"To do or not to do, that is the question".This oft-quoted phrase is from William Shakespeare's Hamlet. In the Bhagavad-Gita, too, the same question arises. Arjuna lays down his Bow and Arrows and says, "I shall not fight". The question is, again "To fight or not to fight". Bhagavan Shree Krishna explains in great detail that, "No one can keep quiet and has to do his ordained duty." The ordained duty of a Warrior (Kshatriya) is to fight. To fight is his nature, svabhava. One cannot go against his nature. But, then He, the Bhagavan, does not insist that Arjuna should fight. He goes on to explain the various options given tpo the jiva to face the problems in life. The jiva can just abandon everything (sanyas) and surrender to the Higher Power (paramatman). Bhagavan says, "sarva dharman parityajya maamekam sharanam vrajaa ||
There is also a phrase that may surprise everyone who is always addicted to some work or the other. sarvarambha parityagi, one who is not interested in anything and does not desire to do anything and thereby does not even begin to think is very dear to Me! It is just nirasakti yoga. It is the desires that prompts one to resolve and act. The desire and the subsequent action brings the fruits of action, karma phala. There is no other go but to spend or eat the fruits of action in one life, or, may be, repeated births!
There is also a phrase that may surprise everyone who is always addicted to some work or the other. sarvarambha parityagi, one who is not interested in anything and does not desire to do anything and thereby does not even begin to think is very dear to Me! It is just nirasakti yoga. It is the desires that prompts one to resolve and act. The desire and the subsequent action brings the fruits of action, karma phala. There is no other go but to spend or eat the fruits of action in one life, or, may be, repeated births!
Should one abandon everything and surrender to the Lord? Yes. It seems so! He, the Bhagavan, assures that He will redeem the jiva. maam upetya tu kounteya... sarva paapebhyo mokshayishyami... punarjanma na vidyate |
But, it is difficult to give up everything such as ego, the frivolous mind, perverted intelligence, the worldly interests and the involvement of the senses in all and sundry and to surrender to Him!
Thus, various steps are enunciated in the Bhagavad-Gita- a brahma-vidya, a yogopanishat, a handbook of attainment to the highest param padam.
It is left to the jiva to pick and choose any path that suits to his nature and attain to Him.
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