of karma, is the one who burns the fire of karma.
-I am Utideyuh – will be destroyed; Ime – this; Lokah – the worlds: if I do not perform my duty; Karma – the actions of the mind; Chet – if; Aham – I; Sankarasya unnecessary mass of people; Ca – and; Karta – created; Sam – I will become; Upahanyam – destroyed; Imaah – this; Prajaah – all living beings. If I do not perform my duty, all these worlds will be destroyed. I will be the cause of the unnecessary creation of people, and through this I will establish peace for all living beings.
Explanation: Varna Sankara is an unnecessary population that disturbs the peace of the common society. To prevent this social unrest, there are rules and regulations. Through them, people become peaceful and orderly without any effort for spiritual progress in life. Lord Krishna has now naturally followed such rules and regulations well and upheld the respect and necessity of those important rituals. God is the father of all living beings. If those living beings go astray, God himself has to be indirectly responsible for it. That is why when there is disrespect for the Dharma, God himself incarnates and corrects the society. However, we should be careful to remember that although we have to follow the words and symbols of God, we cannot imitate Him. Following and imitating are not the same thing, we cannot imitate the Govardhan-noddhara Leela that God performed in His childhood. It is impossible for any human being, we must follow his instructions, but we cannot imitate him at any time. The Surbhagavatam (10.33.30-31) confirms the following:
The knowledge of nature is the knowledge of the mind, the knowledge of the Lord. The knowledge of the Lord is
Meaning: For devotees, the “blessing” is God, but for the impersonalist, it is a curse. Therefore, under proper guidance, one who works for Krishna or in Krishna consciousness without any desire for results of action, truly progresses towards the ultimate goal of life. Arjuna was told to fight in the Kurukshetra battlefield for the sake of Krishna. Because Krishna wanted him to fight. Becoming good or non-violent is self-interest. But working for the sake of God is working without any desire for results. This is the supreme perfect work taught by Lord Krishna, the Supreme Being.
Various kinds of sacrifices are performed to purify sinful activities in the field of sense gratification. But in Krishna consciousness, action is beyond the results of good and bad actions. A person in Krishna consciousness works only for Krishna, without any desire for results. He is completely detached even though he is engaged in various kinds of actions.
Karmanaiva hi sansiddhimasthita Janakadayah . The world is collected and the karma is collected.
karmana – by action; eva – even; hi – absolutely; sansiddhim – in perfection; asthitah – are established; jānakā adayah – the kings like Janaka; lokasamgraham – the general public; eva api – also; sampasyan – for the sake of; kartum – to perform action; arhasi – you are fit.
Kings like Janaka attained perfection only by performing rituals. Therefore, you must perform rituals in order to teach the common people.
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