II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

मनह मनोरथ छाँडिये तेरा किया न होई I
पाणि में घीव नीकसै, तो रूखा खाइ न कोइ II

There is no guarantee for the results of our acts and therefore never consider yourself to be the cause of the results of your activities. Do your duty, but do not concern yourself with the results. We have the right to do our duty, but the results are not dependent only upon our efforts. A number of factors come into play in determining the results—our efforts, destiny (our past karmas), the will of God, the efforts of others, the cumulative karmas of the people involved, the place and situation (a matter of luck), etc. Now if we become anxious for results, we will experience anxiety whenever they are not according to our expectations. So Lord Krishna advises Arjun to give up concern for the results and instead focus solely on doing a good job. The fact is that when we are unconcerned about the results, we are able to focus entirely on our efforts, and the result is even better than before. Lord Krishna wants Arjun to give up the ego of being the doer. However, the question arises, when we perform actions, then why should we not consider ourselves as the doers of those actions? The reason is that our senses, mind, and intellect are inert; God energizes them with His power and puts them at our disposal. As a result, only with the help of the power we receive from Him, are we able to work. For example, the tongs in the kitchen are inactive by themselves, but they get energized by someone’s hand, and then they perform even difficult tasks, such as lifting burning coal, etc. Now if we say that the tongs are the doers of actions, it will be inaccurate. If the hand did not energize them, what would they be able to do? They would merely lie inert on the table. Similarly, if God did not supply our body-mind-soul mechanism with the power to perform actions, we could have done nothing. Thus, we must give up the ego of doing, remembering that God is the only source of the power by which we perform all our actions.

"Kabir says, performing an action and making choices is in our hands. But the results and the consequences are not. When one doesn’t have control over the results then desiring for the result is of no use. And therefore devote 100% of your energy to Karma and let the fruits of the Karma be in God’s divine hands, for He is the true doer, not we. Had everything been in man's hands, butter could have been made from water and no one would have been deprived of it. The butter would have been available to all."

II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

II श्रीसद्गुरूचरणार्पणमस्तु II