Daily Bhagavad Gita Inspiration 📖✨| Day 70 M-Day Bhagvad Gita Quote | Chapter 4: Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga |

 

Shloka 12

🌟 Sanskrit:
काङ्क्षन्तः कर्मणां सिद्धिं यजन्त इह देवताः |

 क्षिप्रं हि मानुषे लोके सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा || 4.12 ||

🌟 Transliteration:

kāṅkṣantaḥ karmaṇāṁ siddhiṁ yajanta iha devatāḥ
kṣipraṁ hi mānuṣe loke siddhir bhavati karma-jā

🌟 Meaning:
Those desiring success in actions worship gods here, for in the human world, action-born results come quickly.​

Detailed Explanation:
Krishna explains why most people don't follow the supreme path of knowledge. They want fast results (क्षिप्रं) from their worldly efforts. By worshipping lesser deities (powers of nature), they get tangible benefits like wealth, health, or power—but these are temporary and binding. This is the law of karma: action produces quick fruit in the human realm, but keeps one trapped in the cycle.

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Shloka 13

🌟 Sanskrit:
चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः | 

तस्य कर्तारमपि मां विद्द्यकर्तारमव्ययम् || 4.13 ||

🌟 Transliteration:

cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ
tasya kartāram api māṁ viddhy akartāram avyayam

🌟 Meaning:
The four-fold order was created by Me according to qualities and duties. Know Me as the doer yet non-doer, the imperishable.​

Detailed Explanation:
Krishna clarifies he created the social system (चातुर्वर्ण्यं) based on natural qualities (गुण) and duties (कर्म), not by birth alone. Importantly, though he is the Creator (कर्तारम्), he remains the non-doer (अकर्तारम्)—untouched by karma. This paradox is key: perfect action without entanglement is possible.

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Shloka 14

🌟 Sanskrit:
न मां कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा | 

इति मां योऽभिजानाति कर्तारमप्यकर्तारम् | 

सः मां न लिप्यते कर्मभिर् || 4.14 ||

🌟 Transliteration:

na māṁ karmāṇi limpanti na me karma-phale spṛihā
iti māṁ yo ’bhijānāti kartāram api akartāram
sa māṁ na limpati karma-bhiḥ

🌟 Meaning:
Actions do not taint Me, nor do I desire their fruits. One who thus knows Me as doer yet non-doer is not bound by actions.​

Detailed Explanation:
Krishna lives the ideal: he performs perfect action without being stained (लिम्पन्ति) or desiring results (स्पृहा). Those who realize this truth about Krishna's nature become like him—acting perfectly yet remaining free from karma's bondage.

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Complete Teaching Flow

1. 12: People chase quick worldly gains → temporary rituals.

2. 13: World has divine order → Creator remains untouched.

3. 14: Know this truth → become free while acting.

The secret: Realize God's perfect action-without-attachment, then live it yourself.​

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Today's Takeaway

Freedom lies in right understanding. Worldly success is easy and fast but binding. Divine freedom comes from knowing: "God acts perfectly without karma—so can I."

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