1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 3 - Karma Yoga - Sloka 16

The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.

The Wheel of Life 14-16

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 3 -Karma Yoga - Sloka 16

Evam pravirtitam chakram na anu vartyati iha yah I
Agha ayuh indriya ramah mogham partha sah jivati II sloka 16

एवं प्रविर्तितं चक्रमन अनु वर्तयति इह यः . 

अघ आयुः इन्द्रिय रामः मोघं पार्थ सः जीवति .. श्लोक १६ 

He who doesnot follow on earth the wheel thus revolving, sinful of life and rejoicing in the senses, he O Partha, lives in vain.

Factories are set up for curing, treating and processing various things. The wheel of nature is likewise setup by the lord for nursing, training, disciplining and elevating all beings at various levels of existence. A pupil who declines to be educated doesnot derive the benefit of his being schooled. A visit to a town is as bad as no visit if the visitor fails to see or do anything there. Having come into this world if man doesnot do what is expected of him,his advent amiunts to nothing. As a drone he drags on a wretched existence. He is no asset but a burden and dead weight to society. Instead of fulfilling, he frustrates the divine plan and purpose of nature. Man ought to be a fulfillment and not a failure in life.