Sunday, December 2, 2007

18048 VERSE 18-48 MS 48

CHAPTER 18,
PATH OF LIBERATION AND RENUNCIATION,
VERSE MSY 48

GIST

Oh Son of Kumti! Natural duties and functions, though faulty, should not be abandoned. All duties and Actions are covered by defects and lapses, just as fire is covered by smoke.


BLOGGER'S VIEW
This is one of the clean poems of Bhagavad Gita. But the scripture-preachers misinterpreted it to mean caste-attached duties, whereas a caste is created by man. Scripture-preachers teach as though the castes and duties are created by God. (Pl. see verses 4/13, 18/42 TO 45. The preachers as well as Krishna may mean the natural duties as Caste-related duties.)

A more meaningful interpretation will be:

Duties and functions which are natural to a human being, as a part of this Nature (Universe), i.e. which they derive by birth as humans.

E.g. 1. Instincts like eating when hungry, sleeping when tired and copulating when an urge is felt.

E.g. 2. A cat eating mice whenever it feels hungry. A lion eating animals when hungry.

Then a question may arise what is the purpose of Jitendriyatva (Conquering one's own senses)

The idea of conquering senses arises because it is sin to follow natural instincts like eating when hungry. There is no sin in them.

A person who conquers senses will boost his own self-image. It strengthens his self-confidence. It is self-hypnotic. Why a person climbs Mount Everest facing all hurdles and risking hisher life? May be for public adulation or other rewards. In addition to all these, there will be the self-awarded reward of SELF-RESPECT.



AADHYAAYA 18,
MOOKSHA SANYAASA YOOGA
S`LOOKA: MSY 48


Sahajam karma Kaumteeya!
sadoosham api na tyajeet
sarvaarambhaa hi doosheen`a
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