Kaschid Dhuka Bhag Bhavet Sanskrit to English Translation Sarve-all; bhavantu-may be; sukhinah-happy; niramayah-free from disease;