Bhagwadgita - thinam oru shlokam

[harishkumar09]

Madhva gives a novel and different interpretation to this verse. He says that one should perform actions and aspire for the fruits of ones actions ! He divides fruits into two kinds - mukhya phala and amukhya phala --- the primary and secondary. The primary fruits are knowledge , devotion and detachment from materialistic existence. The secondary fruits are materialistic ones like wealth, position and progeny. The Gita says one should expect the primary results and not the secondary results. On deeper analysis we find that the secondary results accrue inevitably as a result of the performance of ones actions, even if we don't wish for them.

Interesting facts about primary and secondary fruits However Ive read that, it seems the ultimate detachment is even detaching from the concept of god himself or knowledge or bhakthi. The essense should be just BEING (not attaching to any kind of fruit) and thats all there is to it, but then, thats talking about very superior level and not applicable to almost everybody.

That would be the buddhistic concept.In buddhism there is no God and so you detach yourself from the concept of God or Knowledge or Bhakthi.

But if we take a soul as the eternally existing entity (as described in the BG) then knowledge and bhakthi would be there even in the end. This is because the soul is constituted of knowledge and Love and you can't detach Knowledge and Bhakthi without annihilating the soul itself, which is exactly what happens in Buddhism(Nirvana which means 'blow out') and advaita(dissolution into the Nirguna Brahman).Thats why you will find that in Advaita there is not much emphasis on devotion.

In the Vaishnava schools of thought the soul is eternally existent and knowledge and devotion which "make up" the soul also continue to exist in the final stages. Detachment would mean detachment from material attributes only and even here it is by cultivating superior taste rather than forcible supression of the sex urges.