Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 16
Link:- Those, who practise what is good for them, attain the Supreme Goal. But, what happens to those, who act according to their own sweet will, and cast aside the ordinance of scriptures. The Lord, answers in the next verse.
He, who having cast aside the ordinances of scriptures, acts in an arbitrary way, according to his sweet will, attains, neither perfection, (purity of iuner sense) nor happiness, nor achieve the Supreme Goal. 23
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References
- ↑ The theme of the twenty-eighth verse of the seventeenth chapter is almost the same.</ref
- ↑ (A) Here in the verse the expression 'Kamakaratab' denotes one's own unrestrained self-will while in the expression'Kamakarena' used in the twelfth verse of the fifty chapter there is desire for pleasures. The former looks at the actions while the latter looks at the fruit of the action. But 'Kama' (Desire) is the root in both of them. (B) Here a point needs attention that in this chapter from the seventh verse to the twenty-third verse the term 'Kama' (Desire) has been used nine times in the context of the demoniac nature (16/8, 16/10, 11, 12, 12, 16, 18, 21, 23) (in 12 verse two times each). It means that desire is the root of the demoniac nature.