BHAGAVAD-GITA 18:56

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 18:56

 

sarva-karmany api sada

kurvano mad-vyapasrayah

mat-prasadad avapnoti

sasvatam padam avyayam

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

sarva--all; karmani--activities; api--although; sada--always;

kurvanah--performing; mat-vyapasrayah--under My protection;

mat-prasadat--by My mercy; avapnoti--one achieves; sasvatam--the

eternal; padam--abode; avyayam--imperishable.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Though engaged in all kinds of activities, My pure devotee, under My

protection, reaches the eternal and imperishable abode by My grace.

 

PURPORT

 

The word mad-vyapasrayah means under the protection of the Supreme

Lord. To be free from material contamination, a pure devotee acts

under the direction of the Supreme Lord or His representative, the

spiritual master. There is no time limitation for a pure devotee. He

is always, twenty-four hours a day, one hundred percent engaged in

activities under the direction of the Supreme Lord. To a devotee who

is thus engaged in Krsna consciousness the Lord is very, very kind. In

spite of all difficulties, he is eventually placed in the

transcendental abode, or Krsnaloka. He is guaranteed entrance there;

there is no doubt about it. In that supreme abode, there is no change;

everything is eternal, imperishable and full of knowledge.

 

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