CH 5, Verse 15

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Chapter 5

Verse 15

 

N'aadatte kasyachit paapam na ch'aiva sukritam vibhuh

/

ajnaanen'aavritam jnaanam tena muhyanti jantavah //

 

The Lord does not accept the merit or demerit of

anyone. Knowledge is covered by ignorance. Therefore

living beings are deluded.

 

LESSONS FROM BHAGAVAD GITA – 49

As taught by Parama Pujya Sri Swamiji

 

“The Lord does not accept the merit or demerit of

anyone. Knowledge is covered by ignorance. Therefore

living beings are deluded.”

 

The Lord does not accept the sin of any devotee, nor

merits offered by devotees. Then the question may

arise, why then do devotees offer virtuous acts like

worship, sacrifice, charities, etc.? The answer is,

discriminative knowledge is shrouded in ignorance.

Therefore, the non-discriminative man thinks, “I work,

cause others to work, I enjoy and cause others to

enjoy the fruits of works.” When the Self is

realized, then the feeling of doership of all actions

vanishes.

 

The omnipresent God is present within each and every

one of us. But we do not realize that. Why? It is

because our knowledge is covered by ignorance (Maya.)

So we always remain on the human plane. It is this

power called Maya that makes us forget our true

identity with God. Instead, it makes us identify

ourselves with our body, mind and intellect and

creates the feeling of doership of all actions.

 

In fact, all actions are done by the Ego complex

constituted by the body, mind and intellect. This Ego

complex performs actions in tune with its Nature

(swabhava) made up of three gunas, Sattva, Rajas and

Tamas, according to its tendencies or Vasanas. It is

this Nature that forces a man to perform actions,

either virtuous or sinful, according to its

tendencies. When these actions are performed, the

reactions come to us according to the nature of our

actions. If our actions were sinful, we get miseries

in return and we suffer. If our actions were good, we

get good in return and feel happy. Again, it is our

Ego complex that enjoys and suffers. God is neither

responsible for our virtuous acts nor for the sinful

ones. So it is said that the Lord does not accept the

merit or the demerit of anyone.

 

 

 

 

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