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Chapter 11
matkarmakrnmatparamo madbhaktah sangavarjitah
nirvairah sarvabhutesu yah sa mameti pandava
O Pagdava (Arjuna), he who acts for My sake, depends on Me, is devoted to Me, has no attachment and is free from malice, towards all beings, reaches Me. 55
Comment:-
[The five points mentioned in this verse, can be divided into two parts (i) Attachment to the Lord (ii) Detachment from the world. The first part includes, the first three points 'works for Me', 'depends on Me' and is 'devoted to Me', while the second part, includes the last two points - 'no attachment' and 'freedom from malice'.]
Matkarmakrt:- It means, that all the spiritual pursuits, such as utterance of the Lord's name, loud chanting, meditation, good company and study of the sacred hooks, as well as, performing mundane duties, according to one's caste, creed and stage (order) of life, should be performed, for the Lord's sake.
Actually, the division of actions into spiritual ones and mundane ones, is external. All the actions, whether spiritual or mundane, should be performed for the Lord's sake, only because the body, senses, mind and intellect etc., with which one performs actions, have been given to him by God, and they are His. So he should perform actions, with the power given by Him, according to His ordinance, in order to please Him, by becoming merely on instrument in His hands.
Matparamah:- 'Matparamah', is he who regarding the Lord as the Supreme, depends, only on Him.
Madbhaktah:- He is devoted to the Lord i.e., he has admitted his relationship with the Lord, that only He is his and he only is His. This relationship, develops devotion for Him.
Such a devotee, beholds the Lord pervading everywhere, all the time in all persons, things and his own self. From the angle, that God is everywhere, He is also here. Being at all times, He is now. Pervading all beings and things, He is also in him. As He belongs to all, He is also his. He, who has such a belief, is the Lord's devotee.
Sangavarjitah nirvairah sarvabhUtesu yah:- The devotee, who works for the Lord's sake, depends on Him and is devoted to Him, he becomes free from attachment and desires.
Further, when a devotee realizes, that he is a fragment of the Lord, his devotion for Him is aroused, and then he becomes free from attachment. Having detachment and conviction, that God pervades all beings, he becomes free, from malice towards all of them, even on his receiving the worst treatment. He beholds the Lord's will and grace, in every dealing. Thus, his affinity with the world, is renounced and he attains God.
Sa mameti:- This expression, includes the three points—to know Him in reality, to behold Him, and to attain Him; as explained in the preceding verse. It means, that he attains the object of human life, by reaching Him.
An Important Fact
The Lord, at the end of the ninth chapter, said to Arjuna, "Fix your mind on Me, be devoted to Me, adore Me, bow down to Me, that making yourself steadfast in Me, and entirely depending on Me, you will come to Me" (9134).
After disclosing this secret, Lord Krsna, wanted to reveal more secrets to his devotee Arjuna and so He revealed these, in the tenth and the eleventh chapters.
If man, depends on the perishable and kaleidoscopic, matter (prakrti) and its evolutes, the body and the world, he has disinclination, for the imperishable and eternal Lord. The tenth and the eleventh chapters aim, at removing this disinclination and conducing one towards the Lord.
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