Geetha Vahini - Chapter V

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The " Krishnas " and " Meeras " are scrutinised ....

 

If you have an eye on the fruits of your actions,you are liable to be

affected by worry, anxiety and restlessness. The question may arise:

if the fruits have to be given up, how can one manage to live? But

why this weakness of heart, this nervousness? He who has

assured, " Yoga-kshemam vahamyaham " (I will absolutely take care of

your worldly and spiritual needs), will certainly look after that. He

will give the wherewithal and the means. After all, you have to

consider, " Is a happy life important or is liberation from the circle

of life and death more important? Happy living is only of short

duration. The joy of liberation is eternal, unshakeable.

 

On this point many commentators have exercised their intelligence and

written differently. Many have said that the giving up of Phala or

fruit is advised because there is no right or authority for the doer

to desire the fruit.

 

This is a great blunder. The Lord has said in the Geetha, " refuse the

fruit " (maa phaleshu), that is to say: the deed yields results, but

the doer should not desire the result, or do it with the result in

view. If Krishna's intention was to say that the doer has no right

for the fruit, He would have said, " It is fruitless " na phaleshu,

(na, meaning no). So, if you desist from karma, you will be

transgressing the Lord's Command. That will be a serious mistake.

 

When man has a right for engaging in karma, he has aright also for

the fruit; no one can deny this or refuse his right. But the doer

can, out of his own free will and determination, refuse to be

affected by the result, whether favourable or unfavourable. The

Geetha shows the way: " Do—and deny the consequence. "

 

The desire for the result of your action is a sign of Rajo Guna. The

giving up of action since you cannot benefit by the fruit is a sign

ofThamo Guna (dullness, ignorance). To engage oneself in karma, to

know that the result will follow, and yet, not to be attached to it

or getting concerned with it—that is the sign

of Sathwa Guna (pure).

 

The Karma Yogi who has learnt this secret of " Karmacombined with

Phalathyaga " should have Samabuddhi (equanimity), more than

Sangabuddhi (mind attached to the world).

 

For, the Sangabuddhi draws him into attachments and

entanglements. " This karma is mine, its results are due to my

endeavours. I am the person entitled to it, " such are the thoughts

which bind the doer. Krishna advises that one should rise above this

Sangabuddhi. He declares that Samathwan is the geuine Yoga. Samathwam

yogamuchyathe.

 

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Ram.Chugani

Ramchand Chugani <rgcjp