In the world, a human being performs karmas guided by desire for the fruit, and gives up the karmas he knows will bring no fruit. But the Gītā rejects both of these. Whether there is a fruit or not, it is not possible for a human being to give up karma. So that the faults in karma do not cling to a human being, the Gītā teaches 'renunciation of the fruit of karma' as a great sādhana. Whether a human being desires it or not, the fruit of karma is bound to come, if not today, then tomorrow. So when the fruit, good or bad, is offered to God, no fault clings at all. Karma that is offered to God takes on a divine form; karma done with Ahaṅkāra, on the other hand, becomes full of faults. Those who truly long to reach the Supreme Lord, to attain Him, must become empty of desire; only one who is thus empty of mamakāra attains Mokṣa. That state is the goal of life. It is a state beyond pleasure and pain. To give this state to Arjuna, His friend and devotee, Kṛṣṇa Paramātma took trouble in so many ways; and not only did He carry him across, He set him up as a mere instrument and gave the world this holy gift as alms.