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GÍTA-RAHASYA OR KARMA-YOGA
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स्वकर्मनिरतः सिद्धि यथा विन्दति तच्छृणु ॥४५॥ यतःप्रवृत्तिर्भूतानां येन सर्वमिदं ततम् ।
स्वकर्मणा तमभ्यर्च्य सिद्धि विन्दति मानवः॥४६॥ ६६ श्रेयान स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात् स्वनुष्ठितात् । , स्वभावनियतं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम् ॥४७॥
(45) That man, who is engrossed in the performance of his own duties (which have befallen him as a result of inherently natural qualities) acquires (by that alone) ultimate highest Perfection. Hear, how a man acquires Perfection by adhering to his own duties. (46) When a man, (not merely by speech or flowers, but) by performing the Actions which befall him (according to his own religion), worships That, from which all created beings have sprung, and which has pervaded or occupied the whole of this Cosmos, he (merely thereby) attains Perfection.
The Blessed Lord has explained that performing desirelessly, and with the idea of dedicating to the Parameśvara, the various duties, which befall one as a result of the fourclass-arrangement, is a kind of worship of the Virāțaformed Parameśvara, and leads to Perfection (Gi. Ra. pp. 611-612). But this duty, which has befallen one as a result of the division of Action according to divergent qualities, may appear faulty, undesirable, difficult, or unlikeable from another point of view. For instance, in the present case, the religion of Ksatriyas may appear faulty, because it entails killing. Therefore, the reply to the questions, (i) whether, in these circumstances, a man should give up his own religion and accept another religion (GI. 3. 35); or (ii) should perform his own duties under any circumstances; and (iii) if so, how he should perform them, is now given by using the same argument as was used in the beginning of this Chapter in dealing with Actions likes Yajñas and Yāgas--
(47) Though another religion may be easy of observance, and one's own Action according to the four-class-arrangement
