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then the short, pithy translation is given, invariably appended with notes and footnotes. It is in this respect that Radhakrishnan's translation of the Bhagavadgita, dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, is unique.
19. tasmäd asaktah satatam
kāryam karma samācara asakto hy ácaran karma param āpnoti pūruşah
Therefore, without attachment, perform always the work that has to be done, for man attains to the highest by doing work without attachment.
Here work done without attachment is inarked as superior to work done in a spirit of sacrifice which is itself higlier than work done with selfish aims. Even the emancipated souls do work as the occasion arises.
While this verse says that the man reaches the Supreme, param, :performing actions, without attachment, Samkara liolds that karma
helps us to attain purity of mind which leads to salvation. It takes us to perfection indirectly through the attainment of purity of mind. 20. Karmanai 'va hi samsiddhim
asthitā janakadayah lokasamgraham evä 'pi sampaśyan kartum arhasi
It was even by works that Janaka and others attained to perfection. Thou shouldst do works also with a view to the maintenance of the world.
Janaka was the King of Mithila and father of Sita, the wife of Rama. Janaka ruled, giving up his personal sense of being the worker. Even Samkara says that Janaka and others worked lest people at large might go astray, convinced that their senses were engaged in activity, guna gunşesu Varante. Even those who have not known the truth might adopt works for self-purification.
Lokasangraha : world-maintenance. Lokasamgraha stands for the unity of the world, the interconnectedness of society. If the world is not to sink into a condition of physical misery and moral degradation, if the common life is to be decent and dignified, religious ethics must control social action. The aim of religion is to spiritualize society, to establish a brotherhood on earth. We must be inspired by the
| SR No. | 520766 |
| Book Title | Sambodhi 1989 Vol 16 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ramesh S Betai, Yajneshwar S Shastri |
| Publisher | L D Indology Ahmedabad |
| Publication Year | 1989 |
| Total Pages | 309 |
| Language | English, Sanskrit, Prakrit, Gujarati |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Sambodhi, & India |
| File Size | 10 MB |