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| Chapter 4: Transcendental Knowledge |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 4.23
jñānāvasthita-cetasah
yajñāyācaratah karma
SYNONYMS
gata-sańgasya — of one unattached to the modes of material nature; muktasya — of the liberated; jñāna-avasthita — situated in transcendence; cetasah — whose wisdom; yajñāya — for the sake of Yajña (Krishna); ācaratah — acting; karma — work; samagram — in total; pravilīyate — merges entirely.
TRANSLATION
The work of a man who is unattached to the modes of material nature and who is fully situated in transcendental knowledge merges entirely into transcendence.
PURPORT
Becoming fully Krishna conscious, one is freed from all dualities and thus is free from the contaminations of the material modes. He can become liberated because he knows his constitutional position in relationship with Krishna, and thus his mind cannot be drawn from Krishna consciousness. Consequently, whatever he does, he does for Krishna, who is the primeval Vishnu. Therefore, all his works are technically sacrifices because sacrifice aims at satisfying the Supreme Person, Vishnu, Krishna. The resultant reactions to all such work certainly merge into transcendence, and one does not suffer material effects.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness