BHAGAVAD GITA FOR BUSY PEOPLE

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BHAGAVAD GITA FOR BUSY PEOPLE

CHAPTER: EIGHTEEN

THE YOGA OF LIBERATION BY RENUNCIATION

MOKSHA SANNYASA YOGA

Arjuna said: " I desire to know severally, O mighty-armed, the

essence of Sannyasa, O Hrishikesa, as also `tyaga,' O Kesinisudana

(slayer of Kesi) " , (1).

The Blessed Lord said: " Sages understand `Sannyasa' to be the

renouncing of works with desires; the wise declares the abandonment

of the fruits of all works as `Tyaga' (2). Acts of sacrifice, gift

and austerity should not be relinquished, but should be performed;

sacrifice, gift, and also austerity are the purifiers of the wise

(5).

" These five causes, O mighty-armed, know thou from Me as declared

in the Sankhya system for the accomplishment of all actions (13).

The body, the actor, the various organs, the several functions of

various sorts and the presiding deities also, the fifth (14). He

who is free from the notion of egoism, whose intellect is not

affected (by good or evil), though he kills these people, he kills

not, nor is bound by the action. (17).

" An action which is ordained, done without love or hatred by one not

desirous of the fruit and free from attachment, is declared to be

saatvic (21). But that action which is done by one longing for

desires or again with egoism or with much effort, is declared

Rajasic (24). The action which is undertaken from delusion, without

regarding the consequence, loss of wealth, injury (to others) and

one's own ability, that is declared to be Tamasic (25).

" That which knows the paths of action and renunciation, what ought

to be done and what ought not to be done, fear and fearlessness,

bondage, and liberation, that intellect, O Partha, is saatvic (30).

That by which one wrongly understands right (Dharma) and wrong

(Adharma), and also what ought to be done and what ought not to be

done, that intellect, O Partha, is Rajasic (31). That which

enveloped in darkness regards wrong (Adharma) as right (Dharma) and

sees all things in a perverted light, that intellect, O Partha, is

Tamasic (32).

" That which is like poison at first but like nectar in the end;

that happiness is said to be saatvic, born of the blissful knowledge

of the Self (37). That pleasure which arises from the contact of

the senses with their objects, at first like nectar but in the end

like poison, that is declared to be Rajasic (38). That pleasure

which both at first and afterwards is delusion of the Self, arising

from sleep; indolence and heedlessness, that is declared to be

Tamasic (39).

" Dwelling in solitude, eating but little, speech, body and mind

controlled, ever engaged in meditation and concentration, taking

refuge in dispassion (52), having abandoned egoism, violence,

arrogance, desire, anger, covetousness, freed from the notion

of `mine' and peaceful, he is fit for becoming Brahman (53).

Becoming Brahman, tranquil-minded, he neither grieves nor desires

the same to all beings, he attains supreme devotion to Me (54). By

devotion he knows Me in reality, what and who I am; then having

known Me in reality; he forthwith enters into the Supreme (55).

" The Lord dwells in the hearts of all beings. O Arjuna, causing

all beings, by His Maya, to revolve as if mounted on a machine

(61). Take refuge in Him with all thy heart, O Bharata; by His

grace thou shalt attain supreme peace and the eternal abode (62).

" Fix thy mind in Me, be My devotee, sacrifice to Me, bow down to Me,

thou shalt reach Myself; truly do I promise unto thee, for thou art

dear to Me (65). Abandoning all duties take refuge in Me alone; I

will liberate thee from all sins; grieve not (66).

" Has this been heard by thee, O Partha, with an attentive mind: Has

thy delusion caused by ignorance been destroyed, O Dhananjaya? (72).

Arjuna said: " My delusion is destroyed, and I have gained knowledge

through Thy grace, O Achyuta! (O Immutable One), I am firm; my

doubts have vanished. I will do according to Thy word " (73)

Wherever is Krishna, the Lord of Yoga, wherever is Partha, the

archer, there is prosperity, victory, happiness and sound policy, so

I think (78).

HARI OM TAT SAT

JAI SRIMANNARAYANA

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