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Every action is really performed by the gunas. Man, deluded by his egoism, thinks: I am the doer. But he who has the true insight into the operations of the gunas and their various functions, knows that when senses attach themselves to objects, gunas are merely attaching themselves to gunas. Knowing this, he does not become attached to his actions.
The illuminated soul must not create confusion in the minds of the ignorant by refraining from work. The ignorant, in their delusion, identify the Atman with the gunas. They become tied to the senses and the action of the senses.
Shake off this fever of ignorance. Stop hoping for worldly rewards. Fix your mind on the Atman. Be free from the senses of ego. Dedicate all your actions to me. Then go forward and fight.
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The ignorant work
For the fruit of their action:
The wise man must work also
Without desire
Pointing man?fs feet
To the path of his duty.
Let the wise beware,
Lest they bewilder
The minds of the ignorant
Hungry for action:
Let them show by example
How work is holy
When the heart of the worker
Is fixed on the Highest
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Whatever a great man does, ordinary people will imitate; they follow his example. Consider me: I am not bound by any sort of duty. There is nothing, in all the three worlds, which I do not already possess; nothing I have yet to acquire. But I go on working, nevertheless. If I did not continue to work, untiringly as I do, mankind would still follow me, no matter where I led them. Suppose I were to stop? They would all be lost. The result would be caste-mixture and universal destruction.
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Even a wise man acts according to the tendencies of his own nature. All living follow their tendencies. What use is any external restraint? The attraction and aversion which the senses feel for different objects are natural. But you must not give way to such feelings; they are obstacles.
It is better to do your own duty, however imperfectly, than to assume the duties of another person, however successfully. Prefer to die doing your own duty: the duty of another will bring you into great spiritual danger.
Some Links of western religion
http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/links.html
Summary of Bhagavad-Gita
http://www.supersoul.com/site/newgoloka/html/summgita.html
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