TEXT 11

Devanagari

अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रित: ।
सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं तत: कुरु यतात्मवान् ॥ ११ ॥

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Tekst

athaitad apy aśakto ’si
kartuṁ mad-yogam āśritaḥ
sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaṁ
tataḥ kuru yatātmavān

Synonyms

atha — even though; etat — this; api — also; aśaktaḥ — unable; asi — you are; kartum — to perform; mat — unto Me; yogam — in devotional service; āśritaḥ — taking refuge; sarva-karma — of all activities; phala — of the results; tyāgam — renunciation; tataḥ — then; kuru — do; yata-ātma-vān — self-situated.

atha — selv hvis; etat — dette; api — også; aśaktaḥ — ude af stand til; asi — du er; kartum — at gøre; mat — til Mig; yogam — i hengiven tjeneste; āśritaḥ — idet du søger tilflugt; sarva-karma — af alle handlinger; phala — af resultaterne; tyāgam — forsagelse; tataḥ — da; kuru — praktisér; yata-ātma-vān — forankret i selvet.

Translation

If, however, you are unable to work in this consciousness of Me, then try to act giving up all results of your work and try to be self-situated.

Hvis du imidlertid ikke kan arbejde i denne bevidsthed om Mig, forsøg da at opgive alle resultater af dit arbejde og være forankret i selvet.

Purport

It may be that one is unable even to sympathize with the activities of Kṛṣṇa consciousness because of social, familial or religious considerations or because of some other impediments. If one attaches himself directly to the activities of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, there may be objections from family members, or so many other difficulties. For one who has such a problem, it is advised that he sacrifice the accumulated result of his activities to some good cause. Such procedures are described in the Vedic rules. There are many descriptions of sacrifices and special functions for the full-moon day, and there is special work in which the result of one’s previous action may be applied. Thus one may gradually become elevated to the state of knowledge. It is also found that when one who is not even interested in the activities of Kṛṣṇa consciousness gives charity to some hospital or some other social institution, he gives up the hard-earned results of his activities. That is also recommended here because by the practice of giving up the fruits of one’s activities one is sure to purify his mind gradually, and in that purified stage of mind one becomes able to understand Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Of course, Kṛṣṇa consciousness is not dependent on any other experience, because Kṛṣṇa consciousness itself can purify one’s mind, but if there are impediments to accepting Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one may try to give up the results of his actions. In that respect, social service, community service, national service, sacrifice for one’s country, etc., may be accepted so that some day one may come to the stage of pure devotional service to the Supreme Lord. In Bhagavad-gītā (18.46) we find it is stated, yataḥ pravṛttir bhūtānām: if one decides to sacrifice for the supreme cause, even if he does not know that the supreme cause is Kṛṣṇa, he will come gradually to understand that Kṛṣṇa is the supreme cause by the sacrificial method.

FORKLARING: Der kan være tilfælde, hvor man ikke engang ser sig i stand til at sympatisere med Kṛṣṇa-bevidste aktiviteter, enten på grund af sociale, familiemæssige eller religiøse hensyn eller på grund af andre vanskeligheder. Hvis man involverer sig direkte i Kṛṣṇa-bevidste aktiviteter, kan det være, at der kommer indsigelser fra familien eller en masse andet besvær. Hvis man har det problem, anbefales det, at man giver det samlede resultat af sine handlinger til et eller andet godt formål. De vediske regler anbefaler en sådan fremgangsmåde. Der findes mange beskrivelser af bestemte offerhandlinger og fuldmåneritualer, og der er særlige former for arbejde, hvorigennem resultatet af ens handlinger kan engageres. På den måde kan man gradvist blive ophøjet til stadiet af kundskab. Det ses også, at når en person, der ikke er det mindste interesseret i Kṛṣṇa-bevidste aktiviteter, giver velgørenhed til et hospital eller en anden social institution, opgiver han de dyrekøbte resultater af sine handlinger. Dette bliver også anbefalet her, for ved at opgive frugterne af sine handlinger kan man være sikker på gradvist at rense sit sind, og med et renset sind vil man kunne forstå Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed. Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed beror selvfølgelig ikke på nogen anden erfaring, for Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed kan i sig selv rense ens sind, men hvis der er noget i vejen for at involvere sig i Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed, kan man forsøge sig med at opgive resultaterne af sine handlinger. I den henseende kan medmenneskelighed, samfundstjeneste, national tjeneste, opofrelse for sit land osv. have deres berettigelse, så man en dag kan komme til stadiet af ren hengiven tjeneste til den Højeste Herre. Ifølge Bhagavad-gītā (18.46), yataḥ pravṛttir bhūtānām: Hvis man beslutter sig for at ofre sig for den højeste sag, vil man, selv om man ikke ved det, igennem et sådant offer gradvist forstå, at Kṛṣṇa er den højeste sag.