Mayi sarvaani karmaani samnyasaaadhyathmachethasaa
Nir- aasheer nirmamo bhoothva yudhyasva vigathajvara
Offering all your actions to Me, your mind in unison
with the spirit and free from desires and ego, you fight without the slightest
touch of hatred or excitement.
Thus says Lord Krishna to Arjuna in Chapter 3 while
describing the Karma Yoga. Here in this verse we see two words, Niraashee and
Nirmamo. They are to be understood in correct sense. All actions performed
through attachment and desires get us nothing as they are filled with ego
selfishness. Niraashee is without desire (of result) and Nirmamo is without
Doer-ship.
Actions with doer-ship gives rise to bondage as it
is performed with a heart loaded with selfish desires. Actions without desires
are not actions at all as they are incapable of producing any painful
experiences that is the reason why Lord Krishna is suggesting Arjuna
renunciation of action in the whole of the fifth chapter. Here, the
renunciation of action only means the giving up of the wrong motives behind the
actions and not giving up the action itself.
Tansen was great musician in Emperor Akbar’s court.
He was blessed with divine voice by the grace of his mother and his Guru. One
day Akbar was charmed by his music rendering and said, “I have not heard any
one who is equal to you in singing”. Immediately Tansen replied, “No
Jahanpanah, there is one person who can sing better than me.” Akbar asked him
who could be singing better than him. Tansen said, “He is none other than my
Guru Swami Haridas. He lives in Vrindavan.” Akbar got curious and wished to
listen to Tansen’s Guru singing and requested Tansen to invite Swami Haridas to
the court.
Tansen replied, “Jahanpanah, my Guru has not
ventured outside Vrindavan. Many kings have invited him to their courts to
listen to him singing but he has not obliged anyone.” Akbar asked, “But I want
to listen to his songs Can you take me there?” Tansen replied, “Yes, Jahapanah
but you have to come with me in disguise as my disciple.” Akbar agreed and both
went to Vrindavan and Akbar had disguised himself as a disciple who was
learning Vocal with Tansen.
On reaching Vrindavan both Tansen and Akbar paid
their respects to the Swami Haridas. They both stayed there whole day and Swami
Haridas did not singing. Next day in the
evening, Tansen took the tanpura and started singing while Swami Haridas was
watching him. While singing, he made a deliberate mistake in Arohana (the
ascending note) of Swara (scale). Swami Haridas immediately corrected him and
in order to explain the correct Arohana he started to sing. Tansen stopped
singing and he along with Akbar sat spellbound listening to the divine voice.
Swami Haridas forgot himself and went into a trance like situation rendering
the song in ecstasy. Akbar had never heard anything like that before.
After sometime Akbar said, “Tansen you are blessed
to have a Guru like him. How is it that he is able to sing so well?” Tansen
replied, “Jahanpanah, my Guru does not sing for mortals like me and you, he
sings for Him. That is the reason why his music is so good to listen.
Anything
which does not have doer-ship and is not filled with desire is always
excellent.”
Creativity will bloom if there is no doer-ship or
there is no desire for the fruit…….!!!
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