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Chapter 12
athaitadapyaiakto'si kartum madyogamdsritah
sarvakarmaphalatyagam tatah kuru yatatmavan
Resorting to Yoga if thou art unable to do even this (the discipline mentioned in the preceding verse) then subduing your mind, senses and intellect etc, (equanimity) and renounce the fruit, of all actions. 11
Comment:-
Athaitadapyasakto'si kartum madyogamasritah:- In the preceding verse, the Lord declared, "Thou shalt attain Me by performing actions, for My sake" while, here He declares, "Thou shalt attain Me, by renouncing the fruit of all actions." The former, can be called the path of devotion, while the latter, the path of action. Both of these are independent means, of God-realization.
In this verse, it seems proper that the expression 'Madyogamasritah' (resorting to union with Me), is related with 'Athaitadapya/akto'si (if you are unable), because if it is taken to be related with 'Sarvakarmaphalatyagam kuru' (do renouncing the fruits of all actions), because of prominence of dependence on God, it will become, the path of devotion. Thus, it will not be different from the path of devotion described, in the tenth verse, while the Lord wants to explain the path of devotion in the tenth verse, and the path of action, in the eleventh verse.
Also in this verse, the Lord has used the expression 'Yatatmavan' (subduing mind, senses and intellect), which is more important in the path of action, because without it, renouncement, of the fruit of actions, is impossible.If a striver, does not believe in God so much but he does social service, and he cannot surrender all actions to Him, but renounces the fruit of action, which is beyond his power (Gita 2/47), his affinity, for the world, is renounced.
Sarvakarmaphalatyagam tatah kuru yatatmavan:- For a person, who wishes to attain to Yoga, action (without attachment) is said to be the means (Gita 6/3). It is attachment, to the fruit of action, which binds a man. So if a striver, subdues his senses, mind and intellect, he can easily renounce, the fruit of action. If a striver does not control his mind, intellect and senses etc., he will naturally think of sense-objects and then he will be attached to them, and thus he may perish (Gita 2/62-63). If a striver's aim, is to renounce the fruit of action, he can easily control his mind and senses.
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