Bhagavad Gita -Srila Prabhupada 198

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

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Transcendental Knowledge
Chapter 4: Verse-14

na mämkarmani limpanti
na me karma-phale sprhä
iti mäm yo ’bhijänäti
karmabhir na sa badhyate[1]

TRANSLATION

There is no work that affects Me; nor do I aspire for the fruits of action. One who understands this truth about Me also does not become entangled in the fruitive reactions of work.


PURPORT

As there are constitutional laws in the material world stating that the king can do no wrong, or that the king is not subject to the state laws, similarly the Lord, although He is the creator of this material world, is not affected by the activities of the material world. He creates and remains aloof from the creation, whereas the living entities are entangled in the fruitive results of material activities because of their propensity for lording it over material resources. The proprietor of an establishment is not responsible for the right and wrong activities of the workers, but the workers are themselves responsible. The living entities are engaged in their respective activities of sense gratification, and these activities are not ordained by the Lord. For advancement of sense gratification, the living entities are engaged in the work of this world, and they aspire to heavenly happiness after death. The Lord, being full in Himself, has no attraction for so-called heavenly happiness. The heavenly demigods are only His engaged servants.



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References

  1. na=never; mäm=Me;karmani=all kinds of work; limpanti=do affect; na=nor; me=My; karma-phale=in fruitive action; sprhä=aspiration; iti=thus; mäm=Me; yah=one who; abhijänäti=does know; karmabhih=by the reaction of such work; na=never; sah=he; badhyate=becomes entangled.

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