TRANSLATION
Therefore,
O Arjuna, surrendering all your works unto Me, with mind intent on Me,
and without desire for gain and free from egoism and lethargy, fight.
PURPORT
This verse clearly indicates the purpose of the Bhagavad-gita. The
Lord instructs that one has to become fully Krsna conscious to
discharge duties, as if in military discipline. Such an injunction may
make things a little difficult; nevertheless duties must be carried out,
with dependence on Krsna, because that is the constitutional position
of the living entity. The living entity cannot be happy independant of
the cooperation of the Supreme Lord because the eternal constitutional
position of the living entity is to become subordinate to the desires of
the Lord. Arjuna was, therefore, ordered by Sri Krsna to fight as if
the Lord were his military commander. One has to sacrifice everything
for the good will of the Supreme Lord, and at the same time discharge
prescribed duties without claiming proprietorship. Arjuna did not have
to consider the order of the Lord; he had only to execute His order. The
Supreme Lord is the Soul of all souls; therefore, one who depends
solely and wholly on the Supreme Soul without personal consideration, or
in other words, one who is fully Krsna conscious, is called adhyatma-cetasa. Nirasih means
that one has to act on the order of the master. Nor should one ever
expect fruitive results. The cashier may count millions of dollars for
his employer, but he does not claim a cent for himself. Similarly, one
has to realize that nothing in the world belongs to any individual
person, but that everything belongs to the Supreme Lord. That is the
real purport of mayi, or unto Me. And when
one acts in such Krsna consciousness, certainly he does not claim
proprietorship over anything. This consciousness is called nirmama, or
nothing is mine. And, if there is any reluctance to execute such a
stern order which is without consideration of so-called kinsmen in the
bodily relationship, that reluctance should be thrown off; in this way
one may become vigata-jvara, or without
feverish mentality or lethargy. Everyone, according to his quality and
position, has a particular type of work to discharge, and all such
duties may be discharged in Krsna consciousness, as described above.
That will lead one to the path of liberation.
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