The entire content of this mail is from Swami Adidevananda's translation of Ramanuja Gita Bhashya, published by Ramakrishna Mission.
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
If I do not do work, these men would be lost; and I will be the cause of chaos in life and thereby ruining all these people.
If I do not do work suitable to my station in life, likewise all the virtuous men also, neglecting their duties by following my example, would be destroyed on account of not performing their duties. That is, they will become lost. Thus I would be bringing about chaos among all the virtuous men on account of my failure to conduct myself as prescribed in the scriptures. Therefore I would be destroying all these people. Even so, if you, O Arjuna, a son of Pandu and brother of Yudhishtra and the foremost of the virtuous, claim to be qualified in jnana yoga, then the virtuous aspirants, who do not know everything and who follow your way, without knowing their own competency, would give up practising karma yoga and will be lost. Therefore work should be done by one who is recognised as learned and worthy.
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