Verse-25
Chapter 17 — Shraddhatreya Vibhag Yoga
Verse 25
🕉 Original Sanskrit Shloka
tadityanabhisandhāya phalaṁ yajñatapaḥkriyāḥ
dānakriyāśca vividhāḥ kriyante mokṣakāṅkṣibhiḥ
🕉 English Translation
Mukti ki iccha hai jis purush ko,
Kare daan, yagya , tapp ki kriya vo.
Magar chahana phal ki karta na veh,
Kare tab hee kriyain ' Tat' pehle keh
📜 Translation
English
All belongs to the Supreme addressed by the name "Tat" (That)-in this spirit various activities of sacrifice, austerity and charity are performed by persons aspiring for liberation without desire for fruits.
Read this verse with great care. Understand the inspiring indications pertaining to the elevation of life contained in it. Accept it as a direct divine inspiration for one's own upliftment! The profoundest state of spirituality will become clear in a very simple manner. Both the nature and the effect of spiritual activities will be transformed.
The first and foremost need of life is-to have the desire for self-evolution. If there prevails inside no eagerness for upliftment then all else is incomplete. Life is meant for self-elevation. Elevation is possible only in human birth. Therefore it is essential to have the desire for upliftment in oneself. If the desire for self-elevation is forceful then any other desire for fruits will not crop up. For transitory fruits, the being remains entangled because there is no all-pervasive desire for elevation inside. The activities of sacrifice, austerity and charity undertaken with a desire for liberation soon fructify.
That egoism should not awaken, towards this end in this verse is found an extremely significant inspiration! While engaging in the performance of a task uttering 'Tat' first and accepting that I am not the doer, the Supreme is doing everything and He is all. I am not doing; He is getting everything done; it is happening due to His grace. In the form of 'Tat' keeping this reality in the forefront one should perform activities like sacrifice, austerity and charity! This, in fact, is a very significant inspiration from the Gita. Bring it into practice in life right away only then will the path of spirituality become glorious.