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॥ श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता ॥ 18.12॥
_अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं
च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम् ।_
_भवत्यत्यागिनां
प्रेत्य न तु सन्न्यासिनां क्वचित् ॥_
भावार्थ :
कर्मफल का त्याग न करने वाले मनुष्यों के कर्मों का तो अच्छा, बुरा और मिला हुआ- ऐसे तीन प्रकार का फल मरने के पश्चात अवश्य होता है, किन्तु कर्मफल का त्याग कर देने वाले मनुष्यों के कर्मों का फल किसी
काल में भी नहीं होता (कर्मों के होने में सांख्यसिद्धांत का कथन)॥१२॥
Meaning:
The three fold fruit of
action, undesirable, desirable and mixed, goes after death to the atyaagees,
but never to the sanyaasis.
Explanation:
Shri Krishna elaborates on
the theory of karma in this chapter. Every action has a reaction, and this
reaction is also known as the phala, result or fruit of the action. When we
cross the road to catch a bus, we could get one of three results. We could
catch the bus, we could miss the bus, or we could get into a packed bus with no
room for seating. The result could be desirable, undesirable or mixed. This is
a law of the universe, no different than the law of gravity. The fruit always
comes to the performer of the action, with the same certainty as the bill
collector comes to collect a debt, per the words of Sant Jnyaneshwar.
Any fruit that is found in
nature contains seeds. These seeds can create trees that can generate many more
fruits. Similary, every fruit that results from an action has the potential to
create innumerable desires that result in even more actions. This infinite
chain of action, reaction, fruit, desire and action is nothing but bondage or
samsaara. One who is an atyaagi, one who has not given up attachment to fruits
of action, is bound in this chain. By practicing karmayoga, by giving up
attachment to the fruit of action, we can break this chain.
Now, let us proceed to the
next phase of karma yoga. As long as we hold the notion that we are performing
all actions, we cannot proceed further in the journey of a seeker. Performance
of action is falsely superimposed on the eternal essence which is beyond all
action, beyond all change. The second chapter made it very clear that there can
be no change in the aatmaa, the eternal essence. Unless we fully internalize
the notion that our "I", our self does not perform action, we will
remain entrenched in samsaara. Shri Krishna says that only a sanyaasi, only one
who sees that Prakriti really performs actions, can destroy current, past and
future fruits of action. This topic is elaborated in the following shlokas.
Chant the mantra you have faith in
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