Essentially, the self in this body has originated from me, hey Arjun, says Krishna.
The self is part of the higher self and as the higher self is blissful. This is why every being eternally strives for happiness or pleasure. When one tries to divide water with a stick, the two parts rebound instantly with double force to rejoin with each other. Likewise the self separated from its beloved tries every way to be united to its blissful nature, the Supreme Self. Once one realizes that the true happiness is to be with the Supreme Self, she surrenders herself to the supreme Lord, she pines and wastes away due to the agony of separation from Him.
In literature, this state of separation is depicted by the feeling of compassion. As water is present in the forms of bubbles, waves and vapors, so is the feeling of compassion is present in all human emotions.
We experience myriad of emotions, and in them the emotions of pleasure and pain affect us the most. And in these feelings of pleasure and pain, the feeling of sadness or compassion touches us most deeply. A poet has also said, 'Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.'
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