Acharya Prashant explains that the conflict faced by Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita represents the universal struggle of all mankind, emphasizing that Shri Krishna and Arjuna are internal realities rather than external figures. He interprets Chapter 5, Verse 18, which describes the equanimity of the learned toward diverse beings such as a Brahmin, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and an eater of dog's meat. He clarifies that this equanimity is not the numbness of inanimate objects or the lowest level of consciousness, which fails to perceive differences due to a lack of awareness. Instead, it is a higher state of consciousness that transcends the intermediate level where the ego thrives on identifying differences and appearances.