Bg 3.18
naiva tasya kṛtenārtho nākṛteneha kaścana
na cāsya sarva-bhūteṣu kaścid artha-vyapāśrayaḥ
Bg 3.19
tasmād asaktaḥ satataṁ kāryaṁ karma samācara
asakto hy ācaran karma param āpnoti pūruṣaḥ
Translation:
18. For him there is here no interest whatever in what is done, or what is not done; nor does he depend upon any being for any object.
19. Therefore, always perform actions which should be done, without attachment; for, by performing action without attachment, man attains the Supreme.
Commentary Excerpts:
An ordinary man is whipped up to action either because of his anxiety to gain a profit or because of his fear that by not doing work he will be incurring a loss. But an individual, who has the subjective experience of the spiritual stature in him, who has, therefore, discovered an Eternal satisfaction in his own Self, and who has reached perfect contentment therein, will have no more action to perform, for he has nothing more to gain through activity, nor can he have any fear of losing anything in the world due to non-performance of any action. Such an individual, rooted in the experience of the Self, and depending upon nothing --- neither any being nor any object --- for his joy and bliss, has discovered the "Subject"; the objects-of-the-world are essentially nothing other than the "Subject," being tossed on the waves of agitations in the mind.
We have already noticed that Krishna pre-supposes no knowledge in his friend, nor does he thrust upon Arjuna bare statements that are to be blindly believed and silently swallowed by him. Proselytisation is not the technique of Vedanta. Hindus are strangers to it. Every strong statement of fact is preceded by a line of logical thoughts explained at length. Till now Krishna was explaining the 'wheel-of-action,' and after exhausting the exposition of this entire theory, he, in this stanza, is crystallising his conclusions encouraging Arjuna to act.
Therefore, always perform actions which are obligatory in your present social status, in your domestic situation, as a member of your community and the nation. Even here, Krishna is repeating his warning to Arjuna that he must be careful in all his activities, to keep his mind away from all dangerous "attachments." The Lord has already explained how "attachments" directly help to form tendencies in the mind and deepen fresh vasana-impressions within.
Sources: Vedabase.com; The Holy Geeta
naiva tasya kṛtenārtho nākṛteneha kaścana
na cāsya sarva-bhūteṣu kaścid artha-vyapāśrayaḥ
Bg 3.19
tasmād asaktaḥ satataṁ kāryaṁ karma samācara
asakto hy ācaran karma param āpnoti pūruṣaḥ
Translation:
18. For him there is here no interest whatever in what is done, or what is not done; nor does he depend upon any being for any object.
19. Therefore, always perform actions which should be done, without attachment; for, by performing action without attachment, man attains the Supreme.
Commentary Excerpts:
An ordinary man is whipped up to action either because of his anxiety to gain a profit or because of his fear that by not doing work he will be incurring a loss. But an individual, who has the subjective experience of the spiritual stature in him, who has, therefore, discovered an Eternal satisfaction in his own Self, and who has reached perfect contentment therein, will have no more action to perform, for he has nothing more to gain through activity, nor can he have any fear of losing anything in the world due to non-performance of any action. Such an individual, rooted in the experience of the Self, and depending upon nothing --- neither any being nor any object --- for his joy and bliss, has discovered the "Subject"; the objects-of-the-world are essentially nothing other than the "Subject," being tossed on the waves of agitations in the mind.
We have already noticed that Krishna pre-supposes no knowledge in his friend, nor does he thrust upon Arjuna bare statements that are to be blindly believed and silently swallowed by him. Proselytisation is not the technique of Vedanta. Hindus are strangers to it. Every strong statement of fact is preceded by a line of logical thoughts explained at length. Till now Krishna was explaining the 'wheel-of-action,' and after exhausting the exposition of this entire theory, he, in this stanza, is crystallising his conclusions encouraging Arjuna to act.
Therefore, always perform actions which are obligatory in your present social status, in your domestic situation, as a member of your community and the nation. Even here, Krishna is repeating his warning to Arjuna that he must be careful in all his activities, to keep his mind away from all dangerous "attachments." The Lord has already explained how "attachments" directly help to form tendencies in the mind and deepen fresh vasana-impressions within.
Sources: Vedabase.com; The Holy Geeta
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