It means to give up the desires of this world. What does it mean to renounce the fruits of all actions? To renounce worldly desires. To give up the confusion of 'I want this from this world, I want respect, I want to become this, I want to become that, I want to become that.' Give up such confusion and speak directly. And desire to attain Me through this. Who takes us off track through actions? 'Svakarmana tamabhyarchya siddhim vindati manavah' One's own actions also become worship of God. If one does not keep their private desires in it. But no one can give up their private desires. Even when doing God's work, they have a private desire that 'I should become like this.' If I perform actions like this, God should at least let me do two or three circumambulations in the evening. If nothing else, then at least this. So, their private desire does not leave them. God said, 'Perform actions in this way,' but God's will does not get priority in it. And their own desire gets priority. Their own nature gets priority. Their own preference gets priority. And what God has said does not get priority. So, renouncing the fruits of all actions means to act according to God's will. The difference between that and this is that in that, you perform actions only related to Me. In this, you have the freedom that even if you cannot perform actions related to Me and perform actions related to yourself, it is fine. But do it with a selfless attitude. National leaders like Gandhiji or Narendra Modi, did they renounce the fruits of action or not? No. Renouncing the fruits of action means 'madaptum ichchha ichchhasi' (desiring to attain Me). That should be there, and in this, he simply said renouncing the fruits of action. In that, it is not said that those two words should be applied to everything. Take the context from before. What? That if you were doing it to attain Me, then there is no problem. Even though King Janak ruled, it was to attain Me, so he attained Me. So, if Gandhiji had done the same, if he had done it to please Ram, and had not done it to please Muslims, then he would have attained this. But he did not keep it that way. So, when one thinks 'There is one Supreme Soul and I am doing this to please Him,' only then does it become selfless action (nishkam karmayoga). Doing it aimlessly, as Maharaj said, if one does not do it aimlessly but does it with a worldly attitude, then it is called a worldly attitude, like 'Come on, we have to uproot the British Empire.' 'And I want to make the people of India happy.' Even then, is that desire Gandhiji's or Krishna Krishna 1) An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in the svarup of a cowherd. This is considered to be a greater avatãr than the others, as Shree Krishna possessed all of the powers of Bhagvãn, whereas other avatãrs possessed less power. Shree Krishna conveyed the message of love and humanity to the world. Also, He recited the epic poem, the Bhagvad Geetã, to Arjun in which He stated: ‘Whenever dharma declines and adharma increases, I shall incarnate myself as a human to save the holy, to destroy the sin of the sinner, and to establish dharma. I come into being from yug to yug’. 2) In the Vachanãmrut, Shreeji Mahãrãj also uses the name “Shree Krishna” to describe Bhagvãn Purushottam Nãrãyan. Tap to open in glossary → Gandhiji's, so that has to be given up. Perform actions that align with some desire of Krishna Krishna 1) An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in the svarup of a cowherd. This is considered to be a greater avatãr than the others, as Shree Krishna possessed all of the powers of Bhagvãn, whereas other avatãrs possessed less power. Shree Krishna conveyed the message of love and humanity to the world. Also, He recited the epic poem, the Bhagvad Geetã, to Arjun in which He stated: ‘Whenever dharma declines and adharma increases, I shall incarnate myself as a human to save the holy, to destroy the sin of the sinner, and to establish dharma. I come into being from yug to yug’. 2) In the Vachanãmrut, Shreeji Mahãrãj also uses the name “Shree Krishna” to describe Bhagvãn Purushottam Nãrãyan. Tap to open in glossary → In that, to please Him with a selfless attitude, what is called selfless service (nishkam seva)? What is the meaning of selfless service? To act according to His will. Not to follow one's own desire. 'Sarvadharman parityajya mamekam sharanam vraja', what did God mean by this? Give up all the plans made by your mind. Where is it said to give up everything? To give up doing actions altogether was already forbidden earlier. 'Ma te sango'stvakarmani' (Let not your attachment be to inaction). Then after 'Sarvadharman parityajya', what is left? So, give up all the mental planning you have done, like 'If I do this, this will happen, and if I do that, that will happen, if I do this, this will happen, and if I do that, that will happen.' And act according to God's will. Do not let your private desires mix into it. Do not follow private preferences. Then you will attain that, 'Atha chittam samadhatum na shaknoshi'. If you keep your mind focused on God constantly to attain peace of mind, then whatever fruit you get, you will get this fruit. This is the ultimate limit of God. Of straightforwardness. This is the ultimate limit of crookedness. He does not want to become straightforward, so he wants to say, 'God Himself is crooked, so I am crooked.' Look at the ultimate limit in God. That 'If you cannot do this, then do that, and if you cannot do that, then do this.' How many options He has given. What if the action is performed but the fruit is not renounced? No problem. It is like action itself, in which each option is mentioned, so even if you struggle, you