Chapter 12: Bhakti-yoga – Practice and Attainment of Devotion: Verse 11
अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रित: ।
सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं तत: कुरु यतात्मवान् ॥
athaitadapy-aśakto’si
kartuṃ mad-yogam-āśrita:
sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaṃ
tata: kuru yatātmavān – 12.11
If you are unable to do even this, have full refuge in My Yoga, and then with self-control, renounce (inwardly) all kinds of (subjective) results accruing from actions.
Chapter 12: Bhakti-yoga – Practice and Attainment of Devotion - Verse 11
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Some or even many may find it hard to surrender their activities to the Supreme, as it is not easy to feel or generate the required dedication and fondness. Some kind of discordance may linger in the mind. Can spirituality, a unique treasure, be denied to them? The Supreme is all-graceful. Only humans have frailties.
Krishna has his golden answer to such a question. Let them, he says, nurture the enrichment called restraint and discipline, and then grow the spirit of relinquishment with regard to the mental responses to their activity and fruition alike.
Every activity will lead to its objective fruition. It may be desirable or undesirable. Perform activities attentively, and accept their fruition too. As is the activity, so is its fruition. Do not intercept the process by any unwarranted thought. This is sufficient to have a yogic and peaceful heart.
