CH 3, Verse 32

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Chapter 3

Verse 32

 

Ye tv etad abhyasuuyanto n'aanutishhThanti me matam /

sarva-Gnaana vimuuDhaa.nstaan viddhi nashhTaan

achetasaH //

 

Those who carp at this doctrine of Mine and do not

practice it, deluded in all knowledge and devoid of

discrimination, know them to be ruined.

 

LESSONS FROM BHAGAVAD GITA - 24

As taught by Parama Pujya Sri Swamiji

 

In the next verse the Lord gives a warning to those

who do not pay any heed to His instructions. "Those

who carp at this doctrine of Mine and do not practice

it, deluded in all knowledge and devoid of

discrimination, know them to be ruined." (Chapter 3,

Verse 32).

 

People may be highly educated and well versed in

scriptures, but if they have no faith in the Lord and

His teachings they will pave the way for their own

destruction. Although they are learned, they lack

discrimination and so they are deluded in all

knowledge. They have innumerable desires and as such

they are haunted by hopes and fears of all kinds. They

cannot escape from the wheel of births and deaths.

 

The idea is that those who lack faith in the Lord

indulge in all sorts of fallacious reasoning and ask

such questions as, "Can any one work without a selfish

motive? Is the Lord full of desire for the fruits of

action? Instead of taking care of the body why should

we meditate on the soul which is an abstract idea?"

Those who put such questions and ridicule the

teachings of the Lord are all educated and intelligent

people. They can easily grasp the merit of the Lord's

teachings. But out of sheer egoistic pride they are

unwilling to recognize it. Such people who ridicule

the teachings of the Lord indulge in senses. As a moth

goes to embrace the flame that consumes it, these

people take to the enjoyments of sense objects, which

is self-destructive to them.

 

 

 

 

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