This is Lesson 03 for standard VII. This is a part of syllabus for GCL (Gita Champions League).

1. STANDARD
VII
CHAPTER 03
WHOM TO WORK FOR
Do your own duty nicely and bother not about results
Lesson-03
DOES KRISHNA HAVE TO DO HIS DUTIES JUST LIKE US?
First of all, Krishna does not have any duty. He does His
activities for pure enjoyment.
God has no duty. He just enjoys
One of Srila Prabhupada's godbrotherscame from
Germany, and his name was E.G.Schulz. He came to
India in the early 1930's with a friend of his. This E.G.
Schulzbecame Sadananda. He got initiation from
BhaktisiddhantaSarasvati. They came to India looking
for the truth, the Supreme Truth in life. They were
visiting many temples, and seeing different gods on the
altars. This Schulz, not knowing anything about
Hinduism concluded,simply from seeing the murtisin
different temples, that Krishna must be the Supreme of all
these Gods. How did he concludethis? He later told,

2. "When I saw these different devatas, they were always
doing something. Someone was in meditation, like Lord
Siva. Someone else is holdingsome weapon, a sword or
a trident. They're all engaged in different activities,
different kinds of work. They were all serving someone
higher, or they were aspiring for something higher,
through meditation or something else. This was clearly
visible from their activities. But when I saw Radhaand
Krishna, I saw that these two have nothing to do but enjoy
themselves. Krishna is just playing on the flute,
Radharaniis standing by His side, and They were smiling
very happily." So he came to the conclusion that Radha
and Krishna must be Supreme, because they have nothing
to do but enjoy.
MORAL: So Krishna has no dutybut stillwhen He is in
the role of a king, He performs His duty in an exemplary
way. Lord Krishnawas performing all the religiousduties
at home and out of home, as requiredof a householder.
And He wants Arjuna to do the same and fight. By
workingin the spiritof devotion, he shouldengagethem
in all sorts of activities for the gradual developmentof
theirKrishnaconsciousness.
IN WHAT MOOD SHOULD I DO MY DUTIES?
We are not the only doers or creditors for our actions.
When we desire to do or achieve something, Krishna in

3. His expansion as Paramatma sanctions our action and the
material energy facilitates instruments and situations so
that we can fulfill our desire. Thus when we do something
great, we should not be proud because without material
energy and Supreme Lord, our achievement was not
possible. This does not mean that when we do something
wrong, we can raise our hands and say, I am not the doer.
In that case, we should understandthat we were the one
who desired to do wrong thus it is we who initiated the
action. So we are responsible for our wrong acts and
liable for punishment.
Sometimes we are given some task and we become proud
that we have completed the responsibilityand we want to
take all the credit for that action. We might think that
wihout us that task was not possible. But we should know
that if I don’t do it somebody else is going to do it.
We are not the doer
The visiting historian was disposed to be argumentative.
"Do not our efforts change the course of human history?"
he demanded.
"Oh yes, they do," said the Guru.
"And have not our human labors changed the earth?"
"They certainly have," said the Guru.
"Then why do you teach that human effort is of little
consequence?"

4. The Guru said, "Because when the wind subsides, the
leaves still fall."
MORAL: The idea is that the wind is likean instrumentin
making theleaves fall. But even when wind is not there,
leaves are still goingto fall. Similarly, if we are appointed
to do some task, we shouldknow that withoutme the task
is not goingto stop. And thus we shouldnot be proud.
This does not mean however that we shouldrelaxbecause
someonewill anyway do it. Krishnawants us to be the
instrumentof His mercy. So when we pray to Krishna, we
shouldthinkthat everything depends on Krishna,but
when we actuallystart working, we should thinkthat
eveythingdependson me. That is the rightmood in
working.