# Bhagavad Gita - 3 Karma Yoga

By [Prabhat Kumar](https://dylit.info/user/prabhatdylit6)

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Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 3 – Karma Yoga Verse 19-24 Shri Krishna is saying that you need to perform action without detachment. Thus, a person reaches the highest level. Bhava is very important. Arjuna is a role model, so whatever he does, people will follow. First you need to understand what bhava is. Yudhishter example: Why didn’t you understand the lesson. Today, I did not get angry. Now I got it. When we understand the bhava, then experiencing it and last stage is becoming (enlightenment). Nature will force you to perform action. But you have mind and intellect, therefore, mind will drive you towards action. So, the level and attributes of bhava will take you towards the spiritual maturity. In Verse 22-24, Shri Krishna is talking about Dwait – O Arjuna, for Me, there is nothing to be done in the three worlds, nothing to be gained which is not yet gained. Yet, I remain engaged in action. If I were not to engage in any action all the time, what will be the consequences? People would follow my example in all situations, O Arjuna. Therefore, people would perish, If I were not to perform action. I would become the agent of confusion. I would destroy these people. Shri Krishna as an avatar is not burdened with karma of His own making. But He is taking upon the responsibility of good karmas of many people. Therefore, He performs these actions for the welfare of the mankind. Discussion: Adwait vs. Dwait When I say I am there, it implies you are there. Bhagawan is separate from me implies Dwait. In Adwait, aham is destroyed and you become part of the brahman, you reach beyond the mind. Whatever I understand means Dwait. Adwait is related to Anubhav (experience – becoming one with brahman).My Anubhav is in the present situation including past memories and future imagination. Everything else is illusion. Time exists in the NOW form only. I have only experienced time in the present form. Whatever is converted into material is part of the Dwait, the observer (consciousness) is Adwait. When I become the conscious alone, then I am Adwait. When I behave like a part of material world, I am Dwait. Example: I am able to see the object due to the light of consciousness (like a light of sun), when it falls on an object. We do not see the light of consciousness. Samadhi: Dhyana samadhi – you get experience of oneness, but you get out of dhyana – you lose it. Gyan samadhi – You can experience oneness while being in physical world.