Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand 218

Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand Ji

CHAPTER 3 Urging The Enemy’s Destruction यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरा जन:। स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते ॥21॥ [ “Others emulate the actions of a great man and closely follow the example set by him.” ] The man who has known his Self, and who finds joy and contentment in his embodied Soul, has nothing to gain from action nor anything to lose from inaction. But, on the other hand, there are instances of men of true attainment such as Janak and others who were assiduously engaged in action. In the following verse, Krishna also unobtrusively compares himself with those great men to suggest: “I, too, am a great Soul like them.” न मे पार्थास्ति कर्तव्यं त्रिषु लोकुषु किंचन। नानवाप्तमवाप्तव्यं वर्त एव च कर्मणि॥22॥ [ “Although, O Parth, there is no task in all the three worlds which I have to do, and neither is there any worthwhile object which I have not achieved, I am yet engaged in action.’’ ]