Ulladu-Narpadu Verse 38: Akarma
Channel: Consciousness Research Centre
Date: 17/06/2017

This series is classified Ajata-vāda | Jñāna-yoga | Turīya | Sahasrāra-cakra

"If we are the doer of actions (karmas) which are like seeds, we shall experience the resulting fruits. But when one knows oneself by enquiring ‘Who is the doer of actions?’—in other words, ‘Who am I?’—the sense of ‘I am the doer’ will disappear. Hence all three types of karma (agamya, sanchita and prārabdha) will slip away, since the ego—the doer of the actions and the experiencer of their fruits—will no longer exist. The resulting state which is devoid of ego and which is consequently devoid of the bondage of karma indeed is the state of liberation, which is eternal—that is, our ever-existing natural state."

Note: The word ‘oneself’ (tanai) in the clause ‘when one knows oneself’ may here be taken to mean either the ego or the real Self, for if the ego (the doer) is known it will be found to be non-existent, while if the real self is known it will be found to be the sole existence. In either case, both the sense of doership (kartritva) and the sense of experiencership (bhoktritva) – which are the two faces of the one ego, like the two sides of one piece of paper – will necessarily cease to exist.
The three karmas referred to in this verse are (1) agamya karma, that is, the actions that the individual newly performs in this life through his face of doership, (2) sanchita karma, that is, all the results of his past agamya karmas which are now stored up and which are yet to be experienced by him, and (3) Prarabdha karma, that is, the portion of the results of his past agamya karmas which God has selected from his sanchita and ordained for him to experience in this lifetime through his face of experienceship. For a more detailed explanation, refer to chapter three of The Path of Sri Ramana – Part Two.

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