Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand 158

Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand Ji

CHAPTER 2 Curiosity About Action दूरेण ह्रावरं कर्म बुद्धियोगाद्धनंजय। बुद्धौ शरणमन्विच्छ कृपणा: फलहेतव:॥49॥ [ “Take refuge in the way of equanimity (yog), Dhananjay, because action with desire for the fruits thereof is far inferior to the path of discrimination, and they are indeed paupers who are motivated by lust (for rewards).’’ ] Covetous action is distant from and inferior to the Path of Discrimination. Those who yearn after praise are wretched men, vile and devoid of judgement. Arjun is, therefore, urged to find shelter in the evenminded Way of Knowledge. Even if the Soul is rewarded with what he desires, he will have to assume a body in order to enjoy it. So long as the process of coming and going, of birth and death, lasts, how can there be ultimate redemption? A seeker should not desire even absolution, for absolution is total freedom from passions. Thinking over the acquisition of rewards if he gets any, his worship is interrupted. Why should he now continue any further with the task of meditation on God? He goes astray. So yog should be observed with a perfectly even mind.