Once, in a peaceful village, there lived a scholarly brahmana (priest).
Opposite his home, there lived a prostitute.
As a daily observance, the brahmana would sit in his doorway and recite the Gita.
Meanwhile, across the street, the prostitute would tend to her business.
As the years passed, the brahmana grew ever more disturbed by the prostitute. “Just see how lowly she is.” he would think to himself and continue with his recitation.
It so happened that both the brahmana and the prostitute died at the same time.
To the brahmana’s surprise, the Vishnuduttas (the Lord of Heaven’s messengers) came to deliver the prostitute while the Yamadutas (the Lord of Death’s messengers) came for him.
“What is this?” he protested. “There must be some mistake!”
Both the Yamaduttas and the Visnuduttas replied, “My dear brahmana, there is no mistake.
While you were busy meditating on the lowly activities of the prostitute, she listened to you recite the Gita and prayed that she could one day elevate herself to your position.
In this way the prostitute achieved liberation while you only degraded yourself.”
B.G 3.27: The spirit soul degraded by influence of false ego thinks himself to be the doer of all activities that are in actuality carried out by the three modes of material nature
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