cannot escape from it. It is like that. If the action is related to God, even if they do not renounce the fruit, what other fruit would they desire from it? God said, 'What is My action?' To establish Bhagwat Dharma Dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Keep the desire. Then respect and honor like that will arise. Even then, God makes them happy by giving them respect and honor. Since he has entered God's area, it becomes His responsibility to make him happy. When you go to buy vegetables in the market, as long as the vegetables are on his cloth, it is his responsibility. Once you buy them and take them, and if some are rotten, cutting and fixing them is not done by him. The vegetable seller. Why? Because it has come into this person's bag. So, if something comes into God's area, God will fix it, no problem. After 'matkarma parama', keep whatever desire you have. If they have set out to perform actions for God, then that is just an outward appearance, otherwise, it would have succeeded. God must have some responsibility, right? God also has some responsibility, just as we do, and His responsibility is greater than ours. So, if he is just doing it and nothing else, can that be called Bhagwat Dharma Dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Suppose a person serves ten people. It is written in Gunatitanand Swami's talks. He serves ten people. So, is he practicing Bhagwat Dharma Dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Or is it 'matkarma paramo bhava'? Or is he doing it according to his nature? If he does it according to his nature, it does not mean it has become 'matkarma paramo bhava'. What is God's action? One should think about that first, right? And yet, God is there, and the selfless attitude is the last resort. Everything is included in it, even that other thing. Gunatitanand Swami's mission is to spread Swaminarayan to every leaf. Currently, many sects are building temples and spreading them all over the world. But if there is a business or similar intention inside, can it be called 'matkarma'? So, one has to think whether it can be called 'matkarma' or not. Their inner intention is not to perform 'matkarma' or God's work. It is to achieve their own purpose. What is the inner intention? Suppose they spread it to every leaf, but spreading Swaminarayan's name to every leaf is just superficial. The intention is not to spread Swaminarayan's name to every leaf. The intention is to spread one's own name to every leaf. And if their intention is truly to spread Swaminarayan to every leaf, then Maharaj would come to take them. One should have at least that much faith in Him, right? That 'I am coming to take him.' If He did not come, it means there is a problem somewhere. If He does not come to take them, then one should understand that there is a problem somewhere. It means it is not 'matkarma paramo'. This is not about making up stories superficially and making people believe them. God gives options to the true seeker. None of them apply to the false one. And if it is false and one wants to count it as true, none of them apply. This is God, He says, 'If you have such a desire,' first of all, what did He say? If your desire is to attain Me, then I give you these easier options. But if your desire itself is weak, then no matter how many golden options I give, nothing will happen. For one whose desire is weak. Therefore, you will have to practice selfless action (nishkam karmayoga) and selfless service (nishkam sevayoga). Even that leads to supreme devotion (parabhakti). God wants to say that there are many means. But among them, this is the easiest means. There are many means. But for one who only wants to please the world, this path is not for them at all. And for one who wants to achieve their goal from the world itself, these talks are not for them. Now, if you compare all of that with the Gita here, then it has not entered your mind at all. What God wants to say here. Now, if someone's intentions are wrong, and you compare them with God's words and ask why they did not attain Him, then that is not possible. We are mistaken in this, they are not mistaken. They are doing their work, and God is doing His work, but we do not know how to match them. We do not know how to match them. Therefore, you will have to practice selfless action (nishkam karmayoga) and selfless service (nishkam sevayoga). That is also an independent way or independent means to generate supreme devotion (parabhakti). How highly Maharaj has praised selfless service (nishkam sevayoga). If selfless service (nishkam sevayoga) is performed perfectly, then one does not need to do anything else. It is said so. Maharaj, with a selfless attitude, has given His own example in Bhagwat Dharma Dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → That 'We did not find riding on Garuda or other rides to our liking.' We started staying in a formless state, but we did not find that to our liking either. Then we felt like taking birth among the devotees of God. And perform whatever service is possible there. Whatever is possible there, that is called selfless service. And that is the meaning and significance of renouncing the fruits of all actions. Whether you call it Bhagwat Dharma Dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Dharma Dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → If others are doing it, we label it as Bhagwat Dharma Dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → That is our arrangement, it cannot be called God's or Maharaj's arrangement. And it cannot be called Shri Krishna Krishna 1) An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in the svarup of a cowherd. This is considered to be a greater avatãr than the others, as Shree Krishna possessed all of the powers of Bhagvãn, whereas other avatãrs possessed less power. Shree Krishna conveyed the message of love and humanity to the world. Also, He recited the epic poem, the Bhagvad Geetã, to Arjun in which He stated: ‘Whenever dharma declines and adharma increases, I shall incarnate myself as a human to save the holy, to destroy the sin of the sinner, and to establish dharma. I come into being from yug to yug’. 