SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA : 6. SWAMI SIVANANDA

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15/10/2019
THE YOGA OF RENUNCIATION OF ACTION
(KARMA SANYASA YOGAM)
POST-6.
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Arjuna Uvaacha :

"Sannyaasam karmanaam krishna punar yogam cha shamsasi;
Yacchreya etayorekam tanme broohi sunishchitam."-1.

Arjuna said :

1. Renunciation of actions, O Krishna, Thou praisest, and again Yoga! Tell me conclusively
which is the better of the two.
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Sri Bhagavaan Uvaacha :

"Sannyaasah karmayogashcha nihshreyasakaraa vubhau;
Tayostu karmasannyaasaat karmayogo vishishyate." -2.

The Blessed Lord said:

2. Renunciation and the Yoga of action both lead to the highest bliss; but of the two, the
Yoga of action is superior to the renunciation of action.

"Jneyah sa nityasannyaasi yo na dweshti na kaangkshati;
Nirdwandwo hi mahaabaaho sukham bandhaat pramuchyate."-3.

3. He should be known as a perpetual Sannyasin who neither hates nor desires; for, free
from the pairs of opposites, O mighty-armed Arjuna, he is easily set free from bondage!

COMMENTARY: A man does not become a Sannyasin by merely giving up actions due to laziness, ignorance, some family quarrel or calamity or unemployment. A true Sannyasin is one who has neither attachment nor aversion to anything. Physical renunciation of objects is no renunciation at all. What is wanted is the renunciation of egoism and desires.

"Saankhyayogau prithagbaalaah pravadanti na panditaah;
Ekam apyaasthitah samyag ubhayor vindate phalam."- 4.

4. Children, not the wise, speak of knowledge and the Yoga of action or the performance of
action as though they are distinct and different; he who is truly established in one obtains the fruits
of both.

"Yatsaankhyaih praapyate sthaanam tad yogair api gamyate;
Ekam saankhyam cha yogam cha yah pashyati sa pashyati."-5.

5. That place which is reached by the Sankhyas or the Jnanis is reached by the (Karma)
Yogis. He sees who sees knowledge and the performance of action (Karma Yoga) as one.
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To be continued ....
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