What is law of Karma?

What is law of Karma?

Once a king ordered his three ministers to take a bag and go to the forest and fill up the bag with fruits. The first minister thought that since the king has ordered for collection of fruits, he must collect the best of the fruits in the bag. The second minister thought that since the king is a very busy person, he may not look very thoroughly into the bag what has been collected and hence he collected whatever he could lay his hands. Thus his bag was filled up with a mixture of good and rotten fruits. The third minister thought that the king would see only externally how big the bag is and hence he just filled up the bag with all dried leaves and dust.

All the three ministers came back to the court with their respective bags, having executed the order of collecting the fruits. The King, without even seeing what their bags contained, just ordered that now the three ministers must be sent to separate jails for three months, where they will not be provided with any food and they were only allowed to carry the respective bags wherein they had collected the fruits. The first minister could spend the three months in the jail by eating the very nice fruits he had collected. The second one could survive for some time with the good fruits in the bag and later he developed diseases by eating the rotten fruits he had collected. The Third minister had nothing to eat and hence could not survive. From the above story we understand that we have to undergo the consequences of our own activities. “We will be receiving our own reactions for karmas, any single karma we perform, we have to get the reaction for it. Good and bad, everything, you have to have this reaction”. This is law of Karma. 

Therefore in Mahabharat, Vidura says,”Do those activities during the day, which will make you to pass the night in happiness; and do those activities during eight months of the year, which will enable you to pass the rainy season happily. Do those activities during youth which will ensure a happy old age; and do those activities during your life in this world, which will enable you to achieve eternal life after death.” 

ॐ ईशावास्यमिद्ँ सर्वं यत्किञ्च जगत्यां जगत् |

तेन त्यक्तेन भुञ्जीथा मा गृधः कस्यस्विद्धनम् ||

The entire universe is owned by All Pervading Energies.

Enjoy all but with a spirit of renunciation. Do not get attached to them either, neither have desire to possess the wealth of others.

ये ब्रह्मांड के सभी अणु के स्वामी ईश्वर ही है। ये सारे संसार के आनंद जरूर भुगतो, मगर त्याग की भावनासे । कभीभी यह नही मानना की संसार की चीजें सिर्फ तुम्हारी है, उसके उपर दूसरों का भी इतना ही हक है । उनके अधिकार को कभी भी छीन नही लेना ।

Never cease thinking of God. Whether you get joy or not, continue your meditation daily on a regular basis. If you can practise steadfastly, you will again experience bliss. One does not taste the joy of spiritual disciplines due to avidya or ignorance. But if one keeps on doing japam and meditation daily with love and zeal, his gloom due to ignorance goes away and the love of God emerges. Therefore, never give up spiritual practices, rather do them wholeheartedly. Eventually you will derive joy from them. Why do you pay so much attention to the fruits of action? Go on doing your work. In this world an employer pays his employees. Will not God give you anything if you work for him?