Gita Jyothi week No.31 Sloka (Part #2)

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Respected Ramanuja Bhaktas,

 

Over the past several months, HH Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamy has been conducting

Geetha Jyothi a year-long study of the profound ethical and philosophical

messages of the Bhagavad Geetha.

 

Sri Vamsi Mudumbai has posted a very good English translation of this week's

profound message in JETUSA's forum, which I thought I would share with all of

you.

 

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

Mohan

 

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Jai Sriman Narayana

Sri Krishna Parabrahmane Namaha

 

This is the translation of explanation of this week's Githa Jyothi sloka

graced by HH Sri Sri Sri (1008) Tridandi Sriman Narayana Ramanuja Chinna

Jeeyar Swami in Bhakti Nivedana.

 

A human being's duty is to keep on working from the very first breath he

takes till he breaths his last. Some people ignorantly think that they have

become 'Jna:nis'. Some others feel that they have become 'ra:jayo:gis'. All

these feel there is no need for them to do all these activities. They renounce

all their responsibilities and their duties they are entitled to from their

birth and conceive that all their wordly attachments are shattered.

 

In Gita Lord had clearly stated in many contexts that this is wrong. You came

here only for 'karma:charana'(to do your work) The human body itself is the

job for the soul. The tenure lasts from the first breath to the final breath.

So thinking otherwise while in the body is prohibited. Don't aspire for the

fruits of your work.

 

You can't avoid work. You should not stop work. That is 'karma'. Don't stop

doing 'karma'. Change your attitude towards 'karma'. Change the earlier

thinking that-this is my work, my duty, I am doing, for my benefit. Start

thinking - " this is Bhagavan's work, this is for His sake and the benifit

belongs to Him; because I- who actually experience here - have a relationship

with Him, He had sent me here as this work can be done by me. " Thinking thus

you do your work.

 

Then one cannot hold back from doing any thing with great love. This is called

service if it is rendered to public. This is called 'kaimkarya' if it is

offered to Bhagavan. One who does work is called a 'kinkara'. This has come

into use because one who does work by constantly asking, " kim karava:Ni, kim

ka:ryam " is a kimkara. The work a kimkara does is 'kaimkaryam'. But now a days

that word has been corrupted. If some one tries to grab some thing that does

not belong to him, he is said to have done kaimkaryam. But that is not the

actual meaning of that word. It is a great word.

 

What ever work one does if he does it as a service to Lord then it is

'kaimkarya'. 'mathkarmakrith'-- " what ever work you do, you do it as My work!

You do da:na, you do dharma, you do yo:gas, you do ya:gas. Do them as My

service. I will see that it will not bind you! I do in that manner only. So it

is not a binding factor for Me. You also start doing like this. I assure you

that I will see that they do not bind you either. I will have to award the

fruit for any activity you do. So I will see to it that you get the best

results. I will formulate it in such a way that it will not be a binding

factor to you " , thus Lord Krishna said in the beginning.

 

Jai Sriman Narayana

adiyen ramanuja dasaha, Vamsi Mudumbai