Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 6
INTRODUCTION
Appendix:—The entire universe from an ant upto the abode of Brahma, is the fruit of action. The world is formed of objects, persons and actions. Everything is acquired and is lost, there is union and disunion of every person, and every action begins and ends. The man, who having renounced dependence on the three—things, persons and actions, discharges his duty, is a true SannyBsi and a Yogi. He who, without renouncing the desire for the fruit of action, renounces mere sacred fire, is not a true sannyasi and he, who renounces performance of actions, is not a true Yogi. The reason is that a man gets bound by desire for the fruit of actions, not by fire or actions. In the third verse of the third chapter the Lord mentioned the two fold path—the path of knowledge and the path of action. Then in the fourth and the fifth verses of the fifth chapter the Lord mentioned that both Sankhyayoga and Karmayoga bear the same fruit. Now the Lord with the same notion declares that he who has renounced the desire for the fruit of action, is a real Saukhyayogi and a real Karmayogi. It means that by mere cessation of the functions of the mind a man does not become a Yogi. He becomes a Yogi only when he renounces the desire for the fruit of actions. The reason is that so long as the the desire for the fruit of actions persists, by cessation of the functions of mind `Siddhis' (occult powers or accomplishments) can be achieved, but salvation can not be attained. |