BHAGAVAD-GITA 2:49

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 2:49

 

durena hy avaram karma

buddhi-yogad dhananjaya

buddhau saranam anviccha

krpanah phala-hetavah

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

durena--discard it at a long distance; hi--certainly;

avaram--abominable; karma--activity; buddhi-yogat--on the strength of

Krsna consciousness; dhananjaya--O conqueror of wealth; buddhau--in

such consciousness; saranam--full surrender; anviccha--try for;

krpanah--misers; phala-hetavah--those desiring fruitive results.

 

TRANSLATION

 

O Dhananjaya, keep all abominable activities far distant by devotional

service, and in that consciousness surrender unto the Lord. Those who

want to enjoy the fruits of their work are misers.

 

PURPORT

 

One who has actually come to understand one's constitutional position

as an eternal servitor of the Lord gives up all engagements save

working in Krsna consciousness. As already explained, buddhi-yoga

means transcendental loving service to the Lord. Such devotional

service is the right course of action for the living entity. Only

misers desire to enjoy the fruit of their own work just to be further

entangled in material bondage. Except for work in Krsna consciousness,

all activities are abominable because they continually bind the worker

to the cycle of birth and death. One should therefore never desire to

be the cause of work. Everything should be done in Krsna

consciousness, for the satisfaction of Krsna. Misers do not know how

to utilize the assets of riches which they acquire by good fortune or

by hard labor. One should spend all energies working in Krsna

consciousness, and that will make one's life successful. Like misers,

unfortunate persons do not employ their human energy in the service of

the Lord.

 

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