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॥ श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता ॥ 18.13॥
_पञ्चैतानि महाबाहो
कारणानि निबोध मे ।_
_साङ्ख्ये कृतान्ते
प्रोक्तानि सिद्धये सर्वकर्मणाम्॥_
भावार्थ:
हे महाबाहो! सम्पूर्ण कर्मों की सिद्धि के ये पाँच हेतु कर्मों का अंत
करने के लिए उपाय बतलाने वाले सांख्य-शास्त्र में कहे गए हैं, उनको तू मुझसे भलीभाँति जान ॥१३॥
Meaning:
Learn these five factors
for the accomplishment of all actions, O mighty armed, which are spoken of in
the Saankhya in which actions culminate.
EXPLANATION:
Shri Krishna begins
describing the true nature of action with this shloka. Typically we tend to
think we are responsible for initiating, executing and completing every action,
from the simplest action like drinking a cup of tea, to a complex action like
planning the construction of a 100 storey building. He says that there are
other factors which are responsible for the accomplishment of all actions, as
denoted by the Saankhya or Vedaanta. He also conveys to Arjuna that a new topic
has started, by calling out his name.
In the fourth chapter, we
came across a shloka which stated that all actions in their totality culminate
in knowledge. There are two components to this knowledge. The first is that the
self, the eternal essence, the aatmaa, is actionless, since there is no
possibility of change or modification in something that is changeless. This
leads us to the second component of knowledge, which is as follows. If I, the self,
am not performing action, something else must be doing so. As long as we are
not fully convinced that something else is performing actions, we will hold on
to the notion that we are doing so.
A naive person sits in a
bus and thinks that he is driving it. You have to convince him that he is not
driving it, but it is the bus driver that is driving it. In the same way, Shri
Krishna gives us a detailed analysis of action and its components, such that we
may come to the right conclusion. We are naive in thinking that the I, the self
performs action when the Saankhya, the Vedaanta tells us that we do not. Once
we come to this conclusion, we will automatically renounce the doership of
action, and consequently, free ourselves from the chain of action and reaction.
Chant the mantra you have faith in
Hare Krishna
Hare Krishna 🙏🌹
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