Gita in daily life: Ch. 3 - 3:35 Svadharma

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Namaste All.

 

ProfVK Ji wrote:-

>Without discussing these two shlokas and their

>impact for our daily life, the discussion on the

>third chapter cannot be said to be concluded.

advaitin/message/26597

 

3:33 was discussed in:-

advaitin/message/26610

 

3:35: "Better one's own duty though it lacks merit,

than the duty of another, well discharged."

 

Immediately after Lord Krishna conveys the above

slOka, arjuna asks the question,

"Dragged by what does one commit pApaM, reluctantly

indeed, as if compelled through force ?" 3:36

 

Here, pApaM may be interpreted as 'adharma'.

 

In reply, Lord Krishna says, "It is desire" 3:37.

 

Hence, "Desire" is the root which causes one to stray

from swadharma.

 

In the whole chapter, especially from 3:9 onwards,

Lord Krishna keeps conveying repeatedly about action

done in the spirit of yajna also giving the example of

king Janaka [3:20] until 3:25, as if building the case

for conveying 'svadharma'.

 

Resting(Surrendering) all thoughts on the Supreme

3:30, unattached with all actions(3:28) while they

move among the qualities of nature and without the

agency of doership 3:27, thus behaving in conformity

with prakriti(3:33), a wise person does one's own

svadharma [3:35].

 

Reasons to stray from svadharma(3:36) were discussed

in the first part of this post.

 

Love and Kind Regards,

Raghava

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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