Doership - Some more thoughts

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Priya Bhagawatas,

Asmadsrigurubhyonamaha

With reference to the discussion on 'doership' Adiyen would like to put

some thoughts.

All our limbs (micro and macro level) are the best examples regarding

the doership. They do service to us ( to the indweller of the body)

throughout our life round the clock without a murmur/feeling (though

intelligent from the main CPU - brain) regarding the benefits,

differences, acknowledgement, supremacy etc. etc. They do the total

service to maintain the main body and only get benefited indirectly but

automatically. For example the food we take is held by hand/fingers and

passed on to the mouth and then fed through the interaction of teeth,

tongue, esophagus under the close monitoring of eyes, ears, nose etc.

None of them get/claim direct benefit though all are very very

important workers and try to increase their efficiency from childhood.

.. If one of them claims direct benefit or do not pass on we know what

will happen; we may probably try to repair/remove it. Similarly all our

activities personal/official are to be attributed with perfection to

the supreme enjoyer which nobody else claimed till now except Lord

Krishna who literally did taking full responsibility as recorded in

SMBG 9-27,28

 

Yatkarosi yadasnasi yatjuhosi dadasi yat

yattapasyasi kaunteya tatkurusva madarpanam 9-27

subhasubhaphalairevath moksyasekarmabandanaath

sannyasayoga yuktaatma vimuktamaam upaisyasi 9-28

 

Approximate translation(courtesy ISRA)

27. Whatever thou doest, whatever thou eatest, whatever thou

sacrificest, whatever thou give in whatever austerity thou engagest, do

it as an offering to Me. Whatever thou doest of thy own accord (i.e not

enjoined in the sastra) and whatever thou offerest in sacrifice as

enjoined in the sruti or the smriti, whatever thou givest such things as

gold to the brahmanas .and others,do all that as an offering to Me.

Now listen as to what will accrue to you doing thus:

28. Thus shalt thou be liberated from the bonds of actions which are

productive of good and evil results; equipped in mind with the Yoga of

renunciation, and liberated, thou shalt come to Me. Thus: when you

thus offer everything to Me. This (act of offering everything to Me)

constitutes the Yoga of renunciation. It is renunciation in as much as

every thing is offered to Me: and it is also Yoga in as much as it is an

action (karma). Thus, with mind equipped with Yoga and renunciation,

thou shalt be liberated from bonds while yet living ; and when this body

is dead, thou shalt come to Me,

 

Even chapter five slokas 8 to 17 discuss the above

 

Jai Srimannarayana

 

Azhwar Empberumanar Jeeyar Acharyar Divya Tiruvadigale saranam

 

Sarvaaparaadham kshantavyaha

Dr.Kilambi Ramakrishna Ramanuja Dasan