Bhagavad Gita 3.22- 24

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Sri:

Sri Lakshmisrisimha Parabrahmane Namaha

Sri Ramanujaya Namaha

Sri Nigamantha Mahadesikaya Namaha

 

SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA

- translation by Sri.V.N.Gopala Desikan

 

Chapter III

slOkA 22

Translation: ArjunA ( son of prithA), nothing is to be done

by Me in the three worlds; nothing is to be obtained which

has not been obtained so far ; even then I remain only in

work.

 

Commentary : I am the Lord of all. I am omniscient , I am

the truth and I have nothing unacomplished. For Me, there

is nothing whatever that has to be done in all the three

worlds. I do not have to attain anything hereafter - which

I have not attained so far - for which I have to do work.

Still I do work, for properly protecting and guiding the

world.

 

slOkA 23,24 :

Translation : ArjunA (son of prithA) , if I do not remain

at any time in work without laziness , people will follow

My path in full.

If I do not do work, there people will be lost.

I will become the cause of chaos ; and I will be ruining

these people.

 

Commentary : I am the Lord of all. As a sport , I create,

sustain and dissolve the world , by My will. At My

pleasure , I am born as a human being , as Krishna.

If I , the son of VAsudevA , do not at all times

work , as appropriate to My family ( of vAsudEvA) ,

then others will also follow Me , in not doing proper

work. They will attain hell, due to the sin of not doing

their duties , prescribed in the sAstrAs.

If I do not do the work, appropriate to Me, all

wise people will also not do their duties properly,

by depending on My practice. They will then get lost.

I will become the cause for confusion , by failing to

protect the code of conduct , prescribed by the sAstrAs.

This will lead to their downfall.

ArjunA, if you follow jnana yOgA, others who are

not fit for jnAna yOgA ( but only for karma yOgA) , will

also start following your practice; and because of their

incapacity, will get ruined. So, work alone should be

done by a wise man.

 

adiyen,

senthil

(Courtesy : Sri Visishtadvata Research Centre)

 

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