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of the Supreme Lord, and at the same me discharge prescribed du es

without claiming proprietorship. Arjuna did not have to consider the
order of the Lord; he had only to execute His order. The Supreme Lord is
the soul of all souls; therefore, one who depends solely and wholly on
the Supreme Soul without personal considera on, or in other words,
one who is fully Kṛṣṇa conscious, is called adhyātma-cetās.
Nirāśīḥ means that one has to act on the order of the master but
should not expect frui ve results. The cashier may count millions of dol-

lars for his employer, but he does not claim a cent for himself. Similarly,
one has to realize that nothing in the world belongs to any individual
person, but that everything belongs to the Supreme Lord. That is the
real purport of mayi, or “unto Me.” And when one acts in such Kṛṣṇa

consciousness, certainly he does not claim proprietorship over any-
thing. This consciousness is called nirmama, or “nothing is mine.” And if
there is any reluctance to execute such a stern order, which is without
considera on of so-called kinsmen in the bodily rela onship, that reluc-
tance should be thrown off; in this way one may become vigata-
jvara, or without feverish mentality or lethargy. Everyone, according to
his quality and posi on, has a par cular type of work to discharge, and

all such du es may be discharged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, as described
above. That will lead one to the path of libera on.”

There are three different glorifica ons of the Bhagavad-gita: two by
Vyasa deva, who compiled the following:

1-Padma Purana - conversa on between mother Parva and Lord Shi-
va who requested to hear the glories of the Bhagavad Gita. Lord Shiva
then recounted the conversa on between Laxmidevi and Lord Vishnu.

2-Varaha Purana - Mother Earth asks Lord Vishnu as how does un-
flinching devo on arise in one who is immersed in worldly life. Lord
Vishnu replies that through the study of the Gita one becomes free

and He then glorifies the Gita.

3-And a third glorifica on by Adi Shankracharya, who wrote seven
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