BHAGAVAD-GITA 2:63

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 2:63

 

krodhad bhavati sammohah

sammohat smrti-vibhramah

smrti-bhramsad buddhi-naso

buddhi-nasat pranasyati

WORD FOR WORD

 

krodhat--from anger; bhavati--takes place; sammohah--perfect illusion;

sammohat--from illusion; smrti--of memory; vibhramah--bewilderment;

smrti-bhramsat--after bewilderment of memory; buddhi-nasah--loss of

intelligence; buddhi-nasat--and from loss of intelligence;

pranasyati--one falls down.

 

TRANSLATION

 

>From anger, complete delusion arises, and from delusion bewilderment

of memory. When memory is bewildered, intelligence is lost, and when

intelligence is lost one falls down again into the material pool.

 

PURPORT

 

Srila Rupa Gosvami has given us this direction:

 

prapancikataya buddhya

hari-sambandhi-vastunah

mumuksubhih parityago

vairagyam phalgu kathyate

(Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.2.258)

 

By development of Krsna consciousness one can know that everything has

its use in the service of the Lord. Those who are without knowledge of

Krsna consciousness artificially try to avoid material objects, and as

a result, although they desire liberation from material bondage, they

do not attain to the perfect stage of renunciation. Their so-called

renunciation is called phalgu, or less important. On the other hand, a

person in Krsna consciousness knows how to use everything in the

service of the Lord; therefore he does not become a victim of material

consciousness. For example, for an impersonalist, the Lord, or the

Absolute, being impersonal, cannot eat. Whereas an impersonalist tries

to avoid good eatables, a devotee knows that Krsna is the supreme

enjoyer and that He eats all that is offered to Him in devotion. So,

after offering good eatables to the Lord, the devotee takes the

remnants, called prasadam. Thus everything becomes spiritualized, and

there is no danger of a downfall. The devotee takes prasadam in Krsna

consciousness, whereas the nondevotee rejects it as material. The

impersonalist, therefore, cannot enjoy life, due to his artificial

renunciation; and for this reason, a slight agitation of the mind

pulls him down again into the pool of material existence. It is said

that such a soul, even though rising up to the point of liberation,

falls down again due to his not having support in devotional service.

 

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