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Devanagari

Devanagari

श्रीभगवानुवाच
अनाश्रित: कर्मफलं कार्यं कर्म करोति य: ।
स सन्न्यासी च योगी च न निरग्न‍िर्न चाक्रिय: ॥ १ ॥

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śrī-bhagavān uvāca
anāśritaḥ karma-phalaṁ
kāryaṁ karma karoti yaḥ
sa sannyāsī ca yogī ca
na niragnir na cākriyaḥ
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
anāśritaḥ karma-phalaṁ
kāryaṁ karma karoti yaḥ
sa sannyāsī ca yogī ca
na niragnir na cākriyaḥ

Synonyms

Synonyms

śrī-bhagavān uvāca — the Lord said; anāśritaḥ — without taking shelter; karma-phalam — of the result of work; kāryam — obligatory; karma — work; karoti — performs; yaḥ — one who; saḥ — he; sannyāsī — in the renounced order; ca — also; yogī — mystic; ca — also; na — not; niḥ — without; agniḥ — fire; na — nor; ca — also; akriyaḥ — without duty.

śrī-bhagavān uvāca — Herren sagde; anāśritaḥ — uden at søge tilflugt; karma-phalam — hos arbejdets resultater; kāryam — obligatorisk; karma — arbejde; karoti — udfører; yaḥ — den, som; saḥ — han; sannyāsī — i den forsagende orden; ca — også; yogī — mystiker; ca — også; na — ikke; niḥ — uden; agniḥ — ild; na — ej heller; ca — også; akriyaḥ — uden pligt.

Translation

Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic, not he who lights no fire and performs no duty.

Guddommens Højeste Personlighed sagde: Den, der ikke er knyttet til sit arbejdes frugter, men arbejder, som han er forpligtet til, befinder sig i forsagelsens orden. Det er ham, der er den sande mystiker – ikke den, der ingen ild tænder og ingen pligt udfører.

Purport

Purport

In this chapter the Lord explains that the process of the eightfold yoga system is a means to control the mind and the senses. However, this is very difficult for people in general to perform, especially in the Age of Kali. Although the eightfold yoga system is recommended in this chapter, the Lord emphasizes that the process of karma-yoga, or acting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is better. Everyone acts in this world to maintain his family and their paraphernalia, but no one is working without some self-interest, some personal gratification, be it concentrated or extended. The criterion of perfection is to act in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and not with a view to enjoying the fruits of work. To act in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the duty of every living entity because all are constitutionally parts and parcels of the Supreme. The parts of the body work for the satisfaction of the whole body. The limbs of the body do not act for self-satisfaction but for the satisfaction of the complete whole. Similarly, the living entity who acts for satisfaction of the supreme whole and not for personal satisfaction is the perfect sannyāsī, the perfect yogī.

FORKLARING: I dette kapitel forklarer Herren, at det ottefoldige yoga-system er en måde at beherske sindet og sanserne på. Dette er dog meget svært for folk i almindelighed at praktisere, især i Kalis tidsalder. Skønt det ottefoldige yoga-system bliver anbefalet i dette kapitel, understreger Herren, at karma-yoga eller handling i Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed er bedre. Alle handler i denne verden for at forsørge deres familie, og hvad sig dertil hører, men ingen arbejder uden en vis egeninteresse, en eller anden form for personlig tilfredsstillelse, uanset om den er selvcentreret eller bredere. Kriteriet for fuldkommenhed er at handle i Kṛṣṇa- bevidsthed uden at ville nyde arbejdets frugter. Det er alle levende væseners pligt at handle i Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed, for vi er alle af natur uadskillelige dele af den Højeste. Kroppens dele arbejder for hele kroppens tilfredsstillelse. Kroppens lemmer handler ikke for at tilfredsstille sig selv, men for at gavne den samlede helhed. På samme måde er det levende væsen, der handler, ikke for sin egen personlige tilfredsstillelses skyld, men for at tilfredsstille den højeste helhed, den perfekte sannyāsī og den perfekte yogī.

The sannyāsīs sometimes artificially think that they have become liberated from all material duties, and therefore they cease to perform agnihotra yajñas (fire sacrifices), but actually they are self-interested because their goal is to become one with the impersonal Brahman. Such a desire is greater than any material desire, but it is not without self-interest. Similarly, the mystic yogī who practices the yoga system with half-open eyes, ceasing all material activities, desires some satisfaction for his personal self. But a person acting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness works for the satisfaction of the whole, without self-interest. A Kṛṣṇa conscious person has no desire for self-satisfaction. His criterion of success is the satisfaction of Kṛṣṇa, and thus he is the perfect sannyāsī, or perfect yogī. Lord Caitanya, the highest perfectional symbol of renunciation, prays in this way:

Nogle gange tror sannyāsīer kunstigt, at de er blevet frigjort for alle materielle pligter, og derfor holder de op med at udføre agnihotra- yajñaer (ildofre), men i virkeligheden er de egoistiske, for deres mål er at blive ét med den upersonlige Brahman. Et sådant ønske er afgjort bedre end noget materielt ønske, men det er ikke uselvisk. På samme måde ønsker den mystiske yogī, der følger yoga-systemet med halvåbne øjne og ophører med alle materielle aktiviteter, en form for tilfredsstillelse af sit personlige selv. Men den, der handler i Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed, handler for at tilfredsstille helheden uden selvisk interesse. Den, der er Kṛṣṇa-bevidst, har intet ønske om selvisk tilfredsstillelse. Hans kriterium for fuldkommenhed er Kṛṣṇas tilfredsstillelse, og således er han den fuldkomne sannyāsī og fuldkomne yogī. Herren Caitanya, det højeste fuldkomne indbegreb af forsagelse, beder på denne måde (Cc. Madhya 20.29, Śikṣāṣṭaka 4):

na dhanaṁ na janaṁ na sundarīṁ
kavitāṁ vā jagad-īśa kāmaye
mama janmani janmanīśvare
bhavatād bhaktir ahaitukī tvayi
na dhanaṁ na janaṁ na sundarīṁ
kavitāṁ vā jagad-īśa kāmaye
mama janmani janmanīśvare
bhavatād bhaktir ahaitukī tvayi

“O Almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor to enjoy beautiful women. Nor do I want any number of followers. What I want only is the causeless mercy of Your devotional service in my life, birth after birth.”

“O Almægtige Herre, Jeg nærer intet ønske om at blive rig eller nyde smukke kvinder. Ej heller stræber Jeg efter en masse tilhængere. Det eneste, Jeg ønsker, er den årsagsløse nåde at være beriget med Din hengivne tjeneste i mit liv – fødsel efter fødsel.”