BHAGAVAD-GITA 3:30

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 3:30

 

mayi sarvani karmani

sannyasyadhyatma-cetasa

nirasir nirmamo bhutva

yudhyasva vigata-jvarah

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

mayi--unto Me; sarvani--all sorts of; karmani--activities;

sannyasya--giving up completely; adhyatma--with full knowledge of the

self; cetasa--by consciousness; nirasih--without desire for profit;

nirmamah--without ownership; bhutva--so being; yudhyasva--fight;

vigata-jvarah--without being lethargic.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Therefore, O Arjuna, surrendering all your works unto Me, with full

knowledge of Me, without desires for profit, with no claims to

proprietorship, and free from lethargy, fight.

 

PURPORT

 

This verse clearly indicates the purpose of the Bhagavad-gita. The

Lord instructs that one has to become fully Krsna conscious to

discharge duties, as if in military discipline. Such an injunction may

make things a little difficult; nevertheless duties must be carried

out, with dependence on Krsna, because that is the constitutional

position of the living entity. The living entity cannot be happy

independent of the cooperation of the Supreme Lord, because the

eternal constitutional position of the living entity is to become

subordinate to the desires of the Lord. Arjuna was therefore ordered

by Sri Krsna to fight as if the Lord were his military commander. One

has to sacrifice everything for the good will of the Supreme Lord, and

at the same time discharge prescribed duties without claiming

proprietorship. Arjuna did not have to consider the order of the Lord;

he had only to execute His order. The Supreme Lord is the soul of all

souls; therefore, one who depends solely and wholly on the Supreme

Soul without personal consideration, or in other words, one who is

fully Krsna conscious, is called adhyatma-cetas. Nirasih means that

one has to act on the order of the master but should not expect

fruitive results. The cashier may count millions of dollars for his

employer, but he does not claim a cent for himself. Similarly, one has

to realize that nothing in the world belongs to any individual person,

but that everything belongs to the Supreme Lord. That is the real

purport of mayi, or

"unto Me." And when one acts in such Krsna consciousness, certainly he does

not claim proprietorship over anything. This consciousness is called

nirmama, or "nothing is mine." And if there is any reluctance to

execute such a stern order, which is without consideration of

so-called kinsmen in the bodily relationship, that reluctance should

be thrown off; in this way one may become vigata-jvara, or without

feverish mentality or lethargy. Everyone, according to his quality and

position, has a particular type of work to discharge, and all such

duties may be discharged in Krsna consciousness, as described above.

That will lead one to the path of liberation.

 

Copyright 1983 The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International. Used with

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