Chapter XVII - The Yoga of the division of the threefold gunas.Arjuna wants to know from our Lord SriKrishna, the ultimate fate of those who worship gods and demi gods and work against the scriptural injunctions laid down by our Parmaatman Lord SriGovinda. Instead of solely surrendering unto the divine most lotus feet of our Lord and master of the whole universe , there are those who act arbitrarily. Our Lord SriKrishna conveys that those possessing the saatvik gunas worship gods, the raajasik ones worship demons and demi gods and the tamaasik , the less said the better, they worship the evil spirits and the wandering ghosts.Prasaadam ( food ) which is mild, refreshing, nurturing and has cooling effect is partaken of, by the saatvik which further enhances their goodness and strength of character, food that is too pungent, sour, sweet etc is relished by the raajasik which leads them to sorrow, uncontrolled anger, jealousy and other evil traits and the taamasik thrive on stale food , overly cooked and lying in putrified conditions for days resulting in sloth , laziness and stupor.The sacrifice fully in confirmity of our Lord SriKrishna's approval and is performed by the saatvik without any expectations of results and solely for our Lord SriKrishna and his happiness will yield the best results, the sacrifice which is over brimming with ego, false pride, a sense of ownership and purely for vanity, results in losses, grief and mixed reaction of good and bad put together and the sacrifice without the authority of our Lord SriKrishna , without any faith , totally devoid of goodness and truth culminates in an absolutely horrible result and that is to sink ever in the lowest worlds invaded by the ghosts and evil spirits.Charity done with a purest heart , to a deserving person, without any expectations at the right time in the right manner as prescribed by our Lord SriKrishna will open the golden doors of our SriParmapadam. Charity done with show and pomp , to a misplaced undeserving person , with a total eye towards something in return will elicit the lower world and the worst of all charity done totally in a disdainful spirit to a evil demonic person , against our lord SriKrishna's desire is a sure shot route towards destruction and the foulest of foul hell is ready to engulf violently these taamisik lot.So the final inference which we can easily draw upon is to cultivate saatvikness which is the most conducive form of life, raajasik and taamasik tendencies pave the path of hell but the worst is Taamasik , if in this life we are not able to elevate ourselves from the despicable tamas we are ruined ever. No further chance, only permanent irredeemable status.The evil soul has to wait patiently for redemption , till the time of the deluge where our Lord SriKrishna will absorb / take in the whole of his creations into his golden stomach.Our Lord SriKrishna is crystal clear in his bifurcation, we have to de-code his divine most message exactly " as is where is " otherwise the thin line of separation between the good and the bad gets obliterated, the correct sense of the power of right discrimination is lost and the terrible consequences of repeated births and deaths is inevitable.As we are reaching towards the conclusion of our divine most discourse of our Srimadh Bhagavad Gita, most lovingly imparted by none other than the supreme most personality of Godhead , our dearest Lord SriKrishna, prime among all gurus ( adi guru ). All of us, by now have realized, that whatever has to be done , it is to be undertaken just now , no procrastination at all . We are eternally groping in the dark , the only option and the very best one at that, is to lovingly and very gently hold on to the divine most pink lotus feet of our Lord SriKrishna. Our most exalted Lord only can redeem us, neither our efforts nor anyone in all the globes can do that . So with total surrender and devotion , let us all lovingly chant in chorus " Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare ." Jai Sri RadhaKrishna, Jai Sri Ranga JaiSriGovinda. OM TAT SAT.
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