Madhya-līlā

Chapter 22: The Process of Devotional Service

Verse 62 of 160
Cc Madhya 22.62

ঽশ্রদ্ধাঽশব্দে—বিশ্বাস কহে সুদৃঢ নিশ্চয কৃষ্ণে ভক্তি কৈলে সর্বকর্ম কৃত হয

ऽश्रद्धाऽशब्दे—विश्वास कहे सुदृढ निश्चय कृष्णे भक्ति कैले सर्वकर्म कृत हय

'śraddhā'-śabde—viśvāsa kahe sudṛḍha niścaya kṛṣṇe bhakti kaile sarva-karma kṛta haya

Synonyms

śraddhā-śabdeby the word śraddhā; viśvāsafaith; kaheis said; sudṛḍhafirm; niścayacertain; kṛṣṇeunto Lord Kṛṣṇa; bhaktidevotional service; kaileby executing; sarva-karmaall activities; kṛtacompleted; hayaare..

Translation

"By rendering transcendental loving service to Kṛṣṇa, one automatically performs all subsidiary activities. This confident, firm faith, favorable to the discharge of devotional service, is called śraddhā.

Purport

Firm faith and confidence are called śraddhā. When one engages in the Lord's devotional service, he is to be understood to have performed all his responsibilities in the material world. He has satisfied his forefathers, ordinary living entities, and demigods and is free from all responsibility. Such a person does not need to meet his responsibilities separately. It is automatically done. Fruitive activity (karma) is meant to satisfy the senses of the conditioned soul. However, when one awakens to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he does not have to work separately for pious activity. The best achievement of all fruitive activity is detachment from material life, and this detachment is spontaneously enjoyed by the devotee firmly engaged in the Lord's service.

Verse 62 of 160
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