Acharya Prashant explains that Shri Krishna represents the Supreme Brahman, who is beyond the reach of the senses, mind, intellect, and logic. He is formless, nameless, and does not reside in any physical location or temple. Therefore, dedicating the fruits of one's labor to Shri Krishna cannot be a physical act of offering. Instead, it means shifting the focus of one's actions away from the personal world of ego, desires, and attachments. Most people work for their own selfish interests, insecurities, or family, which Acharya Prashant defines as dedicating actions to one's own limited world. Since Shri Krishna states in the Gita that the world arises from Him but He is not in it, being engrossed in worldly desires means being distant from Him. To dedicate actions to Shri Krishna is to stop giving the fruits of labor to the old masters—one's ego and worldly ambitions. Acharya Prashant emphasizes that the doer, the action, the fruit, and the enjoyer are all part of the same chain. By changing the final recipient of the fruits, the entire chain, including the doer, must change. He explains that the Bhagavad Gita is essentially the process of the gradual dissolution of 'Arjun' as an ego-identity. When Arjun ceases to be the old self-centered version of himself, he becomes 'Krishnamay' or one with the Divine. The goal of spirituality is not to solve the problems of the ego but to dissolve the ego that has the problems. Using the metaphors of a 'Champu Chuha' (a selfish rat) and 'Gillu Gilhari' (a devoted squirrel), Acharya Prashant distinguishes between working for oneself and working for a higher purpose. A wealthy person building a luxurious mansion for personal comfort is compared to a rat digging a hole; despite the magnitude of the wealth, the purpose remains petty. In contrast, the squirrel in the Ramayana, who contributed only a few grains of sand to build Shri Rama's bridge, performed a great act because her purpose was divine. The significance of an action is determined not by its scale, but by whom it is dedicated to. True dedication means working with full intensity but without being driven by limited, selfish goals.
