Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, Verse 43
कामात्मानः स्वर्गपरा जन्मकर्मफलप्रदाम्।क्रियाविशेषबहुलां भोगैश्वर्यगतिं प्रति ॥2.43॥kāmātmānaḥ svargaparā janmakarmaphalapradāmkriyāviśeṣabahulāṃ bhogaiśvaryagatiṃ prati
Meaning
Krishna continues: full of desires and treating heaven as the highest goal, they praise many rituals that promise rebirth as the reward of actions and aim at pleasure and power.
हिंदी में अर्थ
श्रीकृष्ण आगे कहते हैं: ऐसे लोग कामनाओं से भरे रहते हैं और स्वर्ग को ही सबसे ऊँचा लक्ष्य मानते हैं। वे भोग और ऐश्वर्य के लिए ऐसे अनेक कर्मकांडों की बात करते हैं जिनका फल फिर से जन्म ही है।
Practise it today
Before one routine act today, prayer, work or a favour, ask yourself what you are hoping to get from it, and offer it once without that hope.
Reflect tonight
What did you notice when you did something today without expecting a reward?
DesireDevotionLetting go
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