The Philosophy of the Bhagavadgita - 8.3 Swami Krishnananda.
------------------------------------- Monday, November 23 2020. 05:51. PM. Chapter 8: The Yoga of Action-3. ----------------------------------- 1. In a mythological style, in the form of a beautiful image, Krishna says that the Creator produced the individuals in the early days of creation, with a message to everyone. The great God who created us seems to have spoken to us thus, at the time of creation: “Children, I have created you, but I have created you together with a duty.” To be born as an individual is also to be born with a duty inseparably. If we are to be free from duty, we have to be free from individuality itself. So, when we were born as individuals at the time of creation, at the origin of things, we have been sent by the Creator with a commission to perform a duty in the form of yajna. “Sahayajnah prajah srishtva purovacha prajapatih; anena prasavishyadhvam esha vo’stvishtakamadhuk” is a famous verse which sums up the principle of spiritual action. Indi...