\n\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940\u092d\u0917\u0935\u093e\u0928\u0941\u0935\u093e\u091a
\n\u0905\u0928\u093e\u0936\u094d\u0930\u093f\u0924: \u0915\u0930\u094d\u092e\u092b\u0932\u0902 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0902 \u0915\u0930\u094d\u092e \u0915\u0930\u094b\u0924\u093f \u092f: \u0964
\n\u0938 \u0938\u0928\u094d\u0928\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0938\u0940 \u091a \u092f\u094b\u0917\u0940 \u091a \u0928 \u0928\u093f\u0930\u0917\u094d\u0928\u200d\u093f\u0930\u094d\u0928 \u091a\u093e\u0915\u094d\u0930\u093f\u092f: \u0965 \u0967 \u0965<\/p>\n
\n\u015br\u012b-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca
\nan\u0101\u015brita\u1e25 karma-phala\u1e41
\nk\u0101rya\u1e41 karma karoti ya\u1e25
\nsa sanny\u0101s\u012b ca yog\u012b ca
\nna niragnir na c\u0101kriya\u1e25<\/p>\n
\nSynonyms
\n\u015br\u012b-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca \u2014 the Lord said; an\u0101\u015brita\u1e25 \u2014 without taking shelter; karma-phalam \u2014 of the result of work; k\u0101ryam \u2014 obligatory; karma \u2014 work; karoti \u2014 performs; ya\u1e25 \u2014 one who; sa\u1e25 \u2014 he; sanny\u0101s\u012b \u2014 in the renounced order; ca \u2014 also; yog\u012b \u2014 mystic; ca \u2014 also; na \u2014 not; ni\u1e25 \u2014 without; agni\u1e25 \u2014 fire; na \u2014 nor; ca \u2014 also; akriya\u1e25 \u2014 without duty.<\/p>\n
\nTranslation
\nThe Supreme Personality of Godhead said: One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic, not he who lights no fire and performs no duty.<\/p>\n
\nPurport
\nIn this chapter the Lord explains that the process of the eightfold yoga system is a means to control the mind and the senses. However, this is very difficult for people in general to perform, especially in the Age of Kali. Although the eightfold yoga system is recommended in this chapter, the Lord emphasizes that the process of karma-yoga, or acting in K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness, is better. Everyone acts in this world to maintain his family and their paraphernalia, but no one is working without some self-interest, some personal gratification, be it concentrated or extended. The criterion of perfection is to act in K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness, and not with a view to enjoying the fruits of work. To act in K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness is the duty of every living entity because all are constitutionally parts and parcels of the Supreme. The parts of the body work for the satisfaction of the whole body. The limbs of the body do not act for self-satisfaction but for the satisfaction of the complete whole. Similarly, the living entity who acts for satisfaction of the supreme whole and not for personal satisfaction is the perfect sanny\u0101s\u012b, the perfect yog\u012b.
\nThe sanny\u0101s\u012bs sometimes artificially think that they have become liberated from all material duties, and therefore they cease to perform agnihotra yaj\u00f1as (fire sacrifices), but actually they are self-interested because their goal is to become one with the impersonal Brahman. Such a desire is greater than any material desire, but it is not without self-interest. Similarly, the mystic yog\u012b who practices the yoga system with half-open eyes, ceasing all material activities, desires some satisfaction for his personal self. But a person acting in K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness works for the satisfaction of the whole, without self-interest. A K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a conscious person has no desire for self-satisfaction. His criterion of success is the satisfaction of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, and thus he is the perfect sanny\u0101s\u012b, or perfect yog\u012b. Lord Caitanya, the highest perfectional symbol of renunciation, prays in this way:
\nna dhana\u1e41 na jana\u1e41 na sundar\u012b\u1e41
\nkavit\u0101\u1e41 v\u0101 jagad-\u012b\u015ba k\u0101maye
\nmama janmani janman\u012b\u015bvare
\nbhavat\u0101d bhaktir ahaituk\u012b tvayi
\n\u201cO Almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor to enjoy beautiful women. Nor do I want any number of followers. What I want only is the causeless mercy of Your devotional service in my life, birth after birth.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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