Remembering this observance every day, let us look after our oxen
and get appropriate work from them. The bhakti that rises in our heart should not stop with that day. The ox too
is an image of the Lord. The plough, and all these other implements of agriculture, keep them in good order. All
the tools of service are holy. How broad is this vision! Worship does not mean offering flowers and consecrated
rice and sprinkling kumkum (vermilion).
To keep vessels clean and polished like crystal, that is worship of the
vessels. To clean the lamp is to worship it. To whet the scythe and make it ready for reaping is worship. To
lubricate the rusty hinge of the door, this is worship too. We should use all things with this attitude. We should
keep all the materials of service clean and in good condition. The truth is that I am akshara-purusha, the
imperishable Self. He is Purushottam, the Self Supreme, and this Creation, the means of service, this too, is
purusha, the Supreme Being.
Once we have vision of the play of chaitanya, of consciousness, everywhere, we
can say that jnana too has entered our action.
17. First we put bhakti into karma, devotion into action. Now, we add jnana to it, we make the divine elixir which
will transform life. The Gita has in the end brought us to the way of service filled with advaita, the sense of
oneness, and leaves us there. Wherever we look in a creation we see three purushas.
Purushottama, the one Supreme Person has assumed these three forms.
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