Deputy Commissioner

तत्कर्म यन्न बंधाय सा विद्या या विमुक्तये।
आयासायापरम कर्म विद्यान्या शिल्पनैपुणम।।
“That action which is not for bondage is that knowledge which is for liberation.
The supreme work of laziness is the skill of other craftsmen in knowledge.”
– Shri Vishnu Purana
It means that which does not create bondage is Karma and that which paves the way for liberation is Vidya. The rest of the work is a form of hard work and other knowledge is just art skills. Indian sages and mystics have called knowledge (vidya) as the means of man’s salvation. Man has been yearning for freedom from fear, hunger, disorder, evil tendencies, misconduct, weakness, humility and inferiority, disease, grief etc. since eternity.
The above Mahavakya of Shri Vishnu Purana gives us the same message that man should make efforts to get freedom from all his troubles through knowledge. Learning is the result of sacrifice and penance, hence attainment of knowledge is always laborious.
Let us all try our best to acquire knowledge by being disciplined and with a dedicated spirit, using all the available resources in a dignified manner. By incorporating proper diet, exercise and thoughts in your daily routine, make the infinite possibilities given by nature as a person flourish and blossom in the light of the sacred energy of knowledge.
We all recite this sutra from Taitriya Upanishad of Krishna Yajurveda every day in the morning prayer meeting in our schools :-
ॐ सह नाववतु सह नौ भुनक्तु, सह वीर्यम करवावहै।
तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु मा विद्विषावहै, ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः।।
Come, let us understand the great message hidden in this sutra and assimilate it in our life and do our daily work.
I send my heartiest greetings to all the officers, principals, teachers, students and staff of Delhi division and wish a successful and happy future for all.