Demands of the body

Expressions researched:
"bodily demands" |"demands of the body" |"demand of the body" |"demands of body" |"demands of our body" |"demands of your body" |"demands of my body"

Bhagavad-gita As It Is

BG Preface and Introduction

Arjuna wanted to satisfy his bodily demands.

BG Introduction: There are many examples given of how we are to utilize those things which are set aside for us by the Lord. This is also explained in Bhagavad-gītā. In the beginning, Arjuna decided that he should not fight in the Battle of Kurukṣetra. This was his own decision. Arjuna told the Lord that it was not possible for him to enjoy the kingdom after killing his own kinsmen. This decision was based on the body because he was thinking that the body was himself and that his bodily relations or expansions were his brothers, nephews, brothers-in-law, grandfathers and so on. Therefore he wanted to satisfy his bodily demands. Bhagavad-gītā was spoken by the Lord just to change this view, and at the end Arjuna decides to fight under the directions of the Lord when he says, kariṣye vacanaṁ tava [Bg. 18.73]: "I shall act according to Your word."