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| Chapter 5: Karma-yoga — Action in Krishna Consciousness |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 5.25
chinna-dvaidhā yatātmānah
SYNONYMS
labhante — achieve; brahma-nirvānam — liberation in the Supreme; rishayah — those who are active within; kshīna-kalmashāh — who are devoid of all sins; chinna — having torn off; dvaidhāh — duality; yata-ātmānah — engaged in self-realization; sarva-bhūta — for all living entities; hite — in welfare work; ratāh — engaged.
TRANSLATION
Those who are beyond the dualities that arise from doubts, whose minds are engaged within, who are always busy working for the welfare of all living beings, and who are free from all sins achieve liberation in the Supreme.
PURPORT
Only a person who is fully in Krishna consciousness can be said to be engaged in welfare work for all living entities. When a person is actually in the knowledge that Krishna is the fountainhead of everything, then when he acts in that spirit he acts for everyone. The sufferings of humanity are due to forgetfulness of Krishna as the supreme enjoyer, the supreme proprietor, and the supreme friend. Therefore, to act to revive this consciousness within the entire human society is the highest welfare work. One cannot be engaged in such first-class welfare work without being liberated in the Supreme. A Krishna conscious person has no doubt about the supremacy of Krishna. He has no doubt because he is completely freed from all sins. This is the state of divine love.
A person engaged only in ministering to the physical welfare of human society cannot factually help anyone. Temporary relief of the external body and the mind is not satisfactory. The real cause of one's difficulties in the hard struggle for life may be found in one's forgetfulness of his relationship with the Supreme Lord. When a man is fully conscious of his relationship with Krishna, he is actually a liberated soul, although he may be in the material tabernacle.
Copyright © r The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness