BHAGAVAD-GITA 3:26

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 3:26

 

na buddhi-bhedam janayed

ajnanam karma-sanginam

josayet sarva-karmani

vidvan yuktah samacaran

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

na--not; buddhi-bhedam--disruption of intelligence; janayet--he should

cause; ajnanam--of the foolish; karma-sanginam--who are attached to

fruitive work; josayet--he should dovetail; sarva--all; karmani--work;

vidvan--a learned person; yuktah--engaged; samacaran--practicing.

 

TRANSLATION

 

So as not to disrupt the minds of ignorant men attached to the

fruitive results of prescribed duties, a learned person should not

induce them to stop work. Rather, by working in the spirit of

devotion, he should engage them in all sorts of activities [for the

gradual development of Krsna consciousness].

 

PURPORT

 

Vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyah. That is the end of all Vedic

rituals. All rituals, all performances of sacrifices, and everything

that is put into the Vedas, including all direction for material

activities, are meant for understanding Krsna, who is the ultimate

goal of life. But because the conditioned souls do not know anything

beyond sense gratification, they study the Vedas to that end. But

through fruitive activities and sense gratification regulated by the

Vedic rituals one is gradually elevated to Krsna consciousness.

Therefore a realized soul in Krsna consciousness should not disturb

others in their activities or understanding, but he should act by

showing how the results of all work can be dedicated to the service of

Krsna. The learned Krsna conscious person may act in such a way that

the ignorant person working for sense gratification may learn how to

act and how to behave. Although the ignorant man is not to be

disturbed in his activities, a slightly developed Krsna conscious

person may directly be engaged in the service of the Lord without

waiting for other Vedic formulas. For this fortunate man there is no

need to follow the Vedic rituals, because by direct Krsna

consciousness one can have all the results one would otherwise derive

from following one's prescribed duties.

 

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