05 Feb 2005
[“Nakarmana…” says that you should not do work. “Kurvamneveh…” says that you should constantly work. How do you correlate these two statements in the Veda?]
Swami replied:- If you bring the third Vedic statement “Dhanena Tyagena…”, the above two statements can be correlated. You must do work and sacrifice the fruit of the work to the mission of the Lord. You should not do selfish work since you are enjoying the fruit of such work with your family. Of course, the Lord allows enjoyment of the fruit of work to a minimum level but you should not stop working after earning your minimum requirement. You should constantly work and earn and sacrifice the fruit of your work to the Lord (Tyaktena Bhunjeethah…, Shareera Yatra Pichate…).
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