Bhagavad Gita
Introduction
Observing The Armies On The Battlefield Of Kurukshetra
Contents Of The Gita Summarized
Karma -Yoga
Transcendental Knowledge
Karma Yoga-Action In Krishna Consciousness
Sankhya-Yoga
Knowledge Of The Absolute
Attaining The Supreme
The Most Confidential Knowledge
The Opulence Of The Absolute
The Universal Form
Devotional Service
Nature, The Enjoyer, And Consciousness
The Three Modes Of Material Nature
The Yoga Of The Supreme Person
The Divine And Demoniac Nature
The Divisions Of Faith
Conclusion - The Perfection Of Renunciation
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Karma -Yoga

Arjuna said: "O Janardana, O Kesava, why do You urge me to engage in this ghastly warfare, if You think that intelligence is better than fruitive work?

My intelligence is bewildered by Your equivocal instructions. Therefore, please tell me decisively what is most beneficial to me."

The Lord said: "O sinless Arjuna, I have already explained that there are two classes of men who realize the Self. Some are inclined to understand Him by empirical, philosophical speculation, and others are inclined to know Him by devotional work.

Not by merely abstaining from work can one achieve freedom from reaction, nor by renunciation alone one attain perfection.

All men are forced to act helplessly according to the impulses born of the modes of material nature; therefore no one can refrain from doing something, not even for a moment.

One who restrains the senses and organs of action, but whose mind dwells on sense objects, certainly deludes himself and is called a pretender.

On the other hand, he who controls the senses by the mind and engages his active organs in works of devotion, without attachment, is by far superior.

Perform your prescribed duty, for action is better than inaction. A man cannot even maintain his physical body without work.

Work done as a sacrifice for Vishnu has to be performed otherwise work binds one to this material world. Therefore, O son of Kunti, perform your prescribed duties for his satisfaction, and in that way you will always remain unattached and free from bondage.

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