Rişhi: Ātreya (RV 5.7.5)
ava
sma yasya veşhaņe svedam paţhişhu juhvati,
abhīmaha svajenyam bhūmā pŗşhteva ruruhuĥ.
When in
His service men cast down
their
sweat on the paths,
They
ascend to a self-born ground as if to wide levels.
As long as man exerts himself in the service of
his own ego, goaded by personal desire, all action becomes a means
for bondage. He stays confined to the lower levels of existence,
crabbed and cabined in his limited movements. But if he moves away
from this slavery to desire and ego, and learns to act in
dedication to the Divine, offers his energies in the service of
the Divine Truth without regard to personal calculations or
fruits, action becomes a lever for upliftment to the higher and
wider levels of the unbound Spirit. Work becomes a force for
liberation. |
