Chapter
2. Contents of the Gita Summarized
TEXT 63
krodhad bhavati sammohah
sammohat smrti-vibhramah
smrti-bhramsad buddhi-naso
buddhi-nasat pranasyati
SYNONYMS
krodhat--from
anger; bhavati--takes place; sammohah--perfect
illusion; sammohat--from illusion; smrti--of
memory; vibhramah--bewilderment; smrti-bhramsat--after
bewilderment of memory; buddhi-nasah--loss
of intelligence; buddhi-nasat--and from loss of
intelligence;pranasyati--falls down.
TRANSLATION
From
anger, delusion arises, and from delusion bewilderment of memory. When memory
is bewildered, intelligence is lost, and when intelligence is lost, one falls
down again into the material pool.
PURPORT
By
development of Krsna consciousness one can know that everything has its use in
the service of the Lord. Those who are without knowledge of Krsna consciousness
artificially try to avoid material objects, and as a result, although they
desire liberation from material bondage, they do not attain to the perfect
stage of renunciation. On the other hand, a person in Krsna consciousness knows
how to use everything in the service of the Lord; therefore he does not become
a victim of material consciousness. For example, for an impersonalist, the
Lord, or the Absolute, being impersonal, cannot eat. Whereas an impersonalist
tries to avoid good eatables, a devotee knows that Krsna is the supreme enjoyer
and that He eats all that is offered to Him in devotion. So, after offering
good eatables to the Lord, the devotee takes the remnants, called prasadam. Thus
everything becomes spiritualized and there is no danger of a downfall. The
devotee takes prasadam in
Krsna consciousness, whereas the nondevotee rejects it as material. The
impersonalist, therefore, cannot enjoy life due to his artificial renunciation;
and for this reason, a slight agitation of the mind pulls him down again into
the pool of material existence. It is said that such a soul, even though rising
up to the point of liberation, falls down again due to his not having support
in devotional service.
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