CH 6, Verse 45

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Chapter 6

Verse 45

 

Prayatnaad yatamaanas tu yogee sa.nshuddha-kilbishhah

/

aneka-janma-sa.nsiddhas tato yaati paraam gatim //

 

The Yogi, striving assiduously, gradually gaining

perfection through many births, attains the supreme

goal, all his sins having been washed away.

 

LESSONS FROM BHAGAVAD GITA – 66

As taught by Parama Pujya Sri Swamiji

Compiled by: Swami Dattananda

Bhaktimala, January 1999

 

"The Yogi, striving assiduously, gradually gaining

perfection through many births, attains the supreme

goal, all his sins having been washed away."

 

A person is born in this world to attain the supreme

goal of God-realization. But an ordinary man may find

it difficult to achieve this aim in the course of a

single life due to lack of self-control and

detachment. All that he has to do is to put in more

and more efforts and thus strive hard to achieve the

aim. Even if he may not attain it in this life, he

will certainly achieve it in his next birth or in the

subsequent one.

 

Sometimes, he may attain the goal in this life itself,

if the previous life's Yogic samskaras (tendencies)

are strong with him. Therefore, the seeker after Truth

should not give much attention to the time taken in

the process of his purification. Even remembering the

words of the Lord in verse 40, "the doer of good, Oh

My son, never comes to a bad state," he should go

ahead with his practices with faith and determination.

 

The purification and subsequent washing away of sins

are extremely necessary for one's elevation. If a man

has done wicked acts he will still have to reap the

results in the form of miseries; if he has not

suffered the results in the present life, he will have

to reap them in the next. The law of Karma is

inexorable. We are bound on all sides by the law of

action and reaction. We cannot escape the consequences

of our actions. But there will come a time in the case

of all sinners and also the ordinary people who are

immersed in the sensual world when they will sincerely

repent and strive for the higher life. They may take

many births to wash away their sins and purify

themselves. But finally they will achieve the highest

purity and perfection in life.

 

Therefore, the Lord says that the Yogi striving

assiduously, meaning striving hard persistently,

gaining more and more purity and elevation in every

succeeding birth (Aneka janma samsiddhah) attains the

supreme goal (paraam gatim yaati), all his sins being

washed away (samshuddha kilbishah.)

 

 

 

 

 

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