Acharya Prashant explains that the verses from the Bhagavad Gita represent a beautiful exposition of Advaita Vedanta in practice, on an earthly battlefield. He states that Vedanta looks at reality at three levels. The highest level is the most difficult for the mind to comprehend and for the ego to surrender to, as surrendering to it involves the complete obliteration of the one who is surrendering. The highest level of reality is not an ordinary thing, nor does it demand an ordinary surrender. The order of approachability of these three levels is inversely proportional to the truth contained in them. The bottom-most level is where comfort lies for the ego, but it is also where the truth is present only as a mere shadow or a faint whisper. The speaker elaborates on these three levels of reality. The highest level is the Paramarthik, the absolute level, the transcendental level beyond all levels. The middle level is the Vyavaharik, the level of relative facts. The bottom-most level is the Pratibhasik, the level of concepts, stories, imaginations, beliefs, and assumptions. He explains that Shri Krishna, as a true guide, first attempts to bring the highest level to Arjun. In verses 29, 30, and prior ones, he talks of the true Self, the Atma, which is the highest level of truth. The dictum of this level is that the pure Self is the only truth. The best solution for sorrow is to see that the sorrowful one is false; if you are false, your sorrows cannot carry any truth. The best way to gain freedom from sorrow is to see the sorrowing one as fictitious. However, Arjun is not willing to accept this highest truth. Therefore, Shri Krishna, out of compassion, descends to the lower levels of discourse. After his attempts at the highest (Paramarthik) and middle (Vyavaharik) levels fail to move Arjun, Shri Krishna finally descends to the bottom-most (Pratibhasik) level. He tells Arjun, "You are a Kshatriya, and a Kshatriya must fight." This appeals to Arjun's identity, a concept he can grasp. The speaker notes the irony that this verse is often used to prove that Shri Krishna was casteist, but people fail to see the context. The Bhagavad Gita is an antidote to casteism because it demolishes all identities. Shri Krishna is simply stooping to the student's level to lift him up. The speaker concludes by highlighting the compassion of the teacher. When the teacher speaks from the lowest level, it is because the student has forced him to. The student, however, might only remember the teacher operating at that low level and accuse him of being a fallen wreck. The teacher had to come down to that level because the student was lying there, inebriated, and there was no other way to pick him up. The teacher tried to offer the highest truth, but the student was not ready to receive it.