It comes from the root word dhṛi, which means dhāraṇ karane yogya, or “responsibilities, duties, thoughts, and actions that are appropriate for us.” There are actually two kinds of dharmas-material dharma and spiritual dharma. To comprehend this instruction of Shree Krishna, we need to understand the term dharma. Here, one may question that if we give up all our material dharmas will we not incur sin? Shree Krishna tells Arjun not to fear he will absolve him from all sins, and liberate him from material existence. Arjun can renounce all material duties and simply surrender to God. Now, Shree Krishna reverses this teaching by saying that here is no need to fulfill even material dharma. He thus wanted Arjun not to give up his Kshatriya dharma, but to do devotion alongside with it. All along, Shree Krishna had been asking Arjun to do two things simultaneously-engage his mind in devotion, and engage his body in fulfilling his material duty as a warrior.
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