Srimad Bhagavad Gita - Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaja
Srimad Bhagavad Gita - Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaja
Srimad Bhagavad Gita - Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaja
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and prepare yourself for the battle. Thus you will not incur sin.<br />
TEXT 39<br />
esa te 'bhihita sankhye<br />
buddhir yoge tv imam srnu<br />
buddhya yukto yaya partha<br />
karma-bandham prahasyasi<br />
O Partha, so far I have described to you about the true knowledge of self.<br />
Now listen to the knowledge of <strong>Bhakti</strong>-yoga i.e. the loving service to the<br />
Supreme Lord, with the help of which you will be able to free yourself<br />
completely from the bondage of action.<br />
TEXT 40<br />
nehabhikrama-naso 'sti<br />
pratyavayo na vidyate<br />
sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya<br />
trayate mahato bhayat<br />
In this <strong>Bhakti</strong>-yoga, no effort is ever lost and no harm is ever done. Even a<br />
little of this devotional service delivers a man from great fear.<br />
TEXT 41<br />
vyavasayatmika buddhir<br />
ekeha kuru-nandana<br />
bahu-sakha hy anantas ca<br />
buddhayo 'vyavasayinam<br />
O descendant of Kuru, those who have chosen this path of loving service,<br />
their intelligence is steadfast and their aim is one. But those who are irresolute,<br />
their intelligence is manifold.<br />
TEXT 42-43<br />
yam imam puspitam vacam<br />
pravadanty avipascitah<br />
veda-vada-ratah partha<br />
nanyad astiti vadinah<br />
kamatmanah svarga-para<br />
janma-karma-phala-pradam<br />
kriya-visesa-bahulam<br />
bhogaisvarya-gatim prati<br />
O Partha, the flowery words of the Vedas which promises various fruitive<br />
activities like elevation to heavenly planets, higher birth, power, etc. attract the<br />
less intelligent persons. Being desirous of sense gratification and opulence they<br />
say that there is nothing more than this in this world.<br />
TEXT 44<br />
bhogaisvarya-prasaktanam<br />
ta yapahrta-cetasam<br />
vyavasayatmika buddhih<br />
samadhau na vidhiyate<br />
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