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Which of the following is true ?

  • A.Lokasaṁgraha gets promoted through work
  • B.Lokasaṁgraha should be the goal of human activity
  • C.Lokasaṁgraha should be the motive of human activity
  • D.Lokasaṁgraha cannot be the motive of human activity

Answer: A

The keyed statement is Lokasamgraha gets promoted through work.

Lokasamgraha means holding the world together, the welfare and right ordering of society. In Gita 3.20 Krishna points to Janaka, who reached perfection through action, and tells Arjuna that he should act with lokasamgraha in view; in 3.25 the wise are told to act without attachment for the same end.

The Gita's point is that the world's order is upheld through action, so A is the statement the key accepts. Making lokasamgraha a personal goal or motive in the ordinary sense (B and C) sits uneasily with the ideal of desireless action, while D wrongly says it cannot guide action at all, when the Gita explicitly asks Arjuna to keep it in view.

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