BHAGAVAD-GITA 2:64

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 2:64

 

raga-dvesa-vimuktais tu

visayan indriyais caran

atma-vasyair vidheyatma

prasadam adhigacchati

WORD FOR WORD

 

raga--attachment; dvesa--and detachment; vimuktaih--by one who has

become free from; tu--but; visayan--sense objects; indriyaih--by the

senses; caran--acting upon; atma-vasyaih--under one's control;

vidheya-atma--one who follows regulated freedom; prasadam--the mercy

of the Lord; adhigacchati--attains.

 

TRANSLATION

 

But a person free from all attachment and aversion and able to control

his senses through regulative principles of freedom can obtain the

complete mercy of the Lord.

 

PURPORT

 

It is already explained that one may externally control the senses by

some artificial process, but unless the senses are engaged in the

transcendental service of the Lord, there is every chance of a fall.

Although the person in full Krsna consciousness may apparently be on

the sensual plane, because of his being Krsna conscious he has no

attachment to sensual activities. The Krsna conscious person is

concerned only with the satisfaction of Krsna, and nothing else.

Therefore he is transcendental to all attachment and detachment. If

Krsna wants, the devotee can do anything which is ordinarily

undesirable; and if Krsna does not want, he shall not do that which he

would have ordinarily done for his own satisfaction. Therefore to act

or not to act is within his control because he acts only under the

direction of Krsna. This consciousness is the causeless mercy of the

Lord, which the devotee can achieve in spite of his being attached to

the sensual platform.

 

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