BHAGAVAD-GITA 3:28

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 3:28

 

tattva-vit tu maha-baho

guna-karma- vibhagayoh

guna gunesu vartanta

iti matva na sajjate

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

tattva-vit--the knower of the Absolute Truth; tu--but; maha-baho--O

mighty-armed one; guna-karma--of works under material influence;

vibhagayoh--differences; gunah--senses; gunesu--in sense

gratification; vartante--are being engaged; iti--thus;

matva--thinking; na--never; sajjate--becomes attached.

 

TRANSLATION

 

One who is in knowledge of the Absolute Truth, O mighty-armed, does

not engage himself in the senses and sense gratification, knowing well

the differences between work in devotion and work for fruitive

results.

 

PURPORT

 

The knower of the Absolute Truth is convinced of his awkward position

in material association. He knows that he is part and parcel of the

Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, and that his position should

not be in the material creation. He knows his real identity as part

and parcel of the Supreme, who is eternal bliss and knowledge, and he

realizes that somehow or other he is entrapped in the material

conception of life. In his pure state of existence he is meant to

dovetail his activities in devotional service to the Supreme

Personality of Godhead, Krsna. He therefore engages himself in the

activities of Krsna consciousness and becomes naturally unattached to

the activities of the material senses, which are all circumstantial

and temporary. He knows that his material condition of life is under

the supreme control of the Lord; consequently he is not disturbed by

all kinds of material reactions, which he considers to be the mercy of

the Lord. According to Srimad-Bhagavatam, one who knows the Absolute

Truth in three different features--namely Brahman, Paramatma, and the

Supreme Personality of Godhead--is called tattva-vit, for he knows

also his own factual position in relationship with the Supreme.

 

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