How should a soul understand Lord Krishna, so it never gets bound by Karmic reactions?
When Lord Krishna took the avatar on planet earth, He also engaged in different actions or pastimes. Some people get confused by them and wonder - Is God also like us? Does the Law of Karma apply to him as well?
This verse gives a decisive answer to those questions, the understanding of which is critical to our spiritual progress. Watch more to learn as Swami Mukundananda explains it in detail in Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4, verse 14.
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0:00 Intro
1:05 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Verse 14 Chanting
1:25 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Verse 14 Translation by Swami Mukundananda
1:52 Commentary by Swami Mukundananda
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न मां कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा |
इति मां योऽभिजानाति कर्मभिर्न स बध्यते || 14||
na mam karmani limpanti na me karma-phale spriha
iti mam yo ’bhijanati karmabhir na sa badhyate
BG 4.14: Activities do not taint Me, nor do I desire the fruits of action. One who knows Me in this way is never bound by the karmic reactions of work.
God is all-pure, and whatever he does also becomes pure and auspicious. The Ramayan states:
samaratha kahuñ nahiṅ doṣhu gosāīṅ, rabi pāvaka surasari kī nāīṅ.
“Pure personalities are never tainted by defects even in contact with impure situations and entities, like the sun, the fire, and the Ganges.” The sun does not get tainted if sunlight falls on a puddle of urine. The sun retains its purity, while also purifying the dirty puddle. Similarly, if we offer impure objects into the fire, it still retains its purity—the fire is pure, and whatever we pour into it also gets purified. In the same manner, numerous gutters of rainwater merge into the holy Ganges, but this does not make the Ganges a gutter—the Ganges is pure and in transforms all those dirty gutters into the holy Ganges. Likewise, God is not tainted by the activities he performs.
Activities bind one in karmic reactions when they are performed with the mentality of enjoying the results. However, God’s actions are not motivated by selfishness; his every act is driven by compassion for the souls. Therefore, although he administers the world directly or indirectly, and engages in all kinds of activities in the process, he is never tainted by any reactions. Lord Krishna states here that he is transcendental to the fruitive reactions of work.
Even Saints who are situated in God-consciousness become transcendental to the material energy. Since all their activities are effectuated in love for God, such pure-hearted Saints are not bound by the fruitive reactions of work.
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