No one can say for certain how karma got attached to him and since when. Though no research can help trace the beginning of an individual’s karma, sastras assert that at least one can try and get rid of it with God’s grace and sincere effort, pointed out Sri Goda Venkateswara
Sastrigal in a discourse. The Bhagavad Gita discusses
in detail the role of karma in one’s life and of how one can
deal with its compulsions effectively. Situations that demand reactions confront everyone, and it is essential that one faces up to them in a totally natural manner. All karmas are enveloped in doshas, and this implies that one’s innate karma is also full of faults. When engaged in worldly
activities, the acts are going to give good and bad consequences, and once again there is the danger of getting caught in the cycle of birth.
Moreover, the ubiquitous presence of good and evil has to
be accepted. A wise person tries to search for permanent happiness from amid the material world’s attractions which, at best, can give enjoyments that are temporary. The ideal would be to transcend the effects of karma, good or bad.
Lord Krishna explains that it is possible for one to attain this
state by maintaining a detached attitude to one’s actions, both as one responsible for the acts and also as the enjoyer of the fruits of the actions.
A karma yogi does his work tirelessly. He does not expect
any rest. He appears so to people around him. But what is his mental state? He accepts his state and position in the world and dedicates his entire thought, word and deed as an offering to God.
To him, there is no place that he considers his own. In one
sense, the world belongs to him; in another, he could be called a homeless person. He handles many objects but they do not instill any sense of possession in him.
He regards those around him as equal; he does not differentiate between objects of enjoyment; to him, they are mere objects which do not cause any feeling. This is the essence of ‘naishkarmya siddhi’ — when one remains detached from the objects of the world is self-controlled,
and has no desires.
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