Chapter
2. Contents of the Gita Summarized
TEXT 51
karma-jam buddhi-yukta
hi
phalam tyaktva manisinah
janma-bandha-vinirmuktah
padam gacchanty anamayam
phalam tyaktva manisinah
janma-bandha-vinirmuktah
padam gacchanty anamayam
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
PURPORT
samasrita ye
padapallava-plavam
mahat-padam punya-yaso murareh
bhavambudhir vatsa-padam param padam
padam padam yad vipadam na tesam
(Bhag. 10.14.58)
mahat-padam punya-yaso murareh
bhavambudhir vatsa-padam param padam
padam padam yad vipadam na tesam
(Bhag. 10.14.58)
"For
one who has accepted the boat of the lotus feet of the Lord, who is the shelter
of the cosmic manifestation and is famous as Mukunda or the giver of mukti, the
ocean of the material world is like the water contained in a calf's hoofprint. Param
padam, or the place where there are no material miseries, or
Vaikuntha, is his goal, not the place where there is danger in every step of
life."
Owing
to ignorance, one does not know that this material world is a miserable place
where there are dangers at every step. Out of ignorance only, less intelligent
persons try to adjust to the situation by fruitive activities, thinking that
the resultant actions will make them happy. They do not know that no kind of
material body anywhere within the universe can give life without miseries. The
miseries of life, namely birth, death, old age and diseases, are present
everywhere within the material world. But one who understands his real
constitutional position as the eternal servitor of the Lord, and thus knows the
position of the Personality of Godhead, engages himself in the transcendental
loving service of the Lord. Consequently he becomes qualified to enter into the
Vaikuntha planets, where there is neither material, miserable life nor the
influence of time and death. To know one's constitutional position means to
know also the sublime position of the Lord. One who wrongly thinks that the
living entity's position and the Lord's position are on the same level is to be
understood to be in darkness and therefore unable to engage himself in the
devotional service of the Lord. He becomes a lord himself and thus paves the
way for the repetition of birth and death. But one who, understanding that his
position is to serve, transfers himself to the service of the Lord, at once
becomes eligible for Vaikunthaloka. Service for the cause of the Lord is called karma-yoga or buddhi-yoga, or in
plain words, devotional service to the Lord.
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