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Chapter 6
Appendix—What is the mark of the yogi who has attained to the height of Karmayoga? For this the Lord has mentioned three factors—not to be attached to objects (things and persons), not to get attached to actions; and to renounce all thoughts of the world viz., to renounce one's own will. It means that he should not be attached to sensual pleasures and actions and should not insist from within that it should occur and it _ should not occur. He, who is neither attached to objects nor to the lack of objects; is neither attached to actions nor to the _ lack of actions and who has no `Sankalpa' (projection of the mind), is said to attain to the height of Karmayoga. It means that he should not insist on availability or non-availability of objects, union or disunion of persons and performance or non-performance of actions (Gita 3/18
A striver should reflect upon whether there is anything which will ever stay with us and with which we shall ever stay. Is there any person who will ever live with as and with whom we shall ever live? Is there any action which we shall ever go on performing and which will ever be performed by us? Neither a thing nor a person nor an action will ever stay with us. One day we shall be devoid of a thing, a person and an action. If we accept their disunion at present and get detached from them, then freedom from the bondage of worldly life is axiomatic. It means that the union with things, persons and actions is transient but their disunion is eternal. By accepting the eternal fact, the eternal divinity is attained and no lack remains.
Detachment from sense-objects and actions means—freedom from desire and from the sense of doership. If a striver is not attached to pleasures and objects, he becomes free from desires; and if he is not attached to actions, he becomes free from the sense of doership. Being free from desire and from the sense of doership, he naturally gets established in the self. In fact he does not get established but he is already established but he does not realize it because of his desire and the sense of doership. If there is absence of desire and the sense of doership, the striver realizes his self-evident abode in the self.
As while writing, we use a pen and we put the pen in its original position as soon as the writing is over, similarly a striver should use the body, while working and put (leave) it in its original position as soon as the work is over viz., should get detached from it; then after every action he will be established in yoga (equanimity). If he is totally detached from actions, he will attain to the height of yoga.
Attachment to Kriya (pleasure) and objects (prosperity) leads to ruin (downfall) (Gita 2/44), therefore a striver should neither be attached to actions nor to the fruit of actions (Gita 2/47, 5/12). He should not enjoy pleasure born of his resolve viz., he should not derive pleasure from the fulfilment of his resolve. He should not resolve even for his salvation because the resolve for salvation strengthens (the existence of) bondage. Therefore renouncing all worldly thoughts he should remain quite indifferent.
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