Gita 18.10 Take the route that takes us to the destination, not the route that looks the easiest

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Thank you Bhagavad Gita 18.10 Krishna is talking here but how we can function in the proper mode so here he says just because some work is not kushala it is not pleasant to do you don’t feel comfortable doing it that doesn’t mean we give it up kushale nan shajate and just because something is kushala, it is comfortable to do one doesn’t get attached to it tyagi sattva sama vishto one is situated in enunciation and goodness medhavi chinn samshaya that person is medhavi medha is intelligence medhavi is intelligent person chinn samshaya that person doubts have been ripped apart in this way when you function in life you all can in our particular situations grow gracefully for us for everyone of us the vital thing in our life is the state of purification the state of where we are freed from ulterior desires and are focused on the intention of serving Krishna focused in pure harmony in a mood of dedicated devotion to come to this state we have to go through various situations and bhagavad gita gives us the process of transcendence through action we focus on learning how each one of us can progress towards transcendence by acting in the particular situation that best behooves our disposition now even when we are acting according to our disposition it is not that we always like doing what we are doing just because something is convenient that doesn’t mean that is the way ahead for us if we come to an intersection and one has one route is clear another route is crowded now we need to take the route based on whether it is going to take us to the destination or not naturally if a clear route takes us to the destination we will take that but if the clear route doesn’t take us to the destination but takes us away from it then that would mean going along that route will be stupid for us we will be cheating ourselves, we will be fooling ourselves the ease with which we go will take us further away from the destination so the important thing is not just to go on the easy route but the important thing is to go on the route that takes us to the destination for Arjuna not fighting the war might seem to be the easy way similarly some people may think that renunciation is the easy way but the question is is it really the easy way or is it something which is just complicated is it something which is going to make things more and more difficult for us and leave us trapped if that is going to happen then we had best recognize the limitedness of our situation and accordingly take things forward the limitedness of our situation means that sometimes life puts us in situations where there are limited options if there is only road to our destination a crowded road then the only option we have is to navigate through that traffic to get to the destination if we refuse to navigate through that traffic then we fail to get to the destination similarly for each one of us unless we work towards steadily and determinately purging our consciousness of negativity without that we will not be able to move onwards so just because something is convenient doesn’t mean it is fruitful and just because something is inconvenient doesn’t mean it is to be avoided so means the intelligence is clear means one freed oneself from the doubts about what feels good and what takes one to good sometimes that which feels good may not take one to the good and then we have to keep a distance from it sometimes something feels good and takes us also to a good destination that is the best for us to be, best situation for us to be thus when we learn to see the complexity of our situation and acknowledge that life may not always offer us an easy way out then we gird ourselves to take the effective way to the destination irrespective of whether it is easy or difficult and that is the sign of intelligence, that is the kind of work that Krishna is urging Arjuna to do in this verse na dveshtya kushalam karma don’t be resentful of work just because it is inconvenient and don’t become attached to work just because it is easy to do see what is effective, see what is fruitful so be intelligent and be in the renounced mood so tyagi sattva samavishtho means be in the mood that going beyond infatuation with immediate feelings tyagi sattva samavishtho when we are situated in goodness we can understand the difference between ourselves and our feelings and we can act in a way that helps us grow effectively that helps us move towards Krishna in the most effective manner and that is our life success thank you