Shri Krishna Loves You: The soul is a factor in accomplishing actions

  

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॥ श्रीमद्‍भगवद्‍गीता ॥ 18.14॥

 

_अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम्‌ ।_

_विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम्॥_

 

भावार्थ :

इस विषय में अर्थात कर्मों की सिद्धि में अधिष्ठान (जिसके आश्रय कर्म किए जाएँ, उसका नाम अधिष्ठान है) और कर्ता तथा भिन्न-भिन्न प्रकार के करण (जिन-जिन इंद्रियादिकों और साधनों द्वारा कर्म किए जाते हैं, उनका नाम करण है) एवं नाना प्रकार की अलग-अलग चेष्टाएँ और वैसे ही पाँचवाँ हेतु दैव (पूर्वकृत शुभाशुभ कर्मों के संस्कारों का नाम दैव है) है ॥१४॥

 

Meaning:

The foundation, the doer and several instruments, and the various movements of several types, as well as the divinity, the fifth in these.

 

Explanation:

Nowadays robots are quite common, and are being used for cleaning home floors as well. For a robot to perform any action, there are at least three factors at work. First is the body of the robot, which will determine things like how fast or how powerful actions can be performed. Second is the instruments of the robot, such as its sensors, its hands, its wheels and so on. Third is the power system of the robot, which typically is electricity but could also be diesel or steam.

 

Shri Krishna says that whenever a human being performs an action, the same three factors come into play. The size of our body, the state of our instruments (organs of action and organs of sense) and our power system (our praana, our energy and health), each factor is responsible for the fate of our action. But there has to be something that differentiates us from robots, and therefore, two additional factors are mentioned: the kartaa or the doer, and the daivam or divinity.

 

The fourth component known as the kartaa, the doer, also known as the sense of agency, is nothing but the notion of finitude within us, what we normally term as the "I". When our intellect plans an action, we say, "I am thinking" instead of saying "the intellect is thinking". When our hand is performing the action, we say "I am sweeping the floor" instead of "the hand is sweeping the floor". When our eyes perceive an obstacle, we say "I see a wall" instead of "the eyes see a wall". Seen in this manner, the sense of "I" is quite illusory. For now, we can say that it is the motive behind performance of action that identifies with a certain aspect of the mind or body, a certain upaadhi.

 

The fifth component of any action is the daivam, the divinity. Unless Ishvara supports an action, it will not result in success. Or we can say that the world, or the universe as a whole, also has a part in determining the outcome of an action. Despite everything executed perfectly at the individual level, it still has to align with the action at the universal level.

Chant the mantra you have faith in

Hare Krishna

The Hare Krishna maha-mantra is composed of three Sanskrit words, which are “Hare”, “Krishna” and “Rama”. According to the scriptures “Obstruction or problem can’t come into their lives, who do chant this mantra continuously”. The Great Mantra is:

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare

Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare

हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण , कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे |

हरे राम हरे राम , राम राम हरे हरे ||