BHAGAVAD-GITA 5:17

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 5:17

 

tad-buddhayas tad-atmanas

tan-nisthas tat-parayanah

gacchanty apunar-avrttim

jnana-nirdhuta-kalmasah

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

tat-buddhayah--those whose intelligence is always in the Supreme;

tat-atmanah--those whose minds are always in the Supreme;

tat-nisthah--those whose faith is only meant for the Supreme;

tat-parayanah--who have completely taken shelter of Him;

gacchanti--go; apunah-avrttim--to liberation; jnana--by knowledge;

nirdhuta--cleansed; kalmasah--misgivings.

 

TRANSLATION

 

When one's intelligence, mind, faith and refuge are all fixed in the

Supreme, then one becomes fully cleansed of misgivings through

complete knowledge and thus proceeds straight on the path of

liberation.

 

PURPORT

 

The Supreme Transcendental Truth is Lord Krsna. The whole

Bhagavad-gita centers around the declaration that Krsna is the Supreme

Personality of Godhead. That is the version of all Vedic literature.

Para-tattva means the Supreme Reality, who is understood by the

knowers of the Supreme as Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan. Bhagavan,

or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the last word in the

Absolute. There is nothing more than that. The Lord says, mattah

parataram nanyat kincid asti dhananjaya. Impersonal Brahman is also

supported by Krsna: brahmano hi pratisthaham. Therefore in all ways

Krsna is the Supreme Reality. One whose mind, intelligence, faith and

refuge are always in Krsna, or, in other words, one who is fully in

Krsna consciousness, is undoubtedly washed clean of all misgivings and

is in perfect knowledge in everything concerning transcendence. A

Krsna conscious person can thoroughly understand that there is duality

(simultaneous identity and individuality) in Krsna, and, equipped with

such transcendental knowledge, one can make steady progress on the

path of liberation.

 

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