Commentary on the Srimad Bhagavad Gita- Discourse 5.5. - Swami Krishnananda.

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Saturday, October 03, 2020. 10:19.AM.

Discourse 5: The Second Chapter Concludes – The Establishment of the Soul in Universality - 5.

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BG - CH-18, SLO - 14.

"adhishthanam   tatha   karta   karanam   ca   prthagvidham,

vividhas ca   pathak   ceshta  daivam    caivatra   pancamam."

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karta   karanam   ca   prthagvidham : The instruments of action also limit our action. 

What are the tools we employ? 

A spade, a pickaxe, a gun, a hand or a foot are the instruments that we use. The limitations set by the instruments are also the limitations of our action. Vividhas ca p?thakce??a: There are various other distractions in the mind at the time of performing an action. The mind is not very clear. Nobody’s mind is very clear at the time of performing an action because there is suspicion and doubt; there is a fear of not succeeding, or that the right step has not been taken, or that it is not the proper thing at the proper time. These kinds of distractions also limit our action.

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vividhas ca   pathak   ceshta  daivam    caivatra   pancamam :

The last trump card that the Lord places before us is that the will of the Supreme Being is final. At the time of creation, the Supreme Being wills what kind of universe it has to be, and that kind of universe is characterised by certain abilities to provide us with the fruits of whatever kind they be. Therefore, we cannot expect something more or less than what can be available under the conditions of this particular universe willed by Hiranyagarbha, or Ishvara. Whatever be our individual will, it is prompted finally by the Ultimate Will. Though we may will a particular action, we cannot will the particular manner in which we will it.

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It is said that a right action should be judged from four angles of vision. 

Firstly, the intention in doing a thing should be justifiable. We should not have an offensive intention behind our action. 

Secondly, the consequence that may follow from our action should also be justifiable. 

Thirdly, the very reason behind our intention—why we developed this intention to do a particular action—has a reason behind it which is superior to our psychological intention, and that also has to be justifiable. 

Finally, it should not harm any person. 

If our action does some harm to somebody, knowingly or unknowingly, it will have a reaction.

To be continued ...

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