Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 16
Appendix:-`Etairvimuktah'- To be free from desire, anger and greed means - to have the aim to renounce them and not to be swayed by them. Even the virtuous action performed out of desire, anger or greed, is not conducive to salvation. So a striver should be very careful to renounce them. Even the virtuous conduct, such as chanting the Lord's holy names and meditating on Him, does not lead to salvation, unless the striver renounces them, because they are the root causes of sins [1]. It is because of desire, anger and greed that righteousness and ethical propriety of the society are lost; which is very harmful for the world. The men of demoniac nature are steeped in desires, anger and greed. They perform virtuous actions such as religious sacrifice and offer charity for mere ostentation, not for salvation. But the strivers of divine nature, instead of being overpowered by desire, anger and greed, perform virtuous actions for their salvation, which naturally involves the welfare of the world. The men of demoniac nature are envious of such strivers and they think them to be senseless (foolish); but these strivers take pity on those men of demoniac disposition and pray to God to provide them with good sense (moral sense). |
References
- ↑ Gita 3/37
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