2. Naiva tasya krutena arthah. Every human being has a tendency to do something or the other. As long as this tendency is for the attainment of some worldly object, there remains something for him to do for himself. Man Man Mind. One of the four antah-karans, with the function of (pronounced mun) generating thoughts and desires, and governing all of the indriyas. Tap to open in glossary → is bound only by the desire to gain something for himself. 3. To overcome this desire, it is also necessary to perform one's duty. Karma Karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → is performed in two ways: for the fulfillment of desires and for the cessation of desires. Ordinary people perform karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → for the fulfillment of desires, but a nishkam seva yogi yogi 1) A person who has mastered the art of yog. 2) A person who has attained siddh-dashã and other extraordinary powers. Tap to open in glossary → performs karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → for the cessation of desires. 4. Siddha Mahapurushas perform karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → for the welfare of the world (lok lok Place. Region. World. Tap to open in glossary → sangraha). Therefore, Mahapurushas who have attained siddhi siddhi Wealth. Riches. The siddhi are shown to bhaktas on their way to Akshardhãm, to test their love for Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → through karmayoga or nishkam seva yoga have no personal connection with karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → for their own comfort and convenience. Such Mahapurushas have the experience that the body, senses, antahkaran, etc., are solely of Paramatma and received from Paramatma. Therefore, they should be used only for the pleasure of Paramatma or for the benefit of His true devotees, and not for anyone's personal gain. Hence, they have to perform karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → and purushartha only for Paramatma or His true devotees, not for their personal selfishness. The collective (samashti) cannot exist for the individual (vyashti). Man Man Mind. One of the four antah-karans, with the function of (pronounced mun) generating thoughts and desires, and governing all of the indriyas. Tap to open in glossary → makes the mistake of arranging or trying to arrange the objects of the collective for personal gain. 5. This creates unrest in his heart. If he uses the body, senses, mind, intellect, objects, etc., for the collective, that is, for Paramatma and His devotees, then he attains supreme peace. This is the specialty of one who performs nishkam seva, that he uses whatever little material he has received for Paramatma and for His true devotees. 6. Therefore, he performs ideal karmas. One who tries to divert material for his own selfish interest does not perform any ideal karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → ; this is the principle. The chapter on Karmayoga is ongoing in the Gita. 7. Bhagwan gives some basic understanding of how to perform nishkam karmayoga. Whatever karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → we do for our own selfish interest, that karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → increases attachment (raag). We earn money for our comfort. 8. We buy good houses, good cars, and if all our desires are fulfilled, then raag increases, it does not decrease. But karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → also has to be done to remove raag. And karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → done with a nishkam bhav destroys raag. 9. Whatever we do for Bhagwan is karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → . But that karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → destroys our vasanas. Maharaj said that whatever is done for Bhagwan and Bhagwan's devotee. 10. Then the infinite vasanas accumulated within us are also destroyed. Then Bhagwan explained, how does karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → happen? It is said, 'Annad bhavati bhutani.' 11. 'Parjanyadanna sambhavah.' All living beings live on food. Food comes from rain. 12. Rain comes from yagna yagna Sacrificial worship. Ceremonial ritual performed as a form of worship to seek the good favour and receive the blessings of the devs. Different items, such as ghee, grains, wood, and spices, are offered into a sacred pit of fire in accordance with strict scriptural niyams with the chanting of mantras that are prescribed in the Veds. Tap to open in glossary → . Yagna Yagna Sacrificial worship. Ceremonial ritual performed as a form of worship to seek the good favour and receive the blessings of the devs. Different items, such as ghee, grains, wood, and spices, are offered into a sacred pit of fire in accordance with strict scriptural niyams with the chanting of mantras that are prescribed in the Veds. Tap to open in glossary → is performed by doing karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → . Karma Karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → is done according to the Vedas. 13. Bhagwan has propagated the Vedas. So Bhagwan said, 'Evam pravartitam chakram nanuvartayati yah.' Bhagwan has set up such a cycle. 14. That if we pay tax, the government takes it and then the government does our work, but it doesn't do that. That's the way it is. Honest kings used to do that. 15. It is written by Kalidasa, 'Anek gunam sahasra gunam utsrushtam adatte hi rasam ravihi.' 'Sahasra gunam utsrushtam adatte hi rasam ravihi.' 16. The sun draws water from the earth. When summer comes, it comes to draw me. The sun draws water from the earth, but why? 'Sahasra gunam utsrushtam.' 17. It rains a thousand times more from it. And when it rains, people are happy. It does not do it for its own selfish interest. 18. And if one performs some karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → for Bhagwan or performs some seva for Bhagwan's devotees, then their accumulated vasanas are destroyed, as Bhagwan said in the Gita. Therefore, everyone should perform karmayoga. 19. It is also said in the Upanishads, 'Shatam samadhi jivishet kurvan neveha karmani shatam samadhi jivishet.' While performing karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → , one should desire to live for a hundred years. 20. While performing nishkam karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → . But Bhagwan has mentioned three categories in the Gita. For those with raag, nishkam karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → is to be performed. 