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TEXT 30 mayi sarvani karmani
SYNONYMS  mayi--unto
Me; sarvani--all sorts of; karmani--activities; sannyasya--giving
up completely; adhyatma--with full knowledge of the self; cetasa--consciousness;
nirasih--without
desire for profit; nirmamah--without ownership;
bhutva--so
being; yudhyasva--fight; vigata-jvarah--without being lethargic.
TRANSLATION Therefore,
O Arjuna, surrendering all your works unto Me, with mind intent on Me,
and without desire for gain and free from egoism and lethargy, fight.
PURPORT This verse clearly
indicates the purpose of the Bhagavad-gita. The Lord instructs that
one has to become fully Krsna conscious to discharge duties, as if in military
discipline. Such an injunction may make things a little difficult; nevertheless
duties must be carried out, with dependence on Krsna, because that is the
constitutional position of the living entity. The living entity cannot
be happy independent of the cooperation of the Supreme Lord because the
eternal constitutional position of the living entity is to become subordinate
to the desires of the Lord. Arjuna was, therefore, ordered by Sri Krsna
to fight as if the Lord were his military commander. One has to sacrifice
everything for the good will of the Supreme Lord, and at the same time
discharge prescribed duties without claiming proprietorship. Arjuna did
not have to consider the order of the Lord; he had only to execute His
order. The Supreme Lord is the soul of all souls; therefore, one who depends
solely and wholly on the Supreme Soul without personal consideration, or
in other words, one who is fully Krsna conscious, is called adhyatma-cetasa.Nirasih
means that one has to act on the order of the master. Nor should one ever
expect fruitive results. The cashier may count millions of dollars for
his employer, but he does not claim a cent for himself. Similarly, one
has to realize that nothing in the world belongs to any individual person,
but that everything belongs to the Supreme Lord. That is the real purport
of mayi, or unto Me. And when one acts in such Krsna consciousness,
certainly he does not claim proprietorship over anything. This consciousness
is called nirmama, or nothing is mine. And, if there is any reluctance
to execute such a stern order which is without consideration of so-called
kinsmen in the bodily relationship, that reluctance should be thrown off;
in this way one may become vigata-jvara or without feverish mentality
or lethargy. Everyone, according to his quality and position, has a particular
type of work to discharge, and all such duties may be discharged in Krsna
consciousness, as described above. That will lead one to the path of liberation.
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