The Yoga of Liberation by Renunciation

Krishna addresses Arjuna's potential hesitation. 'Yad ahaṅkāram āśritya na yotsya iti manyase'—if (yat), taking refuge in ego (ahaṅkāram āśritya), you think (manyase) 'I will not fight' (na yotsya iti). 'Mithyaiṣa vyavasāyas te prakṛtis tvāṁ niyokṣyati'—that resolve (eṣaḥ vyavasāyaḥ) of yours (te) is false (mithyā). Your nature (prakṛtiḥ) will compel you (tvām niyokṣyati). This is the key teaching: if you think you can avoid action by relying on ego, that resolve is false. Your nature will compel you to act. You cannot escape action through ego—nature will force you to act. This emphasizes that you should perform action as your duty, not try to avoid it through ego. The only way to be free is through unattached action, not through ego-based avoidance.