rathnani dhana dhanyani kshetrani cha gruhani cha...
In this sloka, we are told of the greatness of His feet and we should relinquish all others and firmly cling to His feet. Sri Krishna's feet was pressed all over Brindavan. We are at a place called charan pahadi. Here His feet impressions are preserved on a small hillock and hence the name. Like a fossil these are preserved over thousands of years. The salagrama murthy we perform pooja daily is also a fossil. On this footprints a small temple is being raised. Pilgrims visiting here place their heads on this and get mental soalce.The feet have superiority. Just as a child though loves its mother, has special liking for the breasts that feed it, devotees have special consideration for the feet though they love God. We will now see the Gita slokas. From 21st sloka Sri Krishna is advising to see gyana in every karma we do. Now the 22nd sloka:
yadrccha-labha-santusto
dvandvatito vimatsarah
samah siddhav asiddhau ca
kritvapi na nibadhyate
"He who is satisfied with gain which comes of its own accord, who is free from duality and does not envy, who is steady in both success and failure, is never entangled, although performing actions."
Na nibadyate = he is not bound by the samsaram or the earthly bonds, kritvapi = even while doing his karma. If our karma are noble and we do not have attachments to results, then papa/ punya will not be incurred. There can be doubts in many as to whether all these are only theoretical and have no practical applicability? For example, if we think we do a job for money then it is inferior. We have to raise the scope and ensure we do for some noble cause. Slowly this way will lead to atman sakshatkaram. Sri Krishna assures this here. So far Sri Krishna has been advising Arjuna to do karma. Arjuna has four doubts. Firstly, in the process of doing a karma, one has to encounter difficulties or occupational hazards. Secondly, doing a work makes one to do more work and there is no end but gets greedy and passionate. Thirdly, if our work gets impeded we develop anger and jealousy. We can not get good name for all acts of us. There will be unwanted comments from so many. We tend to do our work so that others do not make comments. For example, apart from job prospects all try to admit their children in B.E. courses and not in B.Sc. This is because, many are afraid that by admitting their children in B.Sc,. others might comment satirically. We are more concerned about others' comments. Lastly, how to overcome comforts and discomforts and success and failure? So his four doubts - consequential hazards, getting more work and tending to be greedy, overcoming anger at impediments and viewing victory and defeat- while doing a karma, is answered by Sri Krishna. Yadruccha labha = getting those which come on their own, santushta = and be happy and content with that, dvandvatito = crossing the twins of comforts and discomforts, heat and cold, vimatsara = no prejudice against others and be indifferent to others' accusations, sama siddhau asiddhav ca= also viewing success and failure equally. Sri Krishna answers all the four doubts with four answers. By being content with what he gets and not increasing his needs, he does not have any difficulty in continuing his work without any expectation and so greed does not creep in. Overcoming heat and cold makes him equal to success and failures. By being indifferent to accusations he avoids prejudices. Such a person will not be bound by the samsaram and he can have atman sakshatkaram.
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