Express Bhagavad-gita Series

This poem describes some of the many warriors, their flags, the sound of their conchshells blowing at the start of the Battle of Kurukshetra and Krishna's words to Arjuna.

In these final verses of chapter 18, Krishna beautifully crowns the Bhagavad-gita and our devotional life with Him: “Always think of me and become My devotee. Worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus, you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend.” 

Krishna explains that He is the controller and all living entities are controlled by Him.  Then Krishna begins to explain about the 3 modes of material nature.   This is very important knowledge because when the eternal spirit soul comes here, they become conditioned by the material world and act under the influence of the three modes of material nature. 

This highlights the understanding of your essence as spirit soul, the living being, the atma, a Sanskrit word referring to the individual spiritual self which is distinct from the physical body and subtle body of mind, intelligence, and false ego.