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PHRASES IN THE GITA - 286
सर्वारम्भा हि दोषेण ... (अध्याय १८ - श्लोक ४८)
ஸர்வாரம்பா ஹி தோஷேண ... (அத்யாயம் 18 - ஶ்லோகம் 48)
Sarvaarambha Hi Doshena ... (Chapter 18 - Shloka 48)
Meaning : All actions are defective ...
It is ignorance to avoid or reject a work regarding the same as defective .. Every work is laden with one or other defect .. One in Police department may have to arrest , use force , threaten and even hit , in order to extract truth from the arrested .. These may not be pleasant for him .. A judge has to write judgements , sometimes merciless ones .. Traders have to resort to so many practices , some unethical , in order to earn or live in penury otherwise .. The act of digging earth to construct house may cause killing of hundreds of small lives and drive those out of their natural habitats .. Agriculture also causes death of so many small and micro lives .. Birds and cattles walking in to the field have to be mercilessly driven out and hence deprived of their food .. A milkman has to snatch his earnings from the mouth of the calf .. Every work is defective .. There is no work which is perfect .. A work can not be avoided saying it is defective ..
In a group of middle aged men , I asked all those who feel the work they are presently involved in as defective to raise their hands .. Almost all of those present in the group raised their hands .. "OK !! What else do you want to do ??" I asked them .. The work listed by each of them was regarded as defective and hence rejected by someone else in the same group ..
"Every work or action is defective .. Hence it is better to do the work in hand , regarding the same as duty" .. This is precisely Shri Krishna's declaration ..
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