Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-3
Karmayoga
17. But the man who delights in the Self is satisfied with the Self and is contented in the self, has no duty to perform. Look! even if a person is endowed with a physical body, so long as he takes delight in the Self, he is not tainted by action. If he becomes satisfied with the knowledge of the Self, his work is done; and, therefore, he easily becomes free from attachment to work. 18. For then he does not concern himself with action or inaction on this earth; nor does he have any purpose of his own dependent on anybody. Just as when one becomes satisfied, the means of satisfaction become redundant, so when a person who is immersed in blissful Self, he has no further use for work. Arjuna, a person has to perform sadhana, only until he attains the knowledge of the Self. 19. Therefore, always perform, without attachment, action that needs to be done. Verily working without attachment, one obtains the highest good. Therefore, you should perform your legitimate duty without desire (146-150). O Partha, all those who performed their duties without self-interest have truly attained the state of liberation. |
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