BHAGAVAD-GITA 3:25

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 3:25

 

saktah karmany avidvamso

yatha kurvanti bharata

kuryad vidvams tathasaktas

cikirsur loka-sangraham

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

saktah--being attached; karmani--in prescribed duties; avidvamsah--the

ignorant; yatha--as much as; kurvanti--they do; bharata--O descendant

of Bharata; kuryat--must do; vidvan--the learned; tatha--thus;

asaktah--without attachment; cikirsuh--desiring to lead;

loka-sangraham--the people in general.

 

TRANSLATION

 

As the ignorant perform their duties with attachment to results, the

learned may similarly act, but without attachment, for the sake of

leading people on the right path.

 

PURPORT

 

A person in Krsna consciousness and a person not in Krsna

consciousness are differentiated by different desires. A Krsna

conscious person does not do anything which is not conducive to

development of Krsna consciousness. He may even act exactly like the

ignorant person, who is too much attached to material activities, but

one is engaged in such activities for the satisfaction of his sense

gratification, whereas the other is engaged for the satisfaction of

Krsna. Therefore, the Krsna conscious person is required to show the

people how to act and how to engage the results of action for the

purpose of Krsna consciousness.

 

Copyright 1983 The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International. Used with

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