The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.
Translations of other slokas of the Gita are available on my blog http://haricharanam.blogs
What the spiritual aspirant must do - sloka 19-26
1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 3 -Karma Yoga - Sloka 24
Utsideyuh ime loka na kuryam chet aham I
Samkaryasya cha karta syam upahanyam imah prajah II sloka 24
उत्सीदेयुः इमे लोका न कुर्यां चेत् अहं ।
संकर्यस्य च कर्ता स्याम उपहन्यां इमाः प्रजाः ।। श्लोक २४
These worlds would perish if I did not do action; I would be the cause of confusion of species and I would destroy these beings.
The potentiality of a seed is known only when it sprouts and grows. The worth of a man is known only through his actions.
To be devoid of function is equivalent of being dead. The difference between the two is very little. The body of the dead disappears while that of the functionless drags on a wretched existence, proving itself a burden to society.
Fostering the body is common to high and low. The difference, therefore between the two, cannot be known merely from bodily existence. For if life got confined to the physical level only, there would be no difference between the refined and crude, between the enlightened and the ignorant, between the virtuous and vicious. This leveling down would mean confusion of species.
Through the meticulous performance of one's dharma one's attainments get exemplified. The level of one's evolution becomes self evident through the discharge of one's duty. Where karma is kept in abeyance, the distinctions get lost. If Iswara, the cosmic intelligence doe snot influence his beings in their respective functions, confusion of species is bound to take place, leading to cosmic calamity.
Does not drudging in karma indicate that all beings are prosaically harnessed to action? No, it is not so.Distinctions reveal themselves in the next sloka
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