Bhagavad gita As It Is Original (Srila Prabhupada)

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is
[Ch. 5
brahmar-y iidhiiya karmiirti
sangam tyaktvii karoti ya
lipyate na sa piipena
padma-patram iviimbhasii
brahmar-i-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; iidhiiya-resigning unto;
karmii!li-all works; sangamc-attachment; tyaktva-giving up; karoti-performs;
ya-who; lipyate-is affected; na-never; sa-he; papena-by sin;
padma-patram-lotus leaf; iva-+like; ambhasa-in the water.
TRANSLATION
One who performs his duty without attachment, surrendering the
results unto the Supreme God, is not affected by sinful action, as the lotus
leaf is untouched by water.
PURPORT
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Here brahma!li means in Krl).a consciousness. The material world is a
sum total manifestation of the three modes of material nature, technically
called the pradhana. The Vedic hymns, sarvam etad brahma, tasmad etad
brahma niima-riipam annam ca jayate, and, in the Bhagavad-gita, mama
yonir mahad brahma, indicate that everything in the material world is the
manifestation of Brahman; and, although the effects are differently manifested,
they are nondifferent from the cause. In the lsopanad it is said that
everything is related to the Supreme Brahman or Krpa, and thus everything
belongs to Him only. One who knows perfectly well that everything
belongs to Kpa, that He is th proprietor of everything and that, therefore,
everything is engaged in the service of the Lord, naturally has nothing
to do with the results of his activities, whether virtuous . or sinful. Even
one's material body, being a gift of the Lord for carrying out a particular
type of action, can be engaged in Krpa consciousness. It is beyond contamination
by sinful reactions, exactly as the lotus leaf, though remaining
in the water, is not wet. The Lord also says in the Gitii: mayi sarvii!li karmiirti
sannyasya: "Resign all works unto Me [Krpa]. ''The conclusion is that
a person without Krpa consciousness acts according to the concept of the
material body and senses, but a person in Krpa consciousness acts according
to the knowledge that the body is the property of Krl).a and should
therefore be engaged in the service of Krwa.
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