BHAGAVAD-GITA 18:58

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 18:58

 

mac-cittah sarva-durgani

mat-prasadat tarisyasi

atha cet tvam ahankaran

na srosyasi vinanksyasi

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

mat--of Me; cittah--being in consciousness; sarva--all;

durgani--impediments; mat-prasadat--by My mercy; tarisyasi--you will

overcome; atha--but; cet--if; tvam--you; ahankarat--by false ego; na

srosyasi--do not hear; vinanksyasi--you will be lost.

 

TRANSLATION

 

If you become conscious of Me, you will pass over all the obstacles of

conditioned life by My grace. If, however, you do not work in such

consciousness but act through false ego, not hearing Me, you will be

lost.

 

PURPORT

 

A person in full Krsna consciousness is not unduly anxious about

executing the duties of his existence. The foolish cannot understand

this great freedom from all anxiety. For one who acts in Krsna

consciousness, Lord Krsna becomes the most intimate friend. He always

looks after His friend's comfort, and He gives Himself to His friend,

who is so devotedly engaged working twenty-four hours a day to please

the Lord. Therefore, no one should be carried away by the false ego of

the bodily concept of life. One should not falsely think himself

independent of the laws of material nature or free to act. He is

already under strict material laws. But as soon as he acts in Krsna

consciousness, he is liberated, free from the material perplexities.

One should note very carefully that one who is not active in Krsna

consciousness is losing himself in the material whirlpool, in the

ocean of birth and death. No conditioned soul actually knows what is

to be done and what is not to be done, but a person who acts in Krsna

consciousness is free to act because everything is prompted by Krsna

from within and confirmed by the spiritual master.

 

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