The Lord, as charioteer to Arjuna.

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In the Bagawat Gita, much importance is given to "Karma yoga" and Karma sanyasa". Well, the Lord Himself conceaded to act as a charioteer to Arjuna. He executed His duties perfectly. He washed the horses, fed them, applied medicines to the wounds. He tended them. In addition, he carried out the commands of the master(Arjuna) in the worldly terms. During the war, it is practically impossible to shout orders to the charioteer to navigate the horses. When the warrior wants to move leftwards, he will indicate the same to the charioteer by touching with his foot the left brow of the charioteer. But Arjuna was wearing the war boots, heavy and strong. It is not a mere touch. It is hit. Hence Shri Krishna got bruised his brows very badly and it was bleeding. The Lord never cared for all these. His only aim was to save Arjuna and enable him to fight valiantly. Can you ever imagine that the Lord was subjected to ignominies. Once He took the sandals Draupadi worn, on his own hand and visited "Beeshma's tent in order to get a blessing to Draupadi from Beeshma's mouth. Draupadi has veiled her face. As soon as she entered the tent of Bheeshma Pitamaha, she offered the customory pranams. Seeing a woman prosterating, Bheesma immediately blessed her with the words, "Deerga Sumangali Bhava"(May you enjoy ever the company of your husband, which signifies the longevity of the husband over the wife). Only afterwards, Draupadi removed her veil. Finding Draupadi and Krishna carrying her sandals, Bheeshma was overwhelmed. Karma sanyasa is offering all actions to the Lord without evincing any interest in the results. Karma yoga is performance of all ordained duties without anticipation of any results. Sairam.