Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand 271

Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand Ji

CHAPTER 4 Elucidation of The Deed of Yagya कांक्षन्त: कर्मणां सिद्धिं यजन्त इह देवता:। क्षिप्रं हि मानुषे लोके सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा ॥12॥ [ “Desiring fruits of their action, men worship manifold gods, for the rewards of action are then earned quickly.” ] Desiring accomplishment of the action within this human body, men take to the worship of many gods. -that is, they cultivate the several righteous impulses. Krishn has told Arjun to perform the ordained action, which is performance of yagya, a way of worship, in which the incoming and outgoing life-breaths are offered to God as oblation and the outwardlooking senses are burnt out in the fire of self-restraint, and whose final outcome is the attainment of God. The true meaning of action is worship and this is again clarified later in this chapter. The outcome of this action is oneness with the eternal God, the supreme goal: the state of total actionlessness. Krishn says that men who follow his way, worship gods for the attainment of actionlessness, that is, they strengthen the divine impulses within.