CH 4, Verse 19

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Chapter 4

Verse 19

 

Yasya sarve samaarambhaaH kaama-sankalpa-varjitaaH /

jnaanaagni-dagdha-karmaaNa.n tam aahuH paNDitaM

budhaaH //

 

He whose undertakings are all free from plan and

desire for results and whose actions have been burnt

in the fire of knowledge, is called wise by the sages.

 

 

LESSONS FROM BHAGAVAD GITA – 36

As taught by Parama Pujya Sri Swamiji

Compiled by: Swami Dattananda

Bhakti Mala, November 1995

 

“He whose undertakings are all free from plan and

desire for results and whose actions have been burnt

in the fire of knowledge, is called wise by the

sages.”

 

The wise man is he who has attained God-consciousness.

He lives on earth, yet he is not earthly. He has

given up the world totally. As such, he has no

desires of any sort. He has no plans of becoming rich

or to earn a name and fame. He performs actions only

for the good of the world.

 

In the fire of his knowledge of the self, he has burnt

all his actions, that is, his egoism or agency in the

performance of his actions. Therefore, his actions do

not have any power to bind him to the world by

creating reactions. The fire of knowledge is the true

wisdom gained by self-realization.

 

The message of Karma Yoga has been delivered by Sri

Krishna in this verse. He who performs desireless

actions will attain the blissful abode of God. The

laws of Karma would not bind him. This is the highest

ideal of action described by the Lord in the Gita.

 

 

 

 

 

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