Shri Krishna Loves You: What is Sattvic Action?
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॥ श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता ॥ 17.28॥
_अश्रद्धया हुतं दत्तं तपस्तप्तं कृतं च यत् ।_
_असदित्युच्यते पार्थ न च तत्प्रेत्य नो इह॥_
भावार्थ :
हे पृथापुत्र अर्जुन! बिना श्रद्धा
के यज्ञ, दान और तप के रूप में जो कुछ भी सम्पन्न किया जाता है, वह
सभी "असत्" कहा जाता है, इसलिए वह न तो इस जन्म में लाभदायक
होता है और न ही अगले जन्म में लाभदायक होता है। (२८)
Meaning:
Whatever
is sacrificed, donated or done, and whatever penance is performed, without
faith, it is called asat, O Paartha. It is neither here nor after death.
Explanation:
In
the previous shloka, Shri Krishna asserted that any action performed with the
steadfastness in Ishvara, with constant memory and faith in Ishvara,
automatically becomes a saattvic action. Furthermore, with the application of
the purifier Om Tat Sat, it becomes a means towards liberation. Here, such kind
of action is compared with an action that is performed without any faith or
steadfastness whatsoever. Action performed without any faith is called as asat,
which literally means non reality or devoid of reality.
In
our daily life, we can immediately tell the difference between one who puts
their heart and soul into their actions, and one who is just going through the
motions. We ourselves have instances where we love an action so much that we
put everything in it, we get lost in it, and some other actions where we are
acting like mechanical machines, like robots. Shri Krishna says that any
action, any sacrifice, penance or charity performed without faith, without our
soul in it, becomes a worthless action. Forget liberation, it will not even
yield a result here, on this earth.
With
this shloka, Shri Krishna concludes the seventeenth chapter on the three types
of faith. He says that there are three types of devotees based on the texture
of their faith, and are categorized as saattvic, raajasic and taamasic. In
order to make ourselves fit for liberation, we should cultivate saatvic faith
and eliminate the other two types of faith. This will happen only by consuming
saattvic food and performing saattvic sacrifices, charity and penance. To
ensure that our saatvic actions are free of errors and defects, we should use
the purifier Om Tat Sat while performing the actions.
Hare Krishna 🙏🌹
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