Meaning: One of the most powerful matters is kept in our four Vedas. Among them the goal of human life is expressed in the stanza of the Yajur-Veda's 40/2 that -"There is only one way for man to achieve his life's goal, and that is 'sad aacharan' (i.e. proper moral conduct). We should desire to live a hundred years on the religious path.
Message: The birth and rebirth of man depends on his deeds and their results. From his birth to death as long as the body is active, man goes on doing some physical (bodily) or mental work. It is impossible for anyone to remain even for a moment without doing any work. We have been granted this human life only for doing work. It is an altogether different matter whether the deed is a good or bad one.
We all know the principle of science that 'every action has an equal and opposite reaction' and therefore for every deeds there is a 'karmaphal' (resulting reward or punishment also). The entire world is moving or running on specific rules and principles. There is no place for anarchy in this world of God. There is only the empire of discipline and justice in His creation. God has ordered man to live a hundred years while doing work of public-welfare. But unfortunately man narrows down his sphere of work to only selfish interests for the fulfillment of his false pride and selfishness and forgets his duty to work for public welfare. As a result, he gets trapped in perversities and suffers terrible hardships and sorrow because of his sins.
Sometimes the question may arise in our minds, "what type of deeds should I perform? What is the meaning of public welfare? Ultimately what is the use of working for the benefit of the world?" In reality, the fact is that when we work for the welfare of the society, we are actually serving ourselves also. We must remember that in the benefit of others we will certainly benefit. In the progress of the world, lies our own progress. We should have this lofty aim when doing any type of world. If we always think that it is our good fortune to serve others, then the wish for helping others will certainly be in our tremendous inspiration.
Such deeds, because they are carried out without any selfish desire, are called 'nishkam karma' (nishkam means without desire and karma means deeds). The success or failure of such deeds never makes a man arrogant or sorrowful. Such a man only thinks that he has not succeeded because he has not made as much effort with determination as required. After that he starts working again with double energy and involvement. Such'nishkam karma' (performed without selfish motive) never disturbs the person nor does the man have any attachment for that deeds. The feeling of 'atmaval sarvabhooteshu' (all the beings on the earth have the same type of soul as I have) becomes profound when man has no personal or selfish interest and he finds his own benefit in the benefit of others only. Instead of making use of the worldly comforts and facilities for himself only, such a person experiences the greatest joy when sharing with others. If one acts thus in the spirit of share-and-share-alike and joins all types of his deeds for God's work (i.e. in a spirit of working for God and his creatures), then such deeds never put man in future bondage. Only such men carrying out their deeds without any desire for personal benefit become distinguished in this world. Therefore, man always saving himself from attachment, should dedicate his life for performing good deeds without any selfish motive or desire for personal benefits.
This is the one and only method for achieving the best objective in life.
We all know the principle of science that 'every action has an equal and opposite reaction' and therefore for every deeds there is a 'karmaphal' (resulting reward or punishment also). The entire world is moving or running on specific rules and principles. There is no place for anarchy in this world of God. There is only the empire of discipline and justice in His creation. God has ordered man to live a hundred years while doing work of public-welfare. But unfortunately man narrows down his sphere of work to only selfish interests for the fulfillment of his false pride and selfishness and forgets his duty to work for public welfare. As a result, he gets trapped in perversities and suffers terrible hardships and sorrow because of his sins.
Sometimes the question may arise in our minds, "what type of deeds should I perform? What is the meaning of public welfare? Ultimately what is the use of working for the benefit of the world?" In reality, the fact is that when we work for the welfare of the society, we are actually serving ourselves also. We must remember that in the benefit of others we will certainly benefit. In the progress of the world, lies our own progress. We should have this lofty aim when doing any type of world. If we always think that it is our good fortune to serve others, then the wish for helping others will certainly be in our tremendous inspiration.
Such deeds, because they are carried out without any selfish desire, are called 'nishkam karma' (nishkam means without desire and karma means deeds). The success or failure of such deeds never makes a man arrogant or sorrowful. Such a man only thinks that he has not succeeded because he has not made as much effort with determination as required. After that he starts working again with double energy and involvement. Such'nishkam karma' (performed without selfish motive) never disturbs the person nor does the man have any attachment for that deeds. The feeling of 'atmaval sarvabhooteshu' (all the beings on the earth have the same type of soul as I have) becomes profound when man has no personal or selfish interest and he finds his own benefit in the benefit of others only. Instead of making use of the worldly comforts and facilities for himself only, such a person experiences the greatest joy when sharing with others. If one acts thus in the spirit of share-and-share-alike and joins all types of his deeds for God's work (i.e. in a spirit of working for God and his creatures), then such deeds never put man in future bondage. Only such men carrying out their deeds without any desire for personal benefit become distinguished in this world. Therefore, man always saving himself from attachment, should dedicate his life for performing good deeds without any selfish motive or desire for personal benefits.
This is the one and only method for achieving the best objective in life.
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