BHAGAVAD GEETA: 62 - 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 15, Mar 2024 07:00.
2.8 THE SCIENCE OF KARMA YOGA
(Slogas 39-41, 3 No.)
Post - 62.
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Slogam - 39: The Yoga of Wisdom (Karma Yoga) Begins
1.
Eshaa te abhihitaa = What has been taught so far is wisdom
2.
buddhi Yoge tu imam shrunu; = Now listen to the wisdom concerning Yoga.
3.
buddhyaa yuktah yayaa, Paartha, = Knowing this wisdom , O Partha,
4.
karma-bandham prahaasyasi. = you shall cast off the bonds of action.
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Slogam 38 smoothly introduced us to Karma Yoga as described in the Geeta. It
contained both the key principles of Karma Yoga. [These are the same two that we learnt in
Upadesh Sara (Text 7), namely:
i)
Renunciation of the Fruits of Action: The fruits of action have to be received as
Prasad of the Lord. Whatever the results are have to be accepted as His Prasad.
ii) Dedicated Action: Actions have to be dedicated to the Lord moment by moment;
this takes out all selfishness from them.
Sri Krishna uses the word Shrunu, “listen”, when He starts speaking on Karma Yoga.
He did not do so when he taught Saankhya Yoga. That shows the importance of Karma Yoga.
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Karma Yoga as a preliminary sub-branch of Yoga that breaks down Karma
Bandhan, meaning “our bondage to action.” By lightening our Karmic burden, it prepares
the seeker for the higher steps of spirituality, for Saankhya Yoga.
Acharyaji said, “Karma Yoga gives the right attitude to approach the Lord. Saankhya
Yoga then gives the right altitude to reach the Lord, the pinnacle of Perfection.”
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THE GREATNESS OF KARMA YOGA
“Karma Yoga is hunger for Saankhya Yoga!”
KARMA YOGA IS unparalleled in its ability to purify the Jeeva of the burden of
Karma. Sri Krishna is very fond of Karma Yoga – He splashes it out everywere in the Geeta. It
is His pet subject! He introduces it to Arjuna in the very beginning because He believes it will
help purify Arjuna’s mind and thereby enable him to understand Saankhya Yoga better.
Karma Yoga is a Yogic science because it helps to bring us to the doorstep of
Saankhya Yoga, and through it to unite with the Self.
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In Karma Yoga, the mind is hooked to God while engaged in actions. The actions are
performed without desire for enjoyment through the act. Even if the action fails to bring a
good result, it does not matter to the Karma Yogi. This principle helps the Karma Yogi to
discover that happiness is independent of the fruit of one’s action.
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Karma Yoga thus can be viewed as an activity done for the sheer joy of hooking
oneself onto the Lord. It stops impurities from the outside coming in, and helps the impurity
that is already stored within to come out. It “sweeps” the room of the mind clean.
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Acharyaji inspired us with another magnificent simile:
“In Karma Yoga, one hand reaches out to the world and one hand to God. The first hand has a Divine ‘glove ’ on, so we are not tainted by the world; the other hand has Divine ‘Love kissed by God."
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We should always remember that when Karma Yoga is eulogized, it does not mean
that Saankhya Yoga is being relegated to the background. Karma Yoga is glorified so that
Saankhya Yoga can get fulfilled. When a child is praised, the father gets very pleased!
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Next
Slogam - 40:Karma Yoga: Results are Immediate & Certain
Continued
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