2) In the Vachanãmrut, Shreeji Mahãrãj also uses the name “Shree Krishna” to describe Bhagvãn Purushottam Nãrãyan. Tap to open in glossary → 'Matpriyatvena madekaprapyata buddhih' 'prakshinashesha papasyaiva jayate.' In Gandhiji, there was a lack of selflessness, of selflessness. Gandhiji was not selfless. But he was not spiritual. He was not doing it for liberation (mukti mukti To become free. Kalyãn. Moksh. Those who are bhaktas of Bhagvãn do not desire any of the four types of mukti: to reside in the dhãm of Bhagvãn; to stay near Bhagvãn; to assume a svarup similar to Bhagvãn; and to attain powers similar to Bhagvãn. A nishkãm bhakta of Bhagvãn does not wish for any of these. Instead, he only wishes for Bhagvãn’s sevã. [Gadhadã I – 43]. Tap to open in glossary → He was doing it for India's liberation. He was not doing it for the soul's liberation. And the Gita is not created for India's liberation. The Gita is created for the soul's liberation. 'Matpriyatvena madekaprapyata buddhih' So, whatever intention a person has behind performing an action, they get the fruit accordingly. The intention should be there. So, after renouncing the fruits of all actions, what is the intention? After spreading Swaminarayan to every leaf, what is the intention? What is the hidden agenda? Have you ever investigated that? When we work, what is our intention? We should think about ourselves. That 'What is my intention?' Then some change can happen. Otherwise, no change will happen. 'Matpriyatvena madekaprapyata buddhih prakshinashesha papasyaiva jayate.' Once again, what? 'Matpriyatvena madekaprapyata buddhih' 'prakshinashesha papasyaiva jayate.' If one makes just this decision, all their sins become weak. What? Just making this decision, it is not even about walking yet. If one makes just this decision, all their actions of infinite births become weak and let go of them, thinking 'Now he is not in our hands.' I, 'matkarma' 'Matpriyatvena madekaprapyata buddhih prakshinashesha papasyaiva jayate.' What does God like? 'I will do that to please Him.' If a soul decides this in their mind, then all their sins of infinite births become weak and stand aside. They do not obstruct them. There is so much power in this resolve. We are not saying this, who is saying this? Great Acharyas are saying this. And Lord Shri Krishna Krishna 1) An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in the svarup of a cowherd. This is considered to be a greater avatãr than the others, as Shree Krishna possessed all of the powers of Bhagvãn, whereas other avatãrs possessed less power. Shree Krishna conveyed the message of love and humanity to the world. Also, He recited the epic poem, the Bhagvad Geetã, to Arjun in which He stated: ‘Whenever dharma declines and adharma increases, I shall incarnate myself as a human to save the holy, to destroy the sin of the sinner, and to establish dharma. I come into being from yug to yug’. 2) In the Vachanãmrut, Shreeji Mahãrãj also uses the name “Shree Krishna” to describe Bhagvãn Purushottam Nãrãyan. Tap to open in glossary → Lord Shri Krishna Krishna 1) An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in the svarup of a cowherd. This is considered to be a greater avatãr than the others, as Shree Krishna possessed all of the powers of Bhagvãn, whereas other avatãrs possessed less power. Shree Krishna conveyed the message of love and humanity to the world. Also, He recited the epic poem, the Bhagvad Geetã, to Arjun in which He stated: ‘Whenever dharma declines and adharma increases, I shall incarnate myself as a human to save the holy, to destroy the sin of the sinner, and to establish dharma. I come into being from yug to yug’. 2) In the Vachanãmrut, Shreeji Mahãrãj also uses the name “Shree Krishna” to describe Bhagvãn Purushottam Nãrãyan. Tap to open in glossary → That 'samadhau na vidhiyate'. 'Bhogai-shvarya-prasaktanam tayapahruta-chetasam' 'vyavasayatmika buddhih' 'vyavasayatmika buddhih samadhau na vidhiyate.' He cannot do it at all, and if he can do it, then all those sins and actions tremble. Sins are one thing, but all actions tremble. But it does not happen like that. And if it did happen, why would God have put forward such a great challenge? That 'If someone does it.' Even if one has dedicated their life for it, it still does not happen. It was mentioned in Swami's talks itself. That 'It is easy to leave family, it is easy to leave money, but' it is not easy to leave one's nature. It is not easy to live in a disciplined manner. It is not easy to do something for the sake of God. Even after leaving everything, they keep repeating 'What about mine, what about mine, what about mine?' So, what would God be thinking? That 'I do not understand what of Mine I should show him as his own.' God must be getting confused. 'What about mine, what about mine, who will take care of mine, why is mine like this, what about mine, and when we grow old, what about mine?' When you grow old, you have to die, what else is there? If no one takes care of us, we might die a little earlier. That is all, right? If they take care of us, we might suffer a little more. AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. 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