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Chapter 12
When a striver aims at God-realization, he has no desire to acquire objects; and by thinking himself of God, he instead of being attached to the body etc., is attached, only to God. When he surrenders himself to God, all- his actions, are also surrendered to God.
In the Gita, actions which are surrendered to God, have been called 'Madarpanakarma , 'Madarthakarma' and 'Matkarma'.
- 'Madarpanakarma, are those actions, which were started with any other aim but are surrendered to God either during their performance or after.
- 'Madarthakatma, are actions which are performed only for God, from the very beginning. They are performed by obeying Him, in order to please and realize Him.
- 'Matkarma' are all mundane actions (business and service etc.) and spiritual actions (adoration and meditation etc.,) which are performed, for the sake of God by regarding them as God's.
In fact, all actions should be performed, with the only aim, of God-realization.
A devotee, who performs actions, in the above-mentioned three ways, in order to attain perfection, has not the least affinity for actions, because he has neither desire for fruit nor a sense of doership nor attachment to objects, body, senses, mind, intellect and other actions etc. Actions of a perfect soul, are naturally, surrendered, while a striver, performs actions with the aim of surrendering these to God.
As a Bhaktiyogi, is liberated from the bondage of actions, by surrendering his actions to God, so does a Jnanayogi, get liberated, being detached from actions by believing that they are performed by prakrti (nature).
Matparah:- It means 'surrender to God, by regarding Him, as most adorable and supreme'. Such a devotee, who adores God with attributes, becomes merely an instrument in His hands.
Therefore, he regards virtuous actions as performed by God. Moreover, he has no desire for worldly pleasures, because it is not his aim. Thus, being free from desires, evil actions, are not performed by him.
Ananyenaiva yogena mam dhyayanta upasate:- This expression, means that such a striver adores God, with a single-minded (exclusive) devotion and he wants to attain Him, by depending on Him only. For God-realization they give more rather all importance to Divine grace not to their efforts or discipline. It means that He is both the end and the means of the devotee. Such a devotee chants His name and glory and meditates on - Him by having the only aim of God-realization.
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