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THE FIRST MANTRA IS NOT FROM GITA, BUT FROM ISHAVASYA UPANISHAD.
REGARDS


                                                                                
                           
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                      05/19/2004 04:17         Subject:  Re: [SriRangaSri] 
Bhagawad Gita and Capitalism    
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Mantra One
TEXT
 ishavasyam idam sarvam
yat kincha jagatyad jagat
tena tyaktena bhunjetha
ma grham kasya svid dhanam

TRANSLATION

Everything animate or inanimate that is within the
universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One
should therefore accept only those things necessary
for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and one
should not accept other things, knowing well to whom
they belong.

lobham pravrttim arambham
karmanam ashramam sprha
rajasy etani jayante
vivrddhe bharatarshabha

TRANSLATION
O chief of the Bhäratas, when there is an increase in
the mode of passion the symptoms of great attachment,
fruitive activity, intense endeavor, and
uncontrollable desire and hankering develop.

PURPORT
One in the mode of passion is never satisfied with the
position he has already acquired; he hankers to
increase his position. If he wants to construct a
residential house, he tries his best to have a
palatial house, as if he would be able to reside in
that house eternally. And he develops a great
hankering for sense gratification. There is no end to
sense gratification. He always wants to remain with
his family and in his house and to continue the
process of sense gratification. There is no cessation
of this. All these symptoms should be understood as
characteristic of the mode of passion.
Bg 14.13

Srimad-Bhägavatam (1.2.18–19) states:
nasta-prayeshnv abhadreshu nityam bhagavata-sevaya
bhagavaty uttama-shloke bhaktir bhavati naishtiki
tada rajas-tamo-bhavam kama-lobhadayash ca ye
ceta etair anaviddham sthitam sattve prasidati

Considering the chaotic condition of human society, if
one actually wants peace and tranquillity, one must
take to the God consciousness movement and engage
always in bhägavata-dharma. Engagement in
bhägavata-dharma dissipates all ignorance and passion,
and when ignorance and passion are dissipated one is
freed from greed and lust. When freed from greed and
lust, one becomes brahminically qualified, and when a
brahminically qualified person makes further
advancement, he becomes situated on the Vaiñëava
platform. It is only on this Vaiñëava platform that it
is possible to awaken one’s dormant love of Godhead,
and as soon as one does so, his life is successful.

At present, human society is specifically cultivating
the mode of ignorance (tamo-guëa), although there may
also be some symptoms of passion (rajo-guëa). Full of
käma and lobha, lust and greed, the entire population
of the world consists mostly of çüdras and a few
vaiçyas, and gradually it is coming about that there
are çüdras only. Communism is a movement of çüdras,
and capitalism is meant for vaiçyas. In the fighting
between these two factions, the çüdras and vaiçyas,
gradually, due to the abominable condition of society,
the communists will emerge triumphant, and as soon as
this takes place, whatever is left of society will be
ruined. The only possible remedy that can counteract
the tendency toward communism is the Kåñëa
consciousness movement, which can give even communists
the real idea of communist society. According to the
doctrine of communism, the state should be the
proprietor of everything. But the Kåñëa consciousness
movement, expanding this same idea, accepts God as the
proprietor of everything. People cannot understand
this because they have no sense of God, God
consciousness movement can help them to understand God
and to understand that everything belongs to God.
Since everything is the property of God, and all
living entities—not only human beings but even
animals, birds, plants and so on—are children of God,
everyone has the right to live at the cost of God with
God consciousness.


--- sangs5 <sangs5@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi All
>
> Is there a similarity between the Gita and
> Capitalism? Does Sri
> Krishna talk about Capitalism?
>
> Thanks
> Sangeetha
>
>
>





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