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SHRIMAD BHAGVAD GITA-A JAIN PERSPECTIVE
"Yajna" as meaning selfless services rendered to them. Munishri Santbalji points out that the Jain view as expressed in the Jain scripture "Dasha Vaikalik" is that if an action is not done for a selfess purpose using proper discretion, it binds the soul. He points out that Adi Shankaracharya interprets the word "Yajna" as meaning an act done for God "Vishnu". Saint Jnaneshwarji interprests this word as meaning "Swadharma" that is, ones own duty. In short, the action done without any personal motive and attachment does not bind the soul.
Verses 17 and 18 point out that one who concentrates on the self alone has no duty to perform and hence no self interest in the work done, and has no attachment. Verses 22 to 24 point out how the nature functions motiveless not caring about the result even though we know that this universe can not function if these natural forces like sun, moon, air etc. cease to function. Verses 27 to 29 point out that all human actions are the result of the interaction
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