Acharya Prashant explains the relationship between three words: 'Kartavya' (duty), 'Dharma' (righteousness/religion), and 'Adhyatma' (spirituality). He states that for an awakened mind, in an ideal situation, these three words would have the exact same meaning and direction. For a conscious mind, duty, Dharma, and spirituality are one and the same. However, when a person is not awakened, they interpret these words with different meanings. 'Duty' is understood as the set of tasks to be performed for the world, family, and society, which are learned from these very institutions. 'Dharma' is interpreted as actions performed to please a higher power or deities to obtain desired results, such as rituals related to festivals, birth, or death. For the common person, both their sense of duty and their practice of Dharma are false because spirituality is absent from their life. Spirituality, the speaker clarifies, is the path of cleansing one's consciousness. This is why Shri Krishna tells Arjun to abandon all perceived 'dharmas' and take refuge in Him alone. This implies that all of Arjun's preconceived notions of duty and dharma are false. Taking refuge in Krishna means surrendering to one's own pure consciousness. Krishna is not an external entity that enters a person; rather, when the filth of conditioning is removed from consciousness, it becomes 'Krishna-maya' (filled with Krishna). This filth often disguises itself as socially-conditioned duty and religion. The speaker emphasizes that the true meaning of Dharma and spirituality is 'bodh' (understanding), which is attained through 'jigyasa' (inquiry). He asserts that spirituality is essentially self-inquiry—the process of understanding one's own life, fears, hopes, and conscience. He criticizes blind faith and imitation, stating that the lack of inquiry is the biggest problem. The entire Gita is a session of questions and answers, highlighting the importance of questioning everything until the questioner himself is understood.