CH 4, Verse 12

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Chapter 4

Verse 12

 

KaaNkshantaH karmaNaa.n siddhi.n yajanta iha devataaH

/

kshipra.n hi maanushhe loke siddhir bhavati karmajaa

//

 

Desiring success in their actions, people in this

world worship the Gods. Because, in this human world,

success in action is quickly attained.

 

LESSONS FROM BHAGAVAD GITA – 32

As taught by Parama Pujya Sri Swamiji

Compiled by: Swami Dattananda

Bhakti Mala, July 1995

 

“Desiring success in their actions, people in this

world worship the Gods. Because, in this human world,

success in action is quickly attained.”

 

Why is it that people do not care for the realization

of God? It is because they are attached to the

objects of the senses. These people perform actions

to enjoy the fruits. They worship God to make

available to them the fruits of their works. God

blesses them and they get the results easily. It is

because the results on the earthly plane come to us

more quickly than the results that are on the highest

plane of spirituality.

 

If a man prays to God for the cure of his disease, he

will get the result more quickly than if he prays to

God for self-realization. Realization of God is not

easy. It requires purification of mind and a

whole-hearted devotion to God. Sustained disciplinary

practices are needed to purify the body and the mind.

It requires lots of patience and perseverance. But

ordinary people want only the worldly objects of

enjoyment. They pray for it and they get it.

 

Through the law of cause and effect, God grants us the

objects that we desire. It is our prayers and

prayerful actions that make our desires fulfilled. In

fact, fulfillment of desire is but the reaction of our

own actions either physical or mental. If we

sacrifice some money in the name of God, or God’s

children, and if we sincerely pray to God for redress

of our grievances, that action must bring some

reaction. And every reaction must be in tune with the

action performed. If the action is good, the reaction

will be good, and if the action is wicked, the

reaction will bring pain and suffering.

 

All miseries or sufferings are the reactions of wicked

actions done in this life or the previous ones. Thus

people are born with tendencies that are the results

of their previous actions. Some are born with good

tendencies. They do virtuous deeds. Others are born

with bad tendencies. They always indulge in forbidden

actions. As a result, the intellectual capacity and

the skill of the people may not be the same.

Therefore human beings are divided into different

classes according to their tendencies. These classes

are known as castes.

 

 

 

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