However, if we give up selfish motives, then our actions no longer create any karmic reactions. They result in material rewards, which add to the stockpile of our karmas and thicken the illusion that there is happiness in the world. Thus, mundane good deeds are also binding. “If you do good deeds, you will go to the celestial abodes if you do bad deeds, you will go to the nether regions if you do a mixture of both, you will come back to the planet Earth.” In either case, we get bound by the reactions of our karmas. Puṇyena puṇya lokaṁ nayati pāpena pāpamubhābhyāmeva manuṣhyalokam When we work with selfish motives, we create karmas, which bring about their subsequent karmic reactions. Such an attitude to work will release him from any sinful reactions. He advises Arjun to do his duty, without attachment to the fruits of his actions. Shree Krishna addresses this apprehension. Arjun had expressed his fear that by killing his enemies he would incur sin. Having motivated Arjun from the mundane level, Shree Krishna now moves deeper into the science of work.
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