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Life surprises individuals with many ups and downs. Sometimes people become so hopeless that everything seems working against them. Everyone have to face the dilemma in choosing a right thing or a right action. In such perplexing situations many great personalities seek solutions from ancient Indian scriptures like Ved?s, Upani?ads, ?r?mad-bh?gavatam, R?m?yana, Mah?bh?rata etc. A classic of timeless wisdom and the summum bonum of the spiritual truth Bhagavad-g?t? stands out in this regard. Its influence on the intelligencia of the world throughout the history marks its significance. Arjuna the first receptor of the knowledge of the Bhagavad-g?t? was also in a puzzling dilemma at the threshold of the Kuruk?etra war. Though a k?atriya, the reasons Arjuna gives for not fighting in the war shows his consideration of different ethical and moral viewpoints, wisdom, farsightedness and compassion. The present article analyses the reasons Arjuna gives to K???a for not fighting the Kuruk?etra war and his subsequent surrender to K???a as a disciple in knowing the ultimate beneficial action.