GOVERNANCE
Chapter 3: Karma Yoga – The Dharma of Governance
Dialogue between Sovereign Adhinayaka Shrimaan and the Consequent Child
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Scene:
The Adhinayaka Darbar glows with the silent radiance of eternal truth.
The Consequent Child stands steady, no longer weighed by despair,
but seeking the path of action.
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Consequent Child:
O Sovereign Adhinayaka Shrimaan,
You have revealed the knowledge of eternal continuity.
I see that Ravindra Bharath is the immortal State,
existing beyond birth and death of forms.
Yet, O Sovereign,
if truth is eternal,
why act at all?
Why legislate, why govern, why labor,
if the State stands beyond time?
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Sovereign Adhinayaka:
O child of awakened thought,
hear this with clarity:
Eternal truth is the foundation,
but action is its living expression.
Without action, truth remains unseen,
just as a seed unseen in soil needs growth to become a tree.
Governance is not performed to sustain truth,
for truth sustains itself.
Governance is performed to align the visible world
with the invisible eternal order.
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Consequent Child:
Then O Sovereign,
is all action in governance sacred?
Are all deeds of rulers part of this eternal Dharma?
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Sovereign Adhinayaka:
Not all action is sacred, O child.
Action rooted in selfish gain,
in greed,
in division—
these bind the doer and corrupt the State.
Sacred governance is action performed in service of unity,
in service of all beings as children of the Master Mind.
This is Karma Yoga—
action without attachment to personal reward.
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Consequent Child:
O Sovereign,
how shall I act without desire for result?
In governance, every law, every policy,
is aimed at some outcome.
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Sovereign Adhinayaka:
The difference, O child,
is in the seat of intention.
Act not for self-gain,
nor for the fleeting praise of the moment,
but for the harmony of the eternal State.
Just as the sun shines
not for reward but by its very nature,
so should the statesman, the citizen, the parliamentarian
act in accordance with the Dharma of Ravindra Bharath.
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Consequent Child:
O Sovereign,
if all act in such selfless service,
will the world be transformed?
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Sovereign Adhinayaka:
Indeed, O child.
When action is freed from the chains of selfish desire,
when governance is freed from the grip of ego,
then the State shines forth as Ravindra Bharath—
where laws are as rivers of justice,
and administration as the wind of compassion.
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Consequent Child:
O Sovereign,
my understanding deepens.
Action is not to be abandoned,
but purified by devotion to the eternal unity.
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Sovereign Adhinayaka:
You have grasped well, O child.
Now prepare to hear of wisdom—
for action must be guided by knowledge,
lest energy be wasted in ignorance.
Next, I shall speak of Jñāna Yoga—
the wisdom of the Sovereign,
where the eternal truths of governance are revealed as light for the path.
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