In these new teachings of new wisdom, Krishna teaches Arjuna about the magic of nature and describes four virtuous men. It tells who these four men are below:
"Arjuna, four types of virtuous men
are devoted to me:
the tormented man, the seeker of wisdom,
the suppliant, and the sage."
As I was trying to figure out what this meant, I realized Krishna said the words "devoted to me." Could this mean Krishna has some high authority? I already kind of figured that perhaps Krishna was a King, but could he have some other kind of authority? And along with those questions, they made me wonder how Krishna could have gained all this type of knowledge. Just, how old is he? Back to the four men, I'm taking a wild guess that they are his consolers for wisdom and knowledge.
The eighth chapter talks about your inner spirit and how men are with their self-control at their time of death.
I also happened to come across another passage that answers my question to whether or not Krishna has any higher authority than just being something of a King.
"A man who dies remembering me
at the time of death enters my being
when he is freed from his body"
Reading this, I questioned, "Is Krishna a god?" This passage gives away an answer on to how much control and importance he has onto his people. It makes logical sense.
Reading the rest of the section, I realized it is saying that you have self-control or discipline, and put faith into something, you can reach a better place when you die, such as being riencarnated into a better person. And with this faith, you know that you have a purpose to live and you can motivate yourself forward with a goal or something similar to reach that place.
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