BHAGAVAD-GITA 5:8-9

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 5:8-9

 

naiva kincit karomiti

yukto manyeta tattva-vit

pasyan srnvan sprsanjighrann

asnan gacchan svapan svasan

 

pralapan visrjan grhnann

unmisan nimisann api

indriyanindriyarthesu

vartanta iti dharayan

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

na--never; eva--certainly; kincit--anything; karomi--I do; iti--thus;

yuktah--engaged in the divine consciousness; manyeta--thinks;

tattva-vit--one who knows the truth; pasyan--seeing; srn van--hearing;

sprsan--touching; jighran--smelling; asnan--eating; gacchan--going;

svapan--dreaming; svasan--breathing; pralapan--talking;

visrjan--giving up; grhnan--accepting; unmisan--opening;

nimisan--closing; api--in spite of; indriyani--the senses;

indriya-arthesu--in sense gratification; vartante--let them be so

engaged; iti--thus; dharayan--considering.

 

TRANSLATION

 

A person in the divine consciousness, although engaged in seeing,

hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving about, sleeping and

breathing, always knows within himself that he actually does nothing

at all. Because while speaking, evacuating, receiving, or opening or

closing his eyes, he always knows that only the material senses are

engaged with their objects and that he is aloof from them.

 

PURPORT

 

A person in Krsna consciousness is pure in his existence, and

consequently he has nothing to do with any work which depends upon

five immediate and remote causes: the doer, the work, the situation,

the endeavor and fortune. This is because he is engaged in the loving

transcendental service of Krsna. Although he appears to be acting with

his body and senses, he is always conscious of his actual position,

which is spiritual engagement. In material consciousness, the senses

are engaged in sense gratification, but in Krsna consciousness the

senses are engaged in the satisfaction of Krsna's senses. Therefore,

the Krsna conscious person is always free, even though he appears to

be engaged in affairs of the senses. Activities such as seeing and

hearing are actions of the senses meant for receiving knowledge,

whereas moving, speaking, evacuating, etc., are actions of the senses

meant for work. A Krsna conscious person is never affected by the

actions of the senses. He cannot perform any act except in the service

of the Lord because he knows that he is the eternal servitor of the

Lord.

 

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