Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand 835

Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand Ji

CHAPTER 18 The Yog of Renunciation नियतं सग्ङरहितमरागद्वेषत: कृतम् । अफलप्रेप्सुना कर्म यतत्सात्त्विकमुच्यते ॥23॥ [ “That action is said to be immaculate which is ordained and embarked on with detachment, by one who is free from infatuation as well as loathing, and who does not aspire to any reward.’’ ] The ordained action is none other than worship and meditation that lead the Soul to God. यत्तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहंकारेण वा पुन: । क्रियते बहुलायासं तद्राजसमुदाहृतम् ॥24॥ [ “And that action is said to be of the nature of passion which is strenuous and entered upon by one who covets rewards and is egotistic.’’ ] This seeker also performs the ordained action, but what a great difference is made by the fact that he is desirous of rewards and possessed of vanity? So the action undertaken by him bears the character of moral blindness.

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