BHAGAVAD-GITA 5:25

December 30, 2003

BHAGAVAD-GITA 5:25

labhante brahma-nirvanam

rsayah ksina-kalmasah

chinna-dvaidha yatatmanah

sarva-bhuta-hite ratah

WORD FOR WORD

labhante--achieve; brahma-nirvanam--liberation in the Supreme;

rsayah--those who are active within; ksina-kalmasah--who are devoid of

all sins; chinna--having torn off; dvaidhah--duality;

yata-atmanah--engaged in self-realization; sarva-bhuta--for all living

entities; hite--in welfare work; ratah--engaged.

TRANSLATION

Those who are beyond the dualities that arise from doubts, whose minds

are engaged within, who are always busy working for the welfare of all

living beings, and who are free from all sins achieve liberation in

the Supreme.

PURPORT

Only a person who is fully in Krsna consciousness can be said to be

engaged in welfare work for all living entities. When a person is

actually in the knowledge that Krsna is the fountainhead of

everything, then when he acts in that spirit he acts for everyone. The

sufferings of humanity are due to forgetfulness of Krsna as the

supreme enjoyer, the supreme proprietor, and the supreme friend.

Therefore, to act to revive this consciousness within the entire human

society is the highest welfare work. One cannot be engaged in such

first-class welfare work without being liberated in the Supreme. A

Krsna conscious person has no doubt about the supremacy of Krsna. He

has no doubt because he is completely freed from all sins. This is the

state of divine love.

A person engaged only in ministering to the physical welfare of human

society cannot factually help anyone. Temporary relief of the external

body and the mind is not satisfactory. The real cause of one's

difficulties in the hard struggle for life may be found in one's

forgetfulness of his relationship with the Supreme Lord. When a man is

fully conscious of his relationship with Krsna, he is actually a

liberated soul, although he may be in the material tabernacle.

permission.

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