Acharya Prashant begins by stating that the verse from the Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 2, Verse 13) is one of the most important and also one of the most misunderstood. He recites the verse: "Just as the embodied one passes through childhood, youth, and old age in this body, similarly, it attains another body. The wise are not deluded by this." He explains that 'Dehi' refers to the embodied one, and Shri Krishna is telling Arjun that to dispel his grief and delusion, he must understand this principle. The common misinterpretation of this verse is that it supports the idea of a soul (Jivatma) that transmigrates from one body to another. Acharya Prashant refutes this, clarifying that Shri Krishna is not talking about a person or an individual soul but a principle. He likens the 'Dehi' to a principle like gravity; just as gravity is not a being that pulls an apple, the 'Dehi' is not a person undergoing experiences. The cycle of birth, youth, old age, and death is a continuous, impersonal process governed by the laws of Prakriti (nature/matter). The delusion arises when we infer a 'doer' behind the 'deed,' creating the fiction of the ego. The ego is born from the deed, not the other way around; it's a fallacious inference. This belief in a separate, conscious self (ego or Jivatma) distinct from Prakriti is the root of suffering. The ego, to prove its special existence, invents the concept of a soul that it exclusively possesses. However, Shri Krishna's teaching aims to demolish this notion of a separate self. In Prakriti, there is only a continuous stream of movement and change of form, not the birth and death of individual entities. The wise are not deluded because they see this impersonal flow. The ego, being a fiction, is inherently insecure and constantly defends its non-existent self, which is why it gets hurt. If the ego is fiction, then birth and death are merely stories. In reality, there is no one to be born or to die. Acharya Prashant further elaborates that everything is a manifestation of Prakriti, which operates on principles and laws. There is no individual entity, only processes. The ego, to maintain its sense of self, creates artificial boundaries and divisions. Shri Krishna's teaching, by equating the seer and the seen, obliterates the ego. The distinction between mind and matter, or conscious and unconscious, is a construct of the ego for its own survival. Ultimately, there is only one continuous stream, which can be called Prakriti. There is no birth or death, only a constant, beginningless, and endless flow. Understanding this continuity is the key to being free from the delusion and suffering that Arjun experiences.