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Part XVIII: Renunciation and Freedom.1491
“Know thou, Arjuna, that it were the veriest folly to attempt to absolutely
abstain from action and works—the very constitution of the mortal body
forbiddeth it. Therefore, he is most properly called a Tyagee who is a
Renouncer of the Fruit of Action. The Fruit of Action is threefold, namely: that
which is coveted or desired; that which is detested and undesired; and that
which is neither one or the other, being of mixed quality and undetermined
nature. And these fruits, according to their nature, accrue after death and in
re-birth, to those who earn them. But where there is no seed of Fruit in the
Action, there is no fruit. And where the Fruits are renounced, none accrueth.
“Learn from Me, Arjuna, that for the performance of every act five agents
are necessary, as is declared in the Sacred Teachings. These are the body;
the acting mind; the various energies; the muscles and nerves; and the soul.
All work or actions which engageth a man—the work of the body, or work
of the mind, or speech, whether good or evil, lawful or unlawful, hath these
five agents in operation in the performance. He therefore, who knoweth this,
and yet conceiveth the Real Self to be the sole agent of the action is as one
blind, and seeth not in truth. He who hath freed himself from the bonds of
Personality, and who hath gained Right Understanding, verily he knoweth
that although he destroyeth these hosts gathered together in battle-array,
yet hath he killed not at all, nor is he bound by the Fruit of his Action in his
re-births.
“There be Three Moving Causes of Action—those which precede the
performance of every act—they are Dyana or Knowledge; Dyena, or the
Object of Knowledge; and Parijnata, or the Knower. Thus the Knowledge,
the Known, and the Knower—these be the three Moving Causes of
Action. Likewise is the accomplishment of an action, threefold, namely: The
Implement; the Act; and the Agent.
“Knoweth thou, also, that the Wisdom, the Action, and the Agent, hath
each its distinguishing characteristics, produced by the influence of the
Three Gunas, or Qualities. Learn now, the influence of the Qualities, or
Gunas, as manifested therein.