Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mahatma Gandhi akarumbidza kuzvipira kwake nokuda kwe"ahimsa" ku"Gita". Nokuda kwaGandhi, "Gita" iri kudzidzisa kuti vanhu vanofanira kurwira ruramisiro nemitemo yakarurama, kuti havafaniri kutongotambura nokusaruramisira vachizvininipisa kuti vadzivise hondo. Maererano nenyanzvi yeIndology Ananya Vajpeyi, "Gita" hainyatsotsananguri nzira kana zvikamu zvehondo, kana kuti "ahimsa", kunze kwokutaura kuti ""ahimsa" akanaka uye anozivisa munhu akamuka, akasimba, ane tsika" mundima dzakadai sa 13.7<unk>10 uye 16.1<unk>5. Nokuda kwaGandhi, anodaro Vajpeyi, "ahimsa" i"ukama huri pakati pomunhu amene nomumwe" apo iye navaIndia biyake vakarwisana nokutonga kwechikoloni. Ahimsa yaGandhi chaizvoizvo i"musimboti we"Gita" yose", maererano naVajpeyi. Dzidziso dze"Gita" pamusoro pe"ahimsa" hadzina kujeka, anodaro Arvind Sharma, uye ikoku kunoratidzirwa zvakanakisisa neidi rokuti Nathuram Godse akataura "Gita" somufuridziro wake wokuita "dharma" yake pashure pokunge auraya Mahatma Gandhi
. Thomas Merton, mumongi weTrapist nomunyori wamabhuku pamusoro peZen Buddhism, anobvumirana naGandhi uye anotaura kuti "Gita" haisi kudzidzisa masimba masimba kana kuti kutsigira pfungwa ye"kuita hondo". Panzvimbo pezvo, kuri kudzidzisa rugare uye kukurukura basa romunhu rokuongorora chiri chakarurama uye ipapo kuita nevavariro dzakachena, apo munhu anotarisana nezvisarudzo zvakaoma uye zvinonyangadza.