Chapter
2. Contents of the Gita Summarized
TEXT 64
raga-dvesa-vimuktais tu
visayan indriyais caran
atma-vasyair vidheyatma
prasadam adhigacchati
SYNONYMS
raga--attachment; dvesa--detachment; vimuktaih--by
one who has been free from such things; tu--but; visayan--sense
objects; indriyaih--by the senses; caran--acting; atma-vasyaih--one
who has control over;vidheya-atma--one who follows regulated freedom; prasadam--the
mercy of the Lord; adhigacchati--attains.
TRANSLATION
One who
can control his senses by practicing the regulated principles of freedom can
obtain the complete mercy of the Lord and thus become free from all attachment
and aversion.
PURPORT
It is
already explained that one may externally control the senses by some artificial
process, but unless the senses are engaged in the transcendental service of the
Lord, there is every chance of a fall. Although the person in full Krsna
consciousness may apparently be on the sensual plane, because of his being
Krsna conscious, he has no attachment to sensual activities. The Krsna
conscious person is concerned only with the satisfaction of Krsna, and nothing
else. Therefore he is transcendental to all attachment. If Krsna wants, the
devotee can do anything which is ordinarily undesirable; and if Krsna does not
want, he shall not do that which he would have ordinarily done for his own
satisfaction. Therefore to act or not to act is within his control because he
acts only under the direction of Krsna. This consciousness is the causeless
mercy of the Lord, which the devotee can achieve in spite of his being attached
to the sensual platform.
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