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From: Ram Gopalaswamy (gopalram_at_erols.com)
Date: Fri Jul 24 1998 - 04:30:42 PDT
Shobha Srinivasan writes: > 1. In RAmAyAnA, RAma could not do the last rites of his father, Dasharatha. > Hence circumstances forced Him to do last rites to non human such as > JatAyu, KabandA etc. > Bhagavaan KrshhNa says: " na maam karmaaNi limpanti na me karma phale spruhaa | iti maam yaH abhijaanaati karmabhiH na saH badhyate || " [Bh giita 4.14] " There is no work that affects Me; nor do I aspire for the fruits of action. One who understands this truth about Me also does not become entangled in the fruitive reactions of work." -Ram-