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mates and the employer, and posts figures in the ledger. This is not sense of duty. The man cannot pray even for a second. He has no time to read a single Sloka of the Gita. There is not a single thought of God even in a month. He takes tea, eats food, sits at the table to write, sleeps and procreates. The entire life passes away like this. This is selfish work. This is not duty. This is work for gain and satisfaction of the lower appetite. Anything done under compulsion and expectation is not duty. You must not interpret slavery as duty. You must not take selfish works that are done through attachment, greed and passion as duty. You will be doing great injustice. This is self-created drudgery.
A clerk or an officer earns money by taking bribes and when his conscience pricks him, he feeds some Brahmins and says: “I have done a great duty today. I have fed fifteen Brahmins with Dakshina of four annas each.” This is his idea of duty He further adds: “Why should I take Sannyasa and practise Yoga? I will earn lots of money and do charity. This is the best kind of life.” Poor deluded soul! May God give him good understanding!
Ahimsa Paramo Dharma cannot be strictly practised by householders. It can be practised by Sannyasins who tread the path of Nivritti Marga. They will have to practise it. If a vagabond enters the house and tries to molest a lady, a householder cannot keep quiet. He will not say: "I will not resist evil now"
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