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

Dr.Kilambi Ramakrishna Ramanuja Dasan