Kṛṣṇa advises Arjuna to transcend the Vedas. He explained that the Vedic scriptures deal mainly with the three modes of material nature—goodness, passion, and ignorance. They teach how to live successfully within these modes. But Kṛṣṇa wants Arjuna to go beyond them. He tells him to be free from all dualities, like honor and dishonor, and to be ‘niryoga-kṣema’, or free from the anxiety of acquiring what he lacks and protecting what he has. This constant worry about security and profit kills the spirit. By being established in pure existence (‘nitya-Sattva-sthaḥ’), Arjuna can become ‘ātmavān’, or truly self-possessed. Kṛṣṇa is asking him to stop being a player in the material game and to become an observer situated in the spiritual reality. This is the only way to find true freedom from the pressures of the world.