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#gitarthavisesha #FirstShadanga #Adhyaya2 #Shloka42 #Shloka43 #Shloka44

यामिमां पुष्पितां वाचं प्रवदन्त्यविपश्िचतः ।
वेदवादरताः पार्थ नान्यदस्तीति वादिनः ।।

yāmimāṃ puṣpitāṃ vācaṃ pravadantyavipaśicataḥ ।
vedavādaratāḥ pārtha nānyadastīti vādinaḥ ।।

कामात्मानः स्वर्गपरा जन्मकर्मफलप्रदाम् ।
क्रियाविशेषबहुलां भोगैश्वर्यगतिं प्रति ।।

kāmātmānaḥ svargaparā janmakarmaphalapradām ।
kriyāviśeṣabahulāṃ bhogaiśvaryagatiṃ prati ।।

भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम् ।
व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते ।।

bhogaiśvaryaprasaktānāṃ tayāpahṛtacetasām ।
vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ samādhau na vidhīyate ।।

अयविपश्िचतः - filled with aviveka, वेदवादरताः - passionate about the various phala-s resulting from performing karma as per our scriptures, अन्यत् - about moksha phala, नास्ति - non-existent, इति - so, वादिन​: - proclaiming, कामात्मानः - imprisoned by desires,

स्वर्गपरा: - thinking of svarga as highest plane, भोगैश्वर्यगतिं प्रति - bent upon amassing wealth for enjoyment, क्रियाविशेषबहुलां - bereft of Atma-jnana & always working towards other activities, जन्मकर्मफलप्रदाम् - rebirth, पुष्पितां - flowery,

यामिमां वाचं - speech out of experience, प्रवदन्ति - is spoken, तया - that speech, अपहृतचेतसाम् - captivated by it, व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः - Atma-jnana buddhi, समाधौ - the mind meant for realising it, न विधीयते - doesn’t spark it..

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aviveki-s have no clear understanding about jnana & brahma kanda of vedanta. Rather they always are happy to live as per karma-kanda. Their mind is fixated upon phala-s specified in scriptures. They decide that attaining svarga is the greatest goal of life

They end up doing all sorts of kamya-karma for attaining svarga (moksha to them!). Only nashvara (temporary) phala-s are gained by their actions. Once that is spent, they get caught in the birth cycle again. Their mind never ignites the spark required for attaining Moksha

An interesting anecdote is cited here..

A man visits a mango orchard. He saw a great number of flowers on trees & decides that that is the whole purpose of the orchard. He never had the mind to analyze the fruit bearing nature of the trees & hence never saw the mangoes!

The svarga & other phala-s cited here are in pushpa-sthana while moksha is the actual phala-sthana..

This is what needs to be remembered by anyone wanting practice karma-yoga

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