RĀYA RĀMĀNANDA SAṂVĀDA · 05
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Even everything you do, offered to Kṛṣṇa, is still external
yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi yaj juhoṣi dadāsi yat"Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you sacrifice or give away" (BG 9.27)
Even everything you do, offered to Kṛṣṇa, is still external
yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi yaj juhoṣi dadāsi yat
"Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you sacrifice or give away" (BG 9.27)
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"Don't offer Me just those duties, but everything that you do — eating, drinking, sleeping, all bodily necessities even. In this way the suggestion is superior to the previous verse. Mahāprabhu said: this is external, tell me something more."
Rāmānanda's second answer stands higher than the first, and Gurudeva shows exactly how. Varṇāśrama offered up completed duties, and offered them to Viṣṇu; here Kṛṣṇa asks for everything — eating, drinking, sleeping, every bodily necessity, nothing left outside the frame of duty. More is given. And still Mahāprabhu answers with the same refrain: this is external, tell me something more. Look at your own open palm held out before you: the fruit of your work is lying on it. The fruit is offered — the hand has stayed yours. What He wants is not the basket of results but the one holding it.
In today's round, notice what you are offering — the day's fruits, or yourself.
Source: Rāya Rāmānanda Saṃvāda · part 02
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