Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 2
In the Gita the term 'Kuiala' has also been used in the tenth verse of the eighteenth chapter. There within 'akuiala karma' all the actions performed with an interested motive and actions forbidden by the scriptures, have been included while within 'kuiala karma' all the actions done with disinterested motive and actions sanctioned by the scriptures, have been included. There is a beginning and there is an end of 'Akusala' and 'Kulala' actions but there is no beginning or end of 'Yoga'. Attachment and aversion bind a man; agreeable and disagreeable actions don't bind him. Therefore the actions, which are performed by being attached to them, may be very virtuous, will lead to bondage because by those actions even if the abode of Brahma is attained, one has to retum (Gita 8/16). Therefore the man, who does not shun the disagreeable actions with aversion and does not perform the virtuous actions with attachment, is indeed a man of true renunciation, is intelligent, is free from doubts and is established in the self (Gita 18/10). The above description proves that the expression 'yogah kanmasu kausalam' means 'Yoga (equanimity) in actions is skill'—this should be accepted. The Lord also orders to perform actions being steadfast in Yoga—'yogasthah kuru karmani' (Gita 2/48). It means that actions are not significant but `Yoga' (equanimity) is significant. Therefore only `Yoga' (equanimity) in actions is skill.
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