Bhagavad-gita As It Is [Ch. 9] Text 27 -28

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is [Ch. 9] Text 27 -28

 

Text 27

yat karosi yad asnasi

yaj juhosi dadasi yat

yat tapasyasi kaunteya

tat kurusva mad arpanam

 

yat—what; karosi—you do; yat—whatever; asnasi—you eat; yat—what­ever;

juhosi—you offer; dadasi—you give away; yat—whatever; yat—what­ever;

tapasyasi—austerities you perform; kaunteya—O son of Kunti; tat—

that; kurusva—make; mat—unto Me; arpanam— offering.

 

TRANSLATION

 

 

0 son of Kunti, all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer

and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform,

should be done as an offering unto Me.

 

PURPORT

 

Thus, it is the duty of everyone to mold his life in such a way that

he will not forget Krsna in any circumstance. Everyone has to work

for mainte­nance of his body and soul together, and Krsna recommends

herein that one should work for Him. Every one has to eat something

to live; therefore he should accept the remnants of foodstuffs

offered to Krsna Any civilized man has to perform some religious

ritualistic ceremonies;therefore Krsna recommends, "Do it for Me,"

and this is called .arcana Everyone has a tendency to give something

in charity; Krsna says, "Give it to Me," and this means that all

surplus money accummulated should be utilized in furthering the Krsna

consciousness movement. Nowadays people are very much inclined to the

meditational process, which is not practical in this age, but if

anyone practices meditating on Krsna twenty-four hours by chanting

the Hare Krsna mantra round his beads, he is surely the greatest

yogi, as substantiated by the Sixth Chapter of Bhagavad-gita.

 

 

TEXT 28

 

subhasubha-phlaih-results evam

moksyase karma-bandhanaih

sannyassa-yoga-yuktatma

vimukto mam upaisyasi

 

 

Subha —good; asubh-evil; phalaih—results; evam—thus; moksyase—free;

karma— action; bandhanaih bondage; sannyasa— of renunciation; yoga—

the yoga; yukta-atma —having the mind firmly set on; vimuktah—

liberated; mam—to Me; upaisyasi—you will attain.

 

 

TRANSLATION

 

In this way you will be freed from all reactions to good and evil

deeds, and by this principle of renunciation you will be liberated

and come to Me.

 

PURPORT

 

One who acts in Krsna consciousness under superior direction is

called yukta. The technical term is yukta-vairagya. This is further

explained by Rupa Gosvami as follows.

Rupa Gosvami says that as long as we are in this material world we

have to act; we cannot cease acting. Therefore if actions are

performed and the fruits are given to Krsna then that is called yukta-

vairagya. Actually situated in renunciation, such activities clear

the mirror of the mind, and as the actor gradually makes progress in

spiritual realization he becomes completely surrendered to the

Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore at the end he becomes

liberated, and this liberation is also specified. By this liberation

he does not become one with the brahmajyoti, but rather enters into

the planet of the Supreme Lord. It is clearly mentioned here:

mam upaiyasi, "he comes to Me," back home, back to Godhead. There are

five different stages of liberation, and here it is specified that

the devotee who has always lived his lifetime here under the

direction of the Supreme Lord, as stated, has evolved to the point

where he can, after quitting this body, go back to Godhead and engage

directly in the association of the Supreme Lord.

Anyone who has no other interest but to dedicate his life to the

service of the Lord is actually a sannyasi. Such a person always

thinks of himself as an eternal servant, dependant on the supreme

will of the Lord. As such, whatever he does, he does it for the

benefit of the Lord. Whatever action he performs, he performs it as

service to the Lord. He does not give serious attention to the

fruitive activities or prescribed duties mentioned in the Vedas. For

ordinary persons it is obligatory to execute the prescribed duties

mentioned in the Vedas, but although a pure devotee who is com­pletely

engaged in the senice of the Lord may sometimes appear to go against

the prescribed Vedic duties, actually it is not so.

It is said, therefore, by Vaisnava authorities that even the most

intelli­gent person cannot understand the plans and activities of a

pure devotee. The exact words are vaisnavera kriya mudra vijne na

bujhaya A person who is thus always engaged in the service of the

Lord or is always thinking and planning how to serve the Lord is to

be considered completely liberated at present and in the future. His

going home, back to Godhead,is guaranteed.He is above all

materialistic criticism,just as Krsna is above all criticism.

 

ALL THRANSLATIONS ARE DONE BY

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