Acharya Prashant explains that Dharma is the process of ascension, where an individual rises from their animalistic tendencies toward their true nature of pure consciousness. He clarifies that the common understanding of life beginning at birth is flawed because one does not start from the right center; therefore, the journey of Dharma is about unbecoming what one has erroneously become. Using the context of the Mahabharata, he asserts that the war was not fought for the personal rights of the Pandavas or to seek retribution for past injustices. Instead, the war was necessary because power in the hands of Duryodhan would have promoted policies stimulating the animal center of millions of people, leading to all-pervasive Adharma across the subcontinent.