Karm Yog - Our Duties (Part 2) - Swami Mukundananda - Preacher | Philosopher

Karm Yog – Our Duties (Part 2)

The duties for human beings are described in the Vedas, and the Vedas are manifested by God himself. Therefore, the all-pervading Lord is eternally present in acts of sacrifice.

Date: 22nd September 2014

Focusing further on the duties we are expected to perform in our social life, let us delve further into the Gita to understand its true meaning.

कर्म ब्रह्मोद्भवं विद्धि ब्रह्माक्षरसमुद्भवम् |
तस्मात्सर्वगतं ब्रह्म नित्यं यज्ञे प्रतिष्ठितम् ||

karma brahmodbhavaṁ viddhi brahmākṣhara-samudbhavam
tasmāt sarva-gataṁ brahma nityaṁ yajñe pratiṣhṭhitam

The duties for human beings are described in the Vedas, and the Vedas are manifested by God himself. Therefore, the all-pervading Lord is eternally present in acts of sacrifice.

The Vedas emanated from the breath of God: asya mahato bhūtasya (Bṛihadāraṇyak Upaniṣhad 4.5.11)

निः सशासितामंएतदयादृग्वेदो यजुर्वेदः सामवेदो तथैवननगिरस:

asya mahato bhūtasya niḥśhvasitametadyadṛigvedo yajurvedaḥ sāmavedo ’thavaṅgirasaḥ

The four Vedas—Ṛig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sāma Veda, Atharva Veda— all emanated from the breath of the Supreme Divine Personality.

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Ms Sandhya Das

18/03/2016 5:21 am

Beautiful explanation by Swami Mukundanandaji about karma yog-our duties.Once we offer the fruits of all our actions and tasks to God, we will be free of attachment and the anxiety of attachment to the results or benefits of our hard work.

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