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Chapter 4: Transcendental Knowledge

Verse 23 of 42
Bg 4.23

गतसंगस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः यज्ञायाचरतः कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते

gata-saṅgasya muktasya jñānāvasthita-cetasaḥ yajñāyācarataḥ karma samagraṁ pravilīyate

Synonyms

gata-saṅgasyaunattached to the modes of material nature; muktasyaof the liberated; jñāna-avasthitasituated in transcendence; cetasaḥof such wisdom; yajñāyafor the sake of Yajña (Kṛṣṇa); ācarataḥso acting; karmawork; samagramin total; pravilīyatemerges entirely..

Translation

The work of a man who is unattached to the modes of material nature and who is fully situated in transcendental knowledge merges entirely into transcendence.

Purport

Becoming fully Kṛṣṇa conscious, one is freed from all dualities and thus is free from the contaminations of the material modes. He can become liberated because he knows his constitutional position in relationship with Kṛṣṇa; and thus his mind cannot be drawn from Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Consequently, whatever he does, he does for Kṛṣṇa, who is the primeval Viṣṇu. Therefore, all his works are technically sacrifices because sacrifice involves satisfying the Supreme Person, Kṛṣṇa. The resultant reactions to all such work certainly merge into transcendence, and one does not suffer material effects.

Verse 23 of 42
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