CH 3, Verses 23 &24

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Chapter 3

Verse 23

 

Yadi hy ahaM na varteya.n jaatu karmaNy atandritaH /

mama vartm'aanuvartante manushhyaaH Paartha sarvashaH

//

 

Indeed, Arjuna, if at any time, I do not engage Myself

in action without relaxation, men will, in all ways,

follow My path.

 

Verse 24

 

Utseedeyurime lokaa na kuryaa.n karma ched aham /

saNkarasya cha kartaa syaam upahanyaam maaH prajaaH //

 

 

 

These worlds would perish if I do not perform work. I

may cause confusion of species and I should destroy

these beings.

 

LESSONS FROM BHAGAVAD GITA – 21

As taught by Parama Pujya Sri Swamiji

 

A question may be asked in this connection, that if

Sri Krishna did not have anything to gain, then why He

engaged Himself in all those works. What was the

purpose of His works? The answer is given in the

following two verses:

 

“Indeed, Arjuna, if at any time, I do not engage

Myself in action without relaxation, men will, in all

ways, follow My path” (Chapter 3, Verse 23).

 

“These worlds would perish if I do not perform work.

I may cause confusion of species and I should destroy

these beings” (Chapter 3, Verse 24).

 

If the Lord does not engage Himself in work, then the

people at large will also do the same thing. They

will also abandon their duties and spend their time

idly. They will also become selfish and sinful. In

any case, there will be great confusion in social

life. There will be total destruction of all society

and the Lord will be the cause of it.

 

By saying so, Sri Krishna, the incarnation of the

Supreme Lord, gives the idea that the Divine Being is

always working behind everything in the world. If the

forces of nature, the Sun, the moon, the stars and the

planets and the air, fire, rain, etc. were to stop

work, and if God, the creator of all these works, were

at rest, the world will not exist at all.

 

 

 

 

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