BHAGAVAD-GITA 8:27

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 8:27

 

naite srti partha janan

yogi muhyati kascana

tasmat sarvesu kalesu

yoga-yukto bhavarjuna

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

na--never; ete--these two; srti--different paths; partha--O son of

Prtha; janan--even if he knows; yogi--the devotee of the Lord;

muhyati--is bewildered; kascana--any; tasmat--therefore; sarvesu

kalesu--always; yoga-yuktah--engaged in Krsna consciousness; bhava-

just become; arjuna--O Arjuna.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Although the devotees know these two paths, O Arjuna, they are never

bewildered. Therefore be always fixed in devotion.

 

PURPORT

 

Krsna is here advising Arjuna that he should not be disturbed by the

different paths the soul can take when leaving the material world. A

devotee of the Supreme Lord should not worry whether he will depart by

arrangement or by accident. The devotee should be firmly established

in Krsna consciousness and chant Hare Krsna. He should know that

concern over either of these two paths is troublesome. The best way to

be absorbed in Krsna consciousness is to be always dovetailed in His

service, and this will make one's path to the spiritual kingdom safe,

certain and direct. The word yoga-yukta is especially significant in

this verse. One who is firm in yoga is constantly engaged in Krsna

consciousness in all his activities. Sri Rupa Gosvami advises,

anasaktasya visayan yatharham upayunjatah: one should be unattached in

material affairs and do everything in Krsna consciousness. By this

system, which is called yukta-vairagya, one attains perfection.

Therefore the devotee is not disturbed by these descriptions, because

he knows that his passage to the supreme abode is guaranteed by

devotional service.

 

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