The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.
The Key to Yoga - 45-53
1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 2 - Samkhya Yoga - Sloka 47
Karmani evadhikaraste ma phaleshu kadachana I
Ma phalahetuh bhuh ma te sangah astu akarmani II sloka 47
कर्मणि एवाधिकरस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन ।
मा फलहेतुः भूः मा ते संगः अस्तु अकर्मणि ।। श्लोक ४७
Seek to perform your duty; but lay no claim to its fruits. Be not the producer of fruits of karma; neither shall you lean towards inaction.
There seems to be an anomaly and defeat of purpose in this injunction of the Lord. Not an atom moves without a motive. Beings are all busy either to gain something or to ward off something unwanted. In the absence of such a motive no action needs to be performed. But the Lord induces Arjuna not to be motivated and at the same time to be intensely active. Yes, herein lies the turning point in life from Preyas to Sreyas. Good accrues from detachment and never from attachment. Karma in itself is no evil; but it becomes so when mixed up with desire. Desire tainted karma gives continuity to the wheel of birth and death. The seekers after heavenly enjoyments are also slaves to desire. Conquerors of desire are they who care not for the fruits of karma. Freedom from desire is the real freedom. When duty is discharged untarnished by desire, clarity of understanding ensues. In addition to it, efficiency increases. Karma therefore has to be performed perfectly by the aspirant unmindful of the fruits thereof.
A boat maybe floating on water, but no water should get into it. Man may live in the world, but no worldly desire ought to take possession of him
Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
meditation on the suffering of samsara is the basis and support for all good qualities of the path. However, sometime meditation on perform ones duty without attachment to its fruit or result. i personally feel this meditation will enhance altruistic thought in individual mind.
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