Acharya Prashant addresses a question regarding the perceived contradiction in the Bhagavad Gita about the soul and the increasing human population. He clarifies that it is a great tragedy that the Gita has been widely misunderstood. He states that the Gita never says that the Atma (the Soul) leaves one body to enter another. The verse often quoted to support this idea uses the word 'Dehi' (the embodied one), which refers to the Jivatma (the individual self or ego), not the Atma. The Jivatma is an illusion, while the Atma is the immortal truth of Vedanta. The popular concept of the transmigration of the soul is not what the Gita teaches; it is the Jivatma that undergoes birth and death, not the Atma. Regarding the increase in population, Acharya Prashant explains it as a play of Prakriti (Nature). He uses the analogy of insects appearing in large numbers after rain and then disappearing; similarly, the rise and fall of species, including humans, is a natural process and has nothing to do with the Atma. Citing the Ashtavakra Gita, he describes the Atma as a witness, all-pervading, complete, one, free, inactive, and unattached. Being inactive and unattached, the Atma cannot travel between bodies. The belief in a mobile Atma is a delusion. He further clarifies, referencing the Upanishads, that the Atma is Brahman itself, and a mind free from ignorance is the Atma. The popular imagery of a light or smoke leaving the body at death is also dismissed as false. When asked why killing a Jiva is a sin if it is an illusion, Acharya Prashant explains that the sin is for the one who kills, not the one who is killed. The act of killing makes the perpetrator violent, which distances them from joy and truth. For the one who is killed, it is an injustice because they are deprived of their lifespan, which is an opportunity to attain completeness. He compares it to a student being removed from an exam hall prematurely, thus losing the chance to complete the test and experience the satisfaction of doing so. Therefore, one should live a full life, and it is wrong to deprive anyone of that opportunity. This principle extends to animals. Killing animals is wrong for the killer because, at a fundamental level, animal consciousness is not different from human consciousness; they both experience pain, fear, attachment, and insecurity. To disrespect an animal's consciousness is to disrespect one's own, as they are one. This act of disrespect hinders one's own journey toward the ultimate goal of consciousness. Therefore, for one's own spiritual well-being, one must be compassionate towards all beings.