The law of life in the Vedas: purpose in action and actionlessness

The ordinary meaning of the text is like a woman wearing dirty clothes; but we should try to get a new meaning only when the ordinary one does not refer to a law of life. We can accept the new meaning only of the result is satisfactory, and refers to the law of Action or action performed as a Sacrifice.

The idea that desire arises from some evil or sin is a popular heresy, for it can also be part of Sacrifice; and its idea may be illustrated by the act of dying in the defense of someone. But desire can be evil too: only the person who has it does not regard it so, - for that is the very nature of desire, and that is the reason why he seeks means to attain his object. Desire is connected with action in various ways, and success arises out of action. We can understand the ideas of certain expressions used in the text in a special way.

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