BHAGAVAD GEETA: 67 - Swami Advayananda

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BHAGAVAD GEETA 
Chapter - 2
Discourse – 2 (72 Slogas)
“Yoga of the SUPREME SELF”
Sri Veda Vyasaji

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Friday 12, Apr 2024 06:20.
2.9   THE PATH OF KAMYA KARMA 
(Slogas: 42-44, 3 No.)
Post - 67.

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Slogam - 43:B. The Pursuit of Pleasure: 

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Kaamaatmaanah svarga-paraah = Full of desires, having Heaven as their goal; 

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janma-karma-phala-pradaam; = they pursue the rewards  of their actions, which leads them (only) to new births;

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kriyaa-vishesha-bahulaam = They plunge all their efforts into specific deeds, 

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bhoga-aishwarya-gatim prati. = for the attainment of pleasure and lordship.  

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 Based on the above philosophy is the lifestyle that accompanies it. Their deluded 

minds draw them towards the pursuit of pleasure. These people of the materialistic schools 

are seen in this slogam with a magnifying glass. 

The elaborate rituals spoken of are those in the Karma Kanda section of the Vedas. 

People with numerous desires will certainly take this part of the Vedas as being their 

“Gospel”. The attainment of heavens for the sake of enjoying pleasures is not uncommon 

among the pursuers of pleasure. They may even deny themselves some pleasure on earth in 

order to enjoy them more intensely in heaven! Such is their faith. 


Kaamaatmaanah: “full of desires”. When taken to its logical conclusion, this 

philosophy leads to Krodaatmaanah, which means “full of anger”. All desires can never be 

fulfilled. The unfulfilled ones are bound to bring frustration and anger in their wake. 

Unfulfilled desires automatically pull their souls back again to another birth to obtain 

opportunities to fulfil them. 


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 Engaging themselves in an endless stream of actions, these people work hard to 

accumulate wealth and enjoy the maximum amount of pleasure. Some of them work 

endlessly to earn Punya for the sake of enjoying the pleasures in heaven.  

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Next

Slogam -44: C. The Result? – Addicted Minds 

Continued

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