21. For those whose raag has ceased and who have attained the state of siddhi siddhi Wealth. Riches. The siddhi are shown to bhaktas on their way to Akshardhãm, to test their love for Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → , it is fine if they do nothing. Yet Bhagwan said that they should do it for the welfare of the world. What did He call it? 22. Lok Lok Place. Region. World. Tap to open in glossary → sangraha. It has to be done for lok lok Place. Region. World. Tap to open in glossary → sangraha. It's fine if they don't do anything. 23. Shastriji Maharaj used to say, 'If I had not built this Gurukul, our rotlas were assured. We would have been worshipped as good sadhus.' 24. Everyone would think in their mind, 'Let's go and offer him a dhoti dhoti An unstitched, long piece of cloth traditionally worn by males as a lower garment. It is usually wound around the waist with one end tucked in after passing it between the legs. Also known as 'dhotiyu'. Tap to open in glossary → and give him food as a good sadhu.' Leaving that, this karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → was done to please Bhagwan, so it is called nishkam seva yoga, if one's self-interest is not real. 25. A person might show that he has no self-interest, but he doesn't act that way. He doesn't act that way. And some rare Mahapurushas do act that way but don't speak about it. 26. They do it but don't speak about it. So the result is such. Therefore, performing karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → to please Bhagwan is called nishkam seva yoga. 27. To please Bhagwan. And through that, everyone's work gets done. This is called lok lok Place. Region. World. Tap to open in glossary → sangraha. 28. And lok lok Place. Region. World. Tap to open in glossary → sangraha is for the salvation of many. Maharaj said in the Vachanamrut, referring to Gopalanand Swami, that if there are men like you, their practical conduct makes many like Sanakadiks happy. 29. Their conduct is such that others catch a spark from it. If you want to ignite a spark, you need a spark in front of you. 30. Otherwise, the spark won't catch. In olden times, beedi addicts used to keep flint and tinder. 31. They would strike the flint, a spark would fall from it, catch on the tinder, and then the beedi would light up. Yet Bhagwan said that they should do it for the welfare of the world. What did He call it? 32. Lok Lok Place. Region. World. Tap to open in glossary → sangraha. So such Mahapurushas are role models. It's fine if they don't do anything. 33. And Bhagwan called it lok lok Place. Region. World. Tap to open in glossary → sangraha. That if I had not built this Gurukul, our rotlas were assured. It is said here, 'Nachasyak sarva bhutesho kashchit artha vyapashraya.' 34. We would have been worshipped as good sadhus. 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 → won many wars in his life. Everyone would think in their mind, 'Let's go and offer him a dhoti dhoti An unstitched, long piece of cloth traditionally worn by males as a lower garment. It is usually wound around the waist with one end tucked in after passing it between the legs. Also known as 'dhotiyu'. Tap to open in glossary → and give him food as a good sadhu.' 35. Wherever he goes, today all the residents of Dwarka look at him in the same way. Leaving that, this karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → was done to please Bhagwan, so it is called nishkam seva yoga. So wherever he goes, 'kedione kankal kedine kayo kaam.' 36. If one's self-interest is not real. Bhagwan never tired of war. A person might show that he has no self-interest, but he doesn't act that way. 37. Once a spark catches in the house, then it's over. He doesn't act that way. So Bhagwan won so many wars. 38. And some rare Mahapurushas do act that way but don't speak about it. That is called nishkam karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → . They do it but don't speak about it. 39. Lord Parshuram made the earth free of Kshatriyas 21 times. Therefore, performing karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → to please Bhagwan is called nishkam seva yoga. Like old people keeping a piece of land for themselves to live on. 40. And through that, everyone's work gets done. If you don't want to keep it, then keep it, today's children are difficult again. This is called lok lok Place. Region. World. Tap to open in glossary → sangraha. 41. Just now I read a very good thing. And lok lok Place. Region. World. Tap to open in glossary → sangraha is for the salvation of many. That those very big ones. 42. Maharaj said in the Vachanamrut, referring to Gopalanand Swami, that if there are men like you. The world's very biggest other companies were thriving. Their practical conduct. 43. The owner of Raymond company. And he did a lot of arrangements. He makes many like Sanakadiks happy. 44. But he made one mistake. He gave everything to his son. His conduct is such that others catch a spark from it. 45. If you want to ignite a spark, you need a spark in front of you. He passed away a few days ago. So don't make such a mistake. 46. I'll keep a little. In olden times, beedi addicts used to keep flint and tinder. Don't keep anything for yourself. 47. They would strike the flint, a spark would fall from it, catch on the tinder, and then the beedi would light up. But Bhagwan takes care of those who do it for Bhagwan. Shastriji Maharaj used to say that he never had to worry about it. 48. So the spark catches. That Maharaj never returned our hundi. So if a spark is glowing, it will catch, right? 49. And even with that much, has it ever worked? So such Mahapurushas are role models. So they do it with a nishkam bhav and solely to please Bhagwan. 50. And Bhagwan called it lok lok Place. Region. World. Tap to open in glossary → sangraha. Bhagwan said that I have no karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → , nor do I have anything to gain. It is said here, 'Nachasyak sarva bhutesho kashchit artha vyapashraya.' 51. 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 → won many wars in his life. Wherever he goes, today all the residents of Dwarka look at him in the same way, wondering in which direction Bhagwan will go today. So wherever he goes. 52. 'Kedione kankal kedine kayo kaam.' Bhagwan never tired of war. AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. Devotional and technical terms with no precise English equivalent (kirtan, satsang, vasana, samskara, and similar) are kept as their plain transliteration rather than force-translated. 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