Acharya Prashant explains that the central instruction of Shri Krishna to Arjun is about the non-existence of the self. He clarifies a common misinterpretation of the Bhagavad Gita, stating that it's not that death doesn't matter, but that death itself doesn't happen because the entity that is supposed to die, the self, is non-existent. He uses the analogy of a water droplet to illustrate the nature of *Prakriti* (material existence), which is defined by a continuous cycle of rise and fall, change of form, and arrival and departure. The human being, like the water droplet, is a part of this natural process and not separate from it. The speaker points out that the distinction between a human and a water droplet lies in the human's ego, the sense of 'I', which creates the fiction of a separate, personal existence. This ego attaches special significance to its own birth and death, which are merely universal phenomena of *Prakriti*. All suffering arises from taking this fictional self as real. The speaker references the story of the Buddha and the grieving mother to show that realizing the universality of death alleviates personal suffering. The ultimate relief, however, comes from realizing the non-existence of the ego itself. Applying this to Arjun's dilemma, the speaker explains that Arjun's suffering is rooted in his identification with his personal relationships. Shri Krishna's teaching aims to relieve him of this false identity. The war is not for Arjun's personal gain but to stop the widespread anguish caused by Duryodhana's ignorance. The core message is that once the non-existence of the ego is realized, one's actions are no longer for personal gain, and one is freed from the suffering that arises from the illusion of a separate self. The instruction is to realize that what is happening is a universal, general phenomenon of *Prakriti*, and nothing is happening to 'you' in particular.