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    Meaning of Jnana, Bhakti and Karma


    Jnana means knowledge related to God and not the knowledge related to the creation like mathematics, physics etc. Similarly, Bhakti means love to God and not love to the world. Similarly, karma (seva) means service to God and not to service to your family or society. The word karma in the entire Gita strictly means the work related to God. But people have written commentaries on Gita interpreting the word karma to worldly works also. Gita clearly says that one should attach to the work of God (Matkarmaparamobhava) only. The word sanyasa means both complete attachment as well as detachment. In the first sense God is taken and in the second sense the world is taken.

    The word karmaphalatyaga means the sacrifice of the fruit of worldly work only because there is no point of any fruit of in the case of God’s work. Karmasanyasa means dedication of the work to God or detachment of work from the world. The meanings should be fixed according to the proper context and if you reverse the meanings the reverse concepts result.
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