In plain words
But we never try to remove this fear and these hardships. Do we see these troubles? Floods, droughts, wars, upheavals, quarrels, and then caste, creed and class, and not only these: even regional prejudices are flaring up among us. In such a situation, how can we experience the divinity that is oneness? If we are to gain fearlessness, Vairāgya alone is true fearlessness. In everything there is fear; in Vairāgya there is no fear. Only when we attain that Vairāgya can we be worthy of having lit the true lamp of the Ātma. Vairāgya does not mean merely giving up everything and going off to sit in the forest.
To give up the evil feeling in one's heart: that is tyāga, that is yoga; not leaving property and wife and going to the forest.
Vairāgya means that we must drive out the evil tendencies that have entered our heart. Every person must enter into this sacred work.
The Bhagavad Gītā has taught three kinds of paths. Matkarma. What does matkarma mean? That one must do My actions. These are not merely personal actions here. It is Kṛṣṇa teaching, ‘Do only My actions.’ The ‘I’ is the cosmic form. In the principle that fills everything: I am One; let Me become many. So we must serve the country. We must do our actions in society. The individual, society and the cosmos: these three together are the form of the Trimūrti. If we forget any one of these, we meet only with failure in all of them. It is the very purity of the individual that gives shape within society. It is the goodness of society that spreads through the country. That is why we must make the effort needed to make purity grow in the individual.
For this sacred Vairāgya, certain rules must be kept. Without a rule there is no good. Whatever the circumstances, we must keep following the rule. There should be no excess in man: no excessive work, no excessive feeling, no excessive desires. We breathe in air. As much air as we breathe in, that much air we breathe out. That is Vairāgya. If we do not let out the air we have taken in, our lungs are damaged to some extent. The food we take in, we give out again. In the same way, the strength and abilities we have gathered we must use again in society. Whether it is wealth, strength or good qualities that we earn, we must use it in society and make the effort to put it to good use for many. That is true tyāga. You need not give money. You need not go to the forest.