If I do not perform action, it will not be conducive to the harmonious progress of the Universe, and the entire super-structure of our scientific laws and calculations will tumble down. The Universe is not a chaos; it is a cosmos. Lawless-ness is not noticed anywhere in the working of the cosmic forces.
The phenomenal happenings, the movement of the planets, the rhythmic dance of the seasons, the music of creation, the law of colours are all happening in a harmony, implicitly obeying the law governing them all, and this Law is otherwise called the Mighty Power of Nature, or God. Lord Krishna, as an embodiment of God-hood, is declaring here: “If I do not perform work, the world would perish.” Scientifically viewed, this declaration is not a superstitious absurdity, acceptable only to the blind believers, but it becomes a statement of fact, which even the microscope-gazers cannot honestly deny.
The Lord represents not only the law governing the outer world of things and beings, but He is also the Law that governs the inner world of thoughts and emotions. The whole human society is divided into the four “castes” (Varna), by the Hindu saints and sages, ON THE BASIS OF THE INDIVIDUALS’ MENTAL TEMPERAMENTS. In case the law governing the inner psychological temperaments is not functioning strictly, there will be confusion in behaviour and instability in character. The general translation “admixture of races” for “Varna-Shankara” contains a mischievous suggestion for the modern students inasmuch as they would directly understand it as a Divine sanction for the “caste-tyrannies” that are going on in the decadent Hindu society.
SUPPOSE, ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU, ARJUNA, THINK — OR SUPPOSE, FOR THAT MATTER, ANY OTHER MAN THINKS — THAT ONE WHO HAS ACHIEVED HIS GOAL OF SELF-REALISATION, EVEN HE SHOULD WORK FOR THE WELFARE OF THE OTHERS, ALTHOUGH FOR HIMSELF HE MAY HAVE NOTHING MORE TO ACHIEVE OR GAIN”…
