Kṛṣṇa points out that Arjuna is actually fortunate. This fighting opportunity has come to him ‘yadṛcchayā’, or of its own accord. Arjuna didn’t go looking for this war; it was forced upon him by the unrighteousness of the Kauravas. Such a war is like a wide-open door to the heavenly planets. In Vedic culture, a warrior who dies in a righteous battle is said to go straight to ‘vīra-svarga’, or the hero’s heaven. It is considered a ‘win-win’ situation. If he wins, he rules the earth; if he dies, he attains celestial glory. Kṛṣṇa says that only happy and fortunate warriors get such a chance. He is trying to change Arjuna’s perspective from one of victimhood to one of privilege. Instead of seeing the war as a tragedy, Arjuna is encouraged to see it as a rare opportunity to prove his valor and secure a glorious future, either in this world or the next.