BHAGAVAD-GITA 18:46

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 18:46

 

yatah pravrttir bhutanam

yena sarvam idam tatam

sva-karmana tam abhyarcya

siddhim vindati manavah

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

yatah--from whom; pravrttih--the emanation; bhutanam--of all living

entities; yena--by whom; sarvam--all; idam--this; tatam--is pervaded;

sva-karmana--by his own duties; tam--Him; abhyarcya--by worshiping;

siddhim--perfection; vindati--achieves; manavah--a man.

 

TRANSLATION

 

By worship of the Lord, who is the source of all beings and who is

all-pervading, a man can attain perfection through performing his own

work.

 

PURPORT

 

As stated in the Fifteenth Chapter, all living beings are fragmental

parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord. Thus the Supreme Lord is the

beginning of all living entities. This is confirmed in the

Vedanta-sutra--janmady asya yatah. The Supreme Lord is therefore the

beginning of life of every living entity. And as stated in the Seventh

Chapter of Bhagavad-gita, the Supreme Lord, by His two energies, His

external energy and internal energy, is all-pervading. Therefore one

should worship the Supreme Lord with His energies. Generally the

Vaisnava devotees worship the Supreme Lord with His internal energy.

His external energy is a perverted reflection of the internal energy.

The external energy is a background, but the Supreme Lord by the

expansion of His plenary portion as Paramatma is situated everywhere.

He is the Supersoul of all demigods, all human beings, all animals,

everywhere. One should therefore know that as part and parcel of the

Supreme Lord one has his duty to render service unto the Supreme.

Everyone should be engaged in devotional service to the Lord in full

Krsna consciousness. That is recommended in this verse.

 

Everyone should think that he is engaged in a particular type of

occupation by Hrsikesa, the master of the senses. And by the result of

the work in which one is engaged, the Supreme Personality of Godhead,

Sri Krsna, should be worshiped. If one thinks always in this way, in

full Krsna consciousness, then, by the grace of the Lord, he becomes

fully aware of everything. That is the perfection of life. The Lord

says in Bhagavad-gita (12.7), tesam aham samuddharta. The Supreme Lord

Himself takes charge of delivering such a devotee. That is the highest

perfection of life. In whatever occupation one may be engaged, if he

serves the Supreme Lord he will achieve the highest perfection.

 

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