HOLY GITA
CHAPTER THREE
KARMA YOGA OR THE YOGA OF ACTION OR THE METHOD OF ACTION
VERSE NUMBER 30
Text in Transliteration:
mayi sarvaani karmaani samnyasyaa ‘dhyaatmachetasaa
niraaseer nirmamo bhootvaa yudhyasva vigatajvararah
Text in English:
Surrendering all actions to Me, with your thoughts resting
on Self, freed from hope and selfishness and cured of mental fever, engage in
battle.
COMMENTARY BY SWAMI CHIDBHAVANANDA:
The more one attunes one’s mind to truth, the more one gains
in equilibrium. The truth is, the Lord is the invisible propeller of all
actions in the universe. He is the true owner of everything sentient and
insentient. Man’s prerogative is to know this truth and adjust his life
activities accordingly. His mental fever gets pacified in that way. Further
efficiency in the execution of duty increases in him.
SRI RAMAKRISHNA AS QUOTED BY SWAMI CHIDBHAVANANDA:
Iswara, the Lord of the universe smiles on two derisory occasions.
When the son is sinking on his death bed, the doctor assures the desponding
mother, Don’t be aftraid; I’m here to save your son.” This is the first
occasion on which God is moved to smile. Two borthers survey and share a land
saying, “That portion is yours and this mine.” This is the second occasion on
which the Lord smiles.
COMMENTARY BY DR.S.RADHAKRISHNAN:
By self-surrender to the Lord who presides over tcosmic
existence, and activity, we must engage in work. “Thy will be done” is to be
our attitude in all work. We must do the work with the sense that we are the
sevants of the Lord. See XVIII, 59—60 and 66.
COMMENTARY BY SWAMI SIVANANDA:
Surrender all the actions to Me with the thought, “I perform
all actions for the sake of the Lord.”
Fever means grief or sorrow. (Cf. V.10; XVIII.66)
Comments by the blogger:
Our ego sense is a stalwart one. It is not easy to surrender all in front of
the Lord. If that be so, surrendering all actions to the Lord is so much more
impossible. Because we cannot surrender the most dearly lovable actions like
eating, drinking, smoking and making love and such other daily actions to the
Lord! This is in case of good folks. And bad folks indulge in all sorts of wicked
things. So surrendering our actions and become Lord’s man/woman is not so very
easy. That is the case of our ego. The camel may enter the hole of the needle
but not our ego! We are fond of doing actions for ourselves. We want to enjoy
this world first hand and for our own selves.
And some people, who are mainly preponderatingly Rajasic in
guna think that even devotion is an evidence of weakness! They say we must be
master of our own actions. And I am responsible for my actions. This tendency
is there especially while the blood is young and thick, but the general
foolishness that it is a weakness to have or develop devotion to the Lord
persists till their last breath. How nice it would be if we can make them see
and realize that far from being a weak streak in our mental make up, having
unflinching faith in God is a great act of inner strength! But can we unbend
and straighten the dog’s tail? Such people feel embarrassed if some devoty sing
the glory of God in their presence! Such is their sense of individuality!
But blessed indeed are they who have the strength to have a
little faith in the Maker. But they are king among us who can surrender themselves,
surrender their all to the Lord’s wishes and direction!
The mental fever referred to Arjuna can be re-read in verses
28 till the end of the First Chapter and a few more in the Second Chapter.
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