BHAGAVAD-GITA 5:26

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 5:26

 

kama-krodha-vimuktanam

yatinam yata-cetasam

abhito brahma-nirvanam

vartate viditatmanam

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

kama--from desires; krodha--and anger; vimuktanam--of those who are

liberated; yatinam--of the saintly persons; yata-cetasam--who have

full control over the mind; abhitah--assured in the near future;

brahma-nirvanam--liberation in the Supreme; vartate--is there;

vidita-atmanam--of those who are self-realized.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Those who are free from anger and all material desires, who are

self-realized, self-disciplined and constantly endeavoring for

perfection, are assured of liberation in the Supreme in the very near

future.

 

PURPORT

 

Of the saintly persons who are constantly engaged in striving toward

salvation, one who is in Krsna consciousness is the best of all. The

Bhagavatam (4.22.39) confirms this fact as follows:

 

yat-pada-pankaja-palasa-vilasa-bhaktya

karmasayam grathitam udgrathayanti santah

tadvan na rikta-matayo yatayo 'pi ruddha-

sroto-ganas tam aranam bhaja vasudevam

 

"Just try to worship, in devotional service, Vasudeva, the Supreme

Personality of Godhead. Even great sages are not able to control the

forces of the senses as effectively as those who are engaged in

transcendental bliss by serving the lotus feet of the Lord, uprooting

the deep-grown desire for fruitive activities."

 

In the conditioned soul the desire to enjoy the fruitive results of

work is so deep rooted that it is very difficult even for the great

sages to control such desires, despite great endeavors. A devotee of

the Lord, constantly engaged in devotional service in Krsna

consciousness, perfect in self-realization, very quickly attains

liberation in the Supreme. Owing to his complete knowledge in

self-realization, he always remains in trance. To cite an analogous

example of this:

 

darsana-dhyana-samsparsair

matsya-kurma-vihangamah

svany apatyani pusnanti

tathaham api padma ja

 

"By vision, by meditation and by touch only do the fish, the tortoise and

the birds maintain their offspring. Similarly do I also, O Padmaja!"

 

The fish brings up its offspring simply by looking at them. The

tortoise brings up its offspring simply by meditation. The eggs of the

tortoise are laid on land, and the tortoise meditates on the eggs

while in the water. Similarly, the devotee in Krsna consciousness,

although far away from the Lord's abode, can elevate himself to that

abode simply by thinking of Him constantly--by engagement in Krsna

consciousness. He does not feel the pangs of material miseries; this

state of life is called brahma-nirvana, or the absence of material

miseries due to being constantly immersed in the Supreme.

 

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