Acharya Prashant explains that life is already a battleground where one must act with responsibility and wisdom. He notes that while Shri Krishna attempted to prevent war as a messenger, once on the battlefield, the right action is to fight rather than act as a peacenik. He emphasizes that individuals must be good to themselves and take responsibility for their own well-being before expecting help from others. He clarifies that deities mentioned in the Upanishads, such as Brihaspati, are not external entities or planets but represent internal potentials; Brihaspati symbolizes one's own faculty for learning and wisdom. He further explains that while the physical body is subject to external circumstances, coincidences, and time, the inner self remains under one's own lordship. External forces can chain the body, but they cannot chain the spirit without consent. He dismisses superstitious practices aimed at pleasing external gods for material gain, stating that gods are poetic representations of virtues like fearlessness and strength. These forms are created by sages to give a face to abstract concepts, much like an artist paints a subtle emotion. Addressing the concepts of 'Shaman' and 'Daman', Acharya Prashant describes 'Shaman' as the process of dousing the inner fires of fear, lust, and anger once they have arisen. He warns that feeding these inner tendencies only makes them stronger, similar to a fire that grows hungrier the more it is fed. He compares the inner animal to a blackmailer who is never satisfied by concessions. Therefore, one must not seek a negotiated settlement with these tendencies but must engage in an absolute battle to overcome them, as the inner fire destroys a person long before the physical body reaches the crematorium.