यस्त्वात्मरतिरेव स्यादात्मतृप्तश्च मानव: | आत्मन्येव च सन्तुष्टस्तस्य कार्यं न विद्यते || 17|| नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन | न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्चिदर्थव्यपाश्रय: || 18|| |
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“But he who rejoices in the Self, who is content and satisfied in the Self, has no work to perform. Such a person has nothing to gain or lose by performing or renouncing actions. He is not dependent on anyone for anything “
Commentary
The devotee who is perfectly satisfied with the Self, whose desires do not go beyond the Self, whose mind never strays out of the Self, is released from the law of karma. There is no requirement of karma yoga for the devotee who has found the fruit of karma which is moksha or liberation. He has escaped from the wheel of creation, time and activity to the shining Self within and everywhere. Such a devotee has become a Paramahamsa, Supreme Being who is one with God. The flight of the swan (hamsa) symbolizes moksha, the release from the cycle of birth, death, and reincarnation known as Samsara. Hamsa is derived from Sanskrit as Ham and Sa which means ‘I am That’. One who is Paramahamsa has merged his wave of ego into the ocean of Self. He is one with the owner of the universe and has all the treasures in him. He does not have any personal desire. But still, if he works, he does so for the benefit of mankind. There is no harm whether he works or does not work. When the devotee does not see himself as the body but as pure light of the sun, he does not cast any shadow of karma on the soil of creation.
Action arises from sense-desire which arises from thought-interaction with matter. Thought is a vibration that arises from the movements of the body (breath, heart, lungs etc). Body movements arise from vibrating currents that pump the heart, circulate the blood and keep regenerating the cells. Vibrating localized currents behind the whirl of atoms and quarks of the body are different manifestations of Aum sound, the intelligent cosmic motor. Behind this sound is wisdom-stillness, the Self. Activity is for vibration not for the vibrationless Self, the ever-existing, ever-conscious and ever-new joy called Sat-Chit-Ananda.
Action arises from sense-desire which arises from thought-interaction with matter. Thought is a vibration that arises from the movements of the body (breath, heart, lungs etc). Body movements arise from vibrating currents that pump the heart, circulate the blood and keep regenerating the cells. Vibrating localized currents behind the whirl of atoms and quarks of the body are different manifestations of Aum sound, the intelligent cosmic motor. Behind this sound is wisdom-stillness, the Self. Activity is for vibration not for the vibrationless Self, the ever-existing, ever-conscious and ever-new joy called Sat-Chit-Ananda.