May1 – Bhagavadgita Chapter 5; Verses 5.29 (Day 122) Karma Yoga

 May1 – Day 122

Verse 5.29

भोक्तारं यज्ञतपसां सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम् ।

सुहृदं सर्वभूतानां ज्ञात्वा मां शान्तिमृच्छति ॥ ५-२९॥ 

bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ sarva-loka-maheśhwaram
suhṛidaṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ jñātwā māṁ śhāntim ṛichchhati (29) 

போ⁴க்¹தா¹ரம் யஞ்ஞத¹ப¹ஸாம் ஸர்வலோக¹மஹேஶ்வரம் |
ஸுஹ்ருத³ம் ஸர்வபூ⁴தா¹னாம் ஞாத்¹வா மாம் ஶான்தி¹ம்ருச்¹ச²தி¹ ||29 || 

29. He who knows Me as the enjoyer of sacrifices and austerities, the great Lord of all the worlds and the friend of all beings, attains to peace. 

Commentary: I am the Lord of all sacrifices and austerities.  I am their author, goal and their God.  I am the friend of all beings, the doer of good to them without expecting any return for it.  I am the dispenser of the fruits of all actions and the silent witness of their minds, thoughts and actions as I dwell in their hearts.  On knowing Me, they attain peace and liberation or Moksha (deliverance from the round of birth and death and all worldly miseries and sorrows). (Cf. V. 15; IX. 24) 

Commentary by Swami Venkatesananda: 

Before proceeding to describe the technique, Kṛṣṇa assures us that God’s grace will certainly enable us to achieve that perfection which is also supreme peace.

We need God’s grace to achieve success in anything, most of all in our spiritual quest. That grace is available to us all, pervading all throughout our lives. There is a reason for it. God is the dearest friend of all beings, and this friend-indeed will enable us to overcome all obstacles and crown all our efforts with success.

Nor is it difficult to propitiate God and earn his grace, for he is the enjoyer of all sacrifices and austerities. All our actions and services, all our charities and austerities, all our prayers and adorations reach God. If only man recognises this great truth, then his whole life and all his actions are spiritualised and sublimated. Every action that he performs and every prayer that he offers flows towards the Lord, deepening and widening the channel day after day and hour after hour, so that at the same time God’s grace may flow towards him in ever-increasing abundance. No one need despair.

No one need fear obstacles. With a changed angle of vision the seeker looks upon obstacles as stepping stones. The thing that obstructs our smooth progress along the corridor is not an obstacle, but a step meant to lead us upward and onward!

God’s grace alone will enable us to see it in this light and God is waiting to shower his grace on us! It is God’s grace that enabled all this to be written, it is God’s grace that enables you to listen to his song! Divine life is divine grace. 

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ॐ तत्सदिति श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासूपनिषत्सु

ब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रे श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादे

कर्मसन्यासयोगो नाम पञ्चमोऽध्यायः 

Hari Om Tat Sat

Iti Srimad Bhagavadgītāsūpanishatsu

Brahmavidyāyām Yogashāstre Sri Krishnājunasamvāde
karmasanyāsayogo Nāma Panchamo’dhyāyah. 

ஓம் தத்ஸத் 

இதி ஶ்ரீமத்பகவத்கீதாஸூ உபனிஷத்ஸு

ப்ரஹ்மவித்யாயாம் யோகஶாஸ்த்ரே ஶ்ரீக்ருஷ்ணார்ஜுனஸம்வாதே

கர்மஸன்யாஸயோகோ நாம பஞ்சமோ‌த்யாய 

Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita, the science of the Eternal,

the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna ends the fifth discourse entitled: 

“The Yoga of Renunciation of Action”