What has been said earlier has been accepted and emphasised. Practice of worship (Yajna), charity (Daana), and austerity (Tapas) should not be abandoned. We have already found, in the previous chapter, that these, when properly pursued, bring about a brilliant discipline within and create conditions under which alone, the highest spiritual unfoldment and the final experience of the Infinite are possible. Krishna says here that these can “purify even thoughtful men.” Men of evolutionary tendencies, who seek freedom from their personality-obsessions must, with devotion and the right attitude of mind, perform Yajnas, Daana and Tapas. Thereby they can discover an endless amount of inner peace and balance.

OBLIGATORY WORKS SHOULD BE PERFORMED WITHOUT ATTACHMENT:

Yajna-dana-tapah-karma, the practice of sacrifice, charity and austerity-this threefold practice; na tyajyam, is not to be abandoned; tat, it; is eva, surely; karyam, to be undertaken. Why? Yajnah, sacrifice; danam, charity; and tapah, austerity; are eva, verily; pavanani, the purifiers, the causes of sanctification; manisinam, of the wise, i.e. of those who do not seek results for themselves.