Discourses from Most revered Param Pujya Shri Dr. VishwaMitr ji Maharajshri
How to covert action into karmyog ( Action enjoined with Divinity) [ An humble attempt to translate His Divine words in English]
Part 2 b
The Lord has auspiciously started Ch 6. 6th Chapter is called Dhyaanyoga. It is also called Yoga of Self control. Yoga of practice. It’s a beautiful chapter. All are beautiful. But this too is beautiful. Talked about meditation today. Where did He start from. From there where the discussion of karmayoga was going on. Today, we’ll continue our discussion on this.
Paarth- While performing action, giving up the desire for its result, one is not a karmayogi. Today, ladies and gentlemen, let us try to understand a little bit of this. What is this desire of the result? Whatever you do, what is it’s purpose? Only this, such that you get worldly happiness! A child studies, such that after studies he gets work, get married. Happiness because of job , happiness to pass the exam, then happiness after marriage, as if there is just one result, that is called happiness. What kind of happiness?
It’s not the absolute happiness that one gets from Divine company, one that we get from the Lord’s hymns, one that we get from the worship of The Name !
No! the happiness that we are looking at is the one that we get from objects/ materials. This happiness is worldly happiness and it is for a short span of time. This is bonded with unhappiness. Meaning, this happiness has come and after that unhappiness does not return, this is not the law of the Supreme.
It’s a cycle. If there is sorrow then happiness will come, if there is happiness , sorrow will come. This is called mortal pleasure, this is called worldly happiness. Every action has its result, perform an investigation, if you received success, Name is the success.
What do you get? Pleasure. Pleasure of success. You get promoted, you have become more bigger, what did you get pleasure. You had a hotel, you got two, you had a small home, purchased a big one, what happened? Only this that you received pleasure out of it.
You ate, pleasure of the food, but for how long? Morning you had breakfast, you are hungry at noon, this is called mortal happiness. You ate with tummy full, then at night you are again hungry. This tummy never gets filled. It’s always empty, how so many bags of wheat flour, rice, lentils you put. This is not going to get filled. This is called the mortal pleasure.
Every action has a result, The Teacher of Gita Lord Shri Krishna is saying, till the person does not let go of the result, he cannot become a karmyogi.
A student studies. His right is only till the aspect of studying. If you understand the hidden concepts of Gita ji, you’ll become a karmyogi. Peace will come by itself. Today The Lord has said – Peace is the name of performing Action. By performing action we get peace. Renouncing the action does not lead to peace.
Today in 6th Chapter just now you read, a student studies. What percentage of marks he’ll get, it’s not under his control. This is under The Supreme Being’s control. He has kept it with Him. So, later on Lord will say, Paath! You only have the right to perform the action. Not on the result. You just keep doing your work. I have given you the capability to do work. A little of freedom I have provided. Not complete but just a little bit , you just keep doing your work. But what result you’ll get, that’s not in your hands. This I have kept with me alone! Whether I have to pass or fail that child ! Whether he has to come first or with what Division I need to pass him, it’s in my hands. It’s not in the child’s hand.
There is a girl. You are finding a groom for her. So many years have passed. Now parents start getting stressed out. My girl is 25,26,30 yrs old, we cannot find a good groom for her. To find the groom is the task of the parents., but to be able to find one, it’s not in the hands of the parents. The Lord has kept it in His own hands.
When the groom will be found, where he’ll be found, all these things. The Lord has kept with Himself. Your job is to do the work, you have no right on the result. The devotee, who accepts this, meeting-separating, birth-death, all are under the Lord’s control. All is because of His Divine wish. One who accepts this fact son! he becomes eligible to be called a “ karmayogi”
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