Chapter 5: Karma Sannyāsa Yoga – Yoga of Inner Renunciation: Verse 15
नादत्ते कस्यचित्पापं न चैव सुकृतं विभु: ।
अज्ञानेनावृतं ज्ञानं तेन मुह्यन्ति जन्तव: ॥
nādatte kasyacit-pāpaṃ na caiva sukṛtaṃ vibhu:
ajñānenāvṛtaṃ jñānaṃ tena muhyanti jantava: – 5.15
The all-powerful Lord does not receive anyone’s sin or virtue. True knowledge is covered by ignorance, and hence are beings deluded.
Chapter 5: Karma Sannyāsa Yoga – Yoga of Inner Renunciation - Verse 15
Ma Gurupriya
Krishna goes a step further. As the Lord does not prescribe any activities or their doership, so He does not also partake of anyone’s sin or virtue. This invalidates the common belief that when sin and virtue are offered to God, He will absorb them and free the offerer from all adverse effects of whatever he has done.
God is all-pervading like space. Can such a presence have any form or shape? God is idolized because He is not perceptible to the senses, and some kind of visible agency is necessary for people to focus their devotional thoughts.
Ignorance and delusion alone lead to incur sin, as Krishna explained earlier. To avoid it, right knowledge in time and striving earnestly with resolve (3.37-43) are the only means. Enlightenment is the greatest persuasion for any human. Spiritual science provides this in ample measure.
Lack of insight alone leads to wrong beliefs and practices. Earlier this plight is redressed, the better.
