What is inevitable ought not to be a cause of your sorrow.

Sankhya Yoga

Chapter 2, Verse 27

 

jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyur 

dhruvaṁ janma mṛtasya ca 

tasmād aparihārye ‘rthe 

na tvaṁ śocitum arhasi

 

Death is certain for those who are born, and birth is certain for those who die; therefore what is inevitable ought not to be a cause of your sorrow.

 

There are many people and schools of thought who don’t believe in liberation, in salvation. They always think that they have to be reborn, that they can’t attain the Lord. They bind themselves to this wheel of life and death. They are in ignorance of liberation, in ignorance of attaining the Grace of God. 

 

Krishna asks, “Why are you crying, Arjuna? Birth and death are conceived only in ignorance.” If one is in ignorance about liberation, one will never attain it. People who believe that they can’t run away from birth and death – because of their belief – they are stuck in that reality. If people want to believe that, why should you grieve? The drama of birth and death has nothing to do with the soul. The only aim of the soul is to attain the greatest perfection, to attain the Supreme Lord, Narayana Himself. Nothing else matters. Krishna says, “Whoever wants to go into this drama of birth and death – it is their choice!” Some of the Kauravas had the knowledge of the Self: Bhishma Pita knew, Dronacharya knew, Kripacharya knew. But they willingly chose to play their roles in the drama and be on the Kauravas side. Krishna says, “If they have personally chosen this side, why are you grieving? They are fully aware of their choice to be on the Kauravas side. So don’t grieve for that.”

Bhagavad Gita