On Bad Doings

I am giving the statements from the Panchdashee, It is very deep philosophy, It is very interesting.

The sick attached to harmful food, the thieves and those who have illicit relationships with the wives of a king know well the consequence likely to follow their actions, but in spite of this they are driven to do them by their fructifying Karm. How and why? Listen to the following questions and answers between Arjun and Shree Krishn from which we can know that a man has to experience his fructifying Karm though he may have no desire to experience it.

159. ‘O Krishn, prompted by what does a man sin against his will, as if some force compels him to do so?’

160. ‘It is desire and (its brood) anger, born of the quality of Rajas. It is insatiable, the great source of all sins; know it to be your enemy.’

161. ‘O Arjun, your own Karma, produced by your own nature, compels you to do things, even though you may not want to do them’.

162. When a man is neither willing, nor unwilling to do a thing, but does it for the feelings of others and experiences pleasure and pain, it is the result of ‘fructifying Karm through the desire of others. ‘Let not my enjoyment be cut short, let it go on increasing, let not obstacles stop it, I am blessed because of it’ – such is the nature of that delusion.

168. That which is not destined to happen as a result of our past Karm will not happen; [while] that which has to happen must happen. Such knowledge is a sure antidote to the poison of anxiety; it removes the delusion of grief.

169. Both the illumined and the deluded suffer from their fructifying Karm; the deluded are subject to misery, [while] the wise are not. As the deluded are full of desires, of impracticable unreal things, their sorrow is great.

170. The illumined man knows that the enjoyment of desires is unreal. He therefore controls his desires and prevents impossible or new ones from arising. Why should such a man be subject to misery?

171. The wise man is convinced that worldly desires are like dream objects or magical creations. He knows further that the nature of the world is incomprehensible and that its objects are momentary. How can he then be attached to them ?