THEME: Compares attached and detached worker and thus
establishes that self-realized person performs duties to set proper
example for common people Ignorant work with attachment
Self-realized Work without attachment
To set the example and lead people on the right path Basis of
differentiation between attached and detached worker Desire PLEASE
NOTE: Text 3.26 is covered after Texts 3.27 and 3.28. Texts 3.25,
3.27 & 3.28 deal with a common them: The differences between
the attached and detached worker. Texts 3.26 and 3.29 deal with
another common them: How a detached person deals with an attached
person.
Texts 3.27 3.28 COMMON THEME: Differences in consciousness of
Ignorant (Material consciousness) and Knower of Absolute Truth
(Krishna consciousness) Study purports 3.25; 3.27 3.28 to find out
the differences in the following points:
ATTACHED WORKER (Ignorance) vs DETACHED WORKER (Knower of
Absolute Truth) S. NO DIFFERENTIATING THEME ATTACHED WORKER (3.27)
DETACHED WORKER (3.28) 1 One differentiating factor Desire
Desires own sense gratification
Desires Krishnas satisfaction
2 Convictions Convinced by false ego that he is the doer of
everything
Convinced of his awkward position in material association 3
Knowledge of Identity
Does not know that body is produced by material nature which
works under the supervision of the Lord
Does not know that he is under the control of Krishna
Symptoms of nescience (Ignorance or not knowing) One takes all
the credit for doing things independently
Knows his real identity as part and parcel of the Supreme, who
is eternal bliss and knowledge
Knows that somehow he is entrapped in the material conception of
life
