Krishna as Lord of Action

Sacrificial duty keeps the wheel of creation in motion. Those who rejoice in sense pleasure with no sacrificial duties are said to lead vain and sinful lives.  

If any one is delighted, contented and satisfied in the self, then for such enlightened person, there is no loss by his inaction. Because he does not depend on anybody for anything.

  

Lord Krishna said that there was nothing in all the three worlds – heaven, earth and the lower regions, for Him to do, nor was there anything worth attaining by Him, yet He continued to work. 

Lord Krishna explained the reasons for His continuous non-stop work as follows: “If I do not engage in action relentlessly, people would follow My path resulting in the destruction of the worlds. Then, I should be the cause of confusion among men and of their ultimate destruction. I am therefore the Lord of Action.”       

        

(Main References: Ch.3, stanzas 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24.)

 Comments:

A mirror, which is full of dust, cannot reflect any image. When you remove the dust with a piece of cloth, your image is clearly visible. Mirror is like your mind and dust is nothing but Ego born out of lust, greed and anger. The piece of cloth, which removes the dust, is selfless service to the humanity at large, which includes sacrificial duties. Mind becomes pure on performance of selfless service. For them, Work is worship.

A few men abandoning the world seek the silence of the forestland where they do penance to achieve enlightenment and salvation. Such sages perform no action and they also do not depend upon others for anything – their needs are minimal and self-sufficient.

Sun light, when it passes through a lens, converges into a bright spot, which is capable of burning cotton. Heat energy, which is inherent in the sunlight, is focused. But, when the same sun light, when it is allowed to pass through a prism, splits into many radiant and colorful rays spreading its wings of light wide enough to cover the entire room. 

The sage, who is seeking salvation for him, is akin to the lens and the man who is involved in services to the mankind, is compared to the prism. Heat energy of the lens is penance and colorful rays of the prism are selfless service.

Wheel of the Universe is to be kept at motion always so that the activities of birth, evolution and death are kept alive. Lord Krishna is omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent and hence there is nothing for Him to perform. Yet, as role model for the humans, He performs, as otherwise humans also will become idle beings. Lord Krishna is the King of Actions.