Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5- Koramangala

On 4 May '11, Swamiji continued  with Sloka 8 / 9

"I", as Chaitanyam,do not do anything, even when the body does many things. Jnani, with 'Aham Brahma Asmi' knowledge, is not affected by the actions. "I" existed even before "I" gets a body and  "I"will exist even after the body goes. Jnani feels as though he does nothing, even when he is seeing, hearing,talking, smelling, drinking , sleeping etc.The famous story of Durvasa rishi of declaring that he had not eaten anything after a feast and that of Lord Krishna declaring himself as a Nitya Bramhachari, are the examples of Jnani's attitude. This is possible only with a vedantic approach of dissociating oneself from anatma.

In sloka 10, Bhagavan lowers the level of teaching. One should do all his karmas as offering to Bhagavan without any expectations and he is not affected by his actions, just like the lotus leaf. Even though it is in water, the lotus leaf is not affected by the water.One should have samarpana buddhi and prasada buddhi.

Sloka 11 Mind, which requires no energy , is always active irrespective of age or place.Body is not able to cope up but mind is hyper active.On the other hand Buddhi (Intellect) which is to be active,  is lethargic.Karma yogi does all karmas with the body, mind,senses and intellect, without bothering about the end result. He does it only for the freedom from raga and dvesha ( likes & dislikes).

Sloka 12 Reality can be pleasant or unpleasant.When one is not ready for reality, he becomes sad. When there is a scope for change,it should be attempted whole-hearted. At the same time, one should be prepared for any result. If one wants to keep cobra as a pet, it is possible after removing its fangs.

By detaching oneself from doer-ship (Kartrithvam) and enjoyer-ship (boghthitvam) ,no karma will affect. Karma yogi enjoys shanti, by not expecting any particular result, while samsari loses his peace, by attaching himself to a desired result of his karma.

Continuing on 18 May '11

Karma yogi does all his karma, but renounces everything by mind.The pet dog barks at someone, which is not one's wish. similarly the body ,mind  do some karmas, which are not really yours. The owner of a house is not the house. Again dehi is in the degam but he is not the degam.The body is like a city with nine gates. In Katopanishad, the body is said to have eleven gates.One is Brahma randram, a fine hole on the top the skull and the other is naval. One who has done a lot of upasanas, exits through Brahma randram, when he leaves the body. Karma yogi stays in the nine gated body without doing anything or getting anything done.

In the following slokas, Bhagavan removes the misconception that everything is done by Him. If anything unpleasant happens in one's life,most of the people start asking as to why god has given that unpleasant experience to him.He feels that God is interfering , which is a big misconception of Astikas.(believer of God).