Friday, April 17, 2020

Srimad Bhagavat Gita commentary chapter 4 verse 19


Chapter 4 verse 19

“Whose undertakings are all devoid of desires and purposes, and whose actions have been burnt by the ‘fire of knowledge’, him the wise call a sage”

Further to previous verse, Lord qualifies ‘Unaction’ as action which is desire less, there is no particular purpose or result expected out of it and also it is performed with a sense of sacrifice to the divine. This sacrificial attitude only arises in beings that have in them the fire burning of Self knowledge. This fire anneals the heart from which desires arise which gets converted to thoughts in the mind and results in desire laden action through body and mind. Thus lets kindle that fire of knowledge and be qualified to be called ‘real intellectual or sage like’.

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