Chapter 4: Jñāna Karma Sannyāsa Yoga – Renunciation of Actions through Enlightenment: Verse 12
काङ्क्षन्त: कर्मणां सिद्धिं यजन्त इह देवता: ।
क्षिप्रं हि मानुषे लोके सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा ॥
kāṅkṣanta: karmaṇāṃ siddhiṃ yajanta iha devatā:
ṣipraṃ hi mānuṣe loke siddhir-bhavati karmajā – 4.12
People worship various deities, aspiring the rewards of rituals. In the human world, fruition of such piecemeal worship is easily had.
Chapter 4: Jñāna Karma Sannyāsa Yoga – Renunciation of Actions through Enlightenment - Verse 12
Ma Gurupriya
One takes to worshipping a deity, not because the deity has asked him to do so. Human mind is crazy to foster desires and have them fulfilled somehow. In the passion for it, the mind lands on some means, which promises to get what one looks for. This is how people turn to Devatas (deities), worshipping whom is said to fulfil their desires fast, though none can verify this prospect.
The better course is obviously to introspect and identify the impurities of the mind and strive to redress them. To have a sterling mind may be hard, and so none speaks about it. To get proper guidance in the matter is also not easy.
As against this, ritualistic performance is a short-term endeavour. It makes one free to indulge in sensory enjoyments. So, finding it easier, people prefer rituals to the self-purifying pursuit. A pitiable plight, no doubt, but many frantically go in for it!
