Acharya Prashant explains that the core message is one, but it must be expressed in infinite ways because our stubbornness, which is falsehood, also hides behind infinite names, reasons, and excuses. The entire game is a one-on-one contest: one truth versus one falsehood. However, falsehood is an imposter that takes on thousands and lakhs of forms. To counter every form of falsehood, truth must appear as a specific antidote to that particular form. Therefore, the number of forms falsehood takes dictates the number of forms truth must also take. All the verses of the Upanishads should be viewed from this perspective; they all convey the same single message, as there are not two things to say. In fact, there is not even one thing to say, and the essence of all talks is one. The one thing is said in so many ways, with so many examples and illustrations, because falsehood, to save itself, takes on numerous forms and uses various fallacies. To counter every fallacy, truth has to present a counter-argument. Truth is not contained within any argument, but arguments emerge from truth to cut through falsehood. A verse does not contain truth, but verses emerge from truth. When a previous verse strikes a blow to falsehood, falsehood goes and hides somewhere else, starts talking about something else, in a different language, with a hundred excuses. All actions are caused by Prakriti (nature). Do not even think that we do any action. The old tendency of Prakriti is inherent in all actions. The difference between humans and animals is consciousness. An animal does not have the consciousness to ask, 'What will I get from this?' When a natural urge like anger, jealousy, fear, lust, or hunger arises in an animal, it just follows it without self-reflection. A human, however, has the consciousness to see themselves and introspect. When greed arises in a human, they have the consciousness to know they are being greedy. This consciousness then asks, 'What will I get from this greed?' and convinces itself that some benefit will come, giving the green light to act on it. The rishi's teaching is that when greed arises, tell yourself that you will not get anything from it. You have to perform actions, but do not do them for yourself. The hope that you will gain something by doing something is what keeps you in the bondage of karma. The only way to break the chains is to stop doing things for yourself. Our chains are strengthened when we want to do good for ourselves. The chains are cut indirectly when we dedicate ourselves to a much higher goal than our personal well-being. When you do this, the rotten things in your life will wither away on their own, without you having to cut them. Shri Krishna tells Arjuna to leave aside all thoughts of 'my brother,' 'my grandfather,' 'my throne,' 'my kingdom,' 'my feelings,' and 'my blood relations.' He tells him to fight for Truth, for Dharma. The one who is a well-wisher of themselves should stop worrying about their own well-being. The thought of your own good is the misfortune of your life.
