Bhagavad Gita -Srila Prabhupada 88

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

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Contents of the Gita Summarized
Chapter 2: Verse-40

Ajämila performed his duty in some percentage of krsna consciousness, but the result he enjoyed at the end was a hundred percent, by the grace of the Lord. There is a nice verse in this connection in Srimad-Bhägavatam[1]

tyaktvä sva-dharmam caranämbujam harer
bhajann apakvo ’tha patet tato yadi
yatra kva väbhadram abhüd amusya kim
ko värtha äpto ’bhajatäm sva-dharmatah

“If someone gives up his occupational duties and works inkrsnaconsciousness and then falls down on account of not completing his work, what loss is there on his part? And what can one gain if one performs his material activities perfectly?” Or, as the Christians say, “What profiteth a man if he gain the whole world yet suffers the loss of his eternal soul?” Material activities and their results end with the body. But work in krsna consciousness carries a person again to krsna consciousness, even after the loss of the body. At least one is sure to have a chance in the next life of being born again as a human being, either in the family of a great cultured brähmana or in a rich aristocratic family that will give one a further chance for elevation. That is the unique quality of work done in krsna consciousness.

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References

  1. 1.5.17

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