Bhagavad Gita -Srila Prabhupada 255

Shrimad Bhagavad Gita As It Is -Shri Shrimad A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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Karma-yoga—Action in krsna Consciousness
Chapter 5: Verse-25

labhante brahma-nirvänam
rsayah ksina-kalmasäh
chinna-dvaidhä yatätmänah
sarva-bhüta-hite ratäh[1]

TRANSLATION

Those who are beyond the dualities that arise from doubts, whose minds are engaged within, who are always busy working for the welfare of all living beings, and who are free from all sins achieve liberation in the Supreme.


PURPORT

Only a person who is fully in krsna consciousness can be said to be engaged in welfare work for all living entities. When a person is actually in the knowledge that krsna is the fountainhead of everything, then when he acts in that spirit he acts for everyone. The sufferings of humanity are due to forgetfulness of krsna as the supreme enjoyer, the supreme proprietor, and the supreme friend. Therefore, to act to revive this consciousness within the entire human society is the highest welfare work. One cannot be engaged in such first-class welfare work without being liberated in the Supreme. A krsna conscious person has no doubt about the supremacy of Krsna. He has no doubt because he is completely freed from all sins. This is the state of divine love. A person engaged only in ministering to the physical welfare of human society cannot factually help anyone. Temporary relief of the external body and the mind is not satisfactory. The real cause of one’s difficulties in the hard struggle for life may be found in one’s forgetfulness of his relationship with the Supreme Lord. When a man is fully conscious of his relationship with Krsna, he is actually a liberated soul, although he may be in the material tabernacle.

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References

  1. labhante=achieve; brahma-nirvänam=liberation in the Supreme; rsayah=those who are active within; ksina-kalmasäh=who are devoid of all sins; chinna=having torn off; dvaidhäh=duality; yata-ätmänah=engaged in self-realization; sarva-bhüta=for all living entities; hite=in welfare work; ratäh=engaged.

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