THE GITA WAY

Looked at this way, the Gita seems to abound in contradictions. Attempts have been made by saints and scholars to resolve the contradict lolls. These have taken the form of subordinating any two of karma, bhakti and jnana to the third, to showing that one of them is the primary path and that the others are ancillary to it.

There is a statement in the Gita, which provides the key to reconciliation of the seeming contradictions.

‘sve sve karmanyabhiratash samsiddhim labhate narah’

Let each perform the karmas appropriate to him its prescribed in the saastras. Doing them, let him offer them to God'.

What will be the result if the karmas are per formed in this fashion and in this spirit? One's mind will be purified. Chittasuddhi will be effected.

Is this Chittasuddhi itself moksha? If that is so, it will be enough if karmas are performed. There will be no need for bhakti, Yoga and jnana spoken of in the Gita.

The Lord adds:

svakarmaniratah siddhim yathaavidati tacchrunu

‘I shall tell you how he who has Chittasuddhi attains the stage Of fruition. 'This Chittasuddhi is the means to the realization of the Supreme. It is the basic stage for further advance. First purity of mind; then mind control; thus the steps follow one upon the other.

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