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Gita Madhurya -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter II
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Can I not bear it, O Lord? No you can't bear it, because your enemies will get an opportunity to take vengeance on you. They disparaging your might, will speak many unbecoming words. What can be more distressing than this?(36) What will happen if I fight? If you are slain in the battlefield, you will attain heaven. If you gain victory, you will enjoy sovereignty of the earth. Therefore arise with the determination to fight.(37) Will I not incur sin by engaging myself in the battle? No. A man incurs sin if he has a selfish motive. Treating alike pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat, and thus being even-minded engage yourself in the battle. Thus you will incur no sin.(38) What is additional importance of even-mindedness? This attitude of even-mindedness has been presented to you from the point of view of Jnanayoga (Sankhyayoga). Now hear the same as presented from the point of view of Karmayoga (the Yoga of selfless action) (i) Equipped with this attitude of even-mindedness, you will be able to shake off completely the shackles of Karma. (ii) In this path there is no loss of effort. (iii) Nor is there fear of contrary result. (iv) Even a little practice of this discipline protects one from great fear.(39-40) |
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