Passage 21

In plain words

“Arjuna! Have you seen? Have you understood that I alone am the cause of the creation, sustenance and dissolution of all karmas and of all beings? From this, know that it is not you who protect or slay the people gathered on this battlefield. You are only an instrument. You never have the authority to kill, nor have they ever the authority to die. All is in Me alone, in My saṅkalpa alone. Know that to lighten the burden of the earth, to nourish the burden of the earth and to bear the burden of the earth is My work.” Saying so, Kṛṣṇa stroked his back and, full of tender affection, consoled the trembling Arjuna.