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DO YOUR DUTY
There was once a horrible drought. Year after year not a
drop of rain fell on the arid ground. Crops died, and, as the
land became parched, farmers gave up even planting their
seeds. As the time of planting and tilling the ground came
for the fourth rainless year in a row, the farmers of the
region had given up hope and they sat listless, passing their
time with playing cards and other distractions.
However, one lone farmer continued patiently to plant his
seeds and sow and till his land. The other farmers poked
fun at him and derided him as he continued daily to take
care of his fruitless, barren land.
When they asked him the reason behind his senseless tenacity,
he said, “I am a farmer and it is my dharma to plant
and till my land. My dharma does not change simply due to
whether the clouds rain or not. My dharma is my dharma
and I must follow it regardless of how fruitful or fruitless
it appears to be.” The other farmers laughed at his
wasteful effort, and went back to their homes to continue
bemoaning the rainless sky and their fruitless land.
However, a passing rain cloud happened to be overhead
when the faithful farmer was giving his answer to the others.
The cloud heard the farmer’s beautiful words and realized,
“He’s right. It is his dharma to plant the seeds and
to till the land, and it is my dharma to release this water
which I am holding in my cloud onto the ground.” At that
moment, inspired by the farmer’s message, the cloud released
all the water it was holding onto the farmer’s land.
This rain cloud then continued to spread the message of
upholding one’s dharma to the other rain clouds, and they
too – upon realizing it was their dharma to rain – began to
let go of the moisture in their midst. Soon, rain was pouring
down upon the land, and the farmer’s harvest was bountiful.
In life, we tend to expect results from our actions. If we do
something well, we want to be rewarded. If we work, we
want to be paid (whether financially or in some other
way). We want to work only so long as the work reaps
rewards. If the fruits cease to come, we decide the work is
not “meant to be,” and we abandon it.
However, that is not the message which Lord Krishna gives
to Arjuna in the Gita. The message is that we must do our
duty regardless of the fruits. We must live according to
our dharma regardless of whether it appears to be “successful.”
We must perform our duties for the simple fact
that they are our duties.
Lord Krishna tells Arjuna to stand up and fight, and says
that, even if he dies in the battle, he must still do his dharma.
The Lord tells Arjuna that it is divine to die on the battlefield
of life (meaning engaged in performing your duty).
He explains that either way, Arjuna will “win.” If the
Pandavas win the battle, then they will obliterate the evil
influence of the Kauravas and inherit the kingdom. If, on
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