A questioner asks Acharya Prashant about a perceived contradiction in the teachings of the Gita. While Shri Krishna exhorts Arjun to perform Karma and establish Dharma, many TV narrators present the Gita as something to be read only at the time of death, citing the story of King Parikshit. The questioner seeks clarity on whether the Gita is for action in life or for solace at the time of death. Acharya Prashant clarifies that the idea of the Gita being useful at the time of death is not wrong, but it is an incomplete understanding. The flaw in this popular narration is the implication that death only comes at an old age. The truth that is often missed, he explains, is that we are dying every single moment. This constant, moment-to-moment death is the fundamental suffering of a living being. He points to the example of Arjun himself, who was not facing physical death when he received the Gita's wisdom; he was dying mentally. Similarly, we are all continuously dying mentally, and just as the Gita was useful to Arjun, it is useful to us in our present, living moments. One should not wait for old age or the final hour to turn to the Gita. It is not like holy water to be consumed at the end for salvation. If the Gita has not been useful throughout one's life, it cannot be useful at the moment of physical death. Acharya Prashant further explains that Vedantic scriptures like the Gita are unique. Their meaning is not fixed but evolves with the reader's level of consciousness. At any given level of understanding, the Gita will always present a higher meaning, pulling the reader towards greater clarity. Therefore, it is a book to be read repeatedly throughout life. The knowledge of the Gita is subjective, related to the self (the understander), not objective, related to the world. One can never claim to have fully understood or surpassed the Gita. As long as the reader exists, the Gita will always have more to offer, remaining "one foot above" their current level of consciousness.