SB 3.24.38
TEXT 38
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TEXT
गच्छ कामं मयापृष्टो मयि सन्न्यस्तकर्मणा ।
जित्वा सुदुर्जयं मृत्युम् अमृतत्वाय मां भज ॥ ३८ ॥ gaccha kamam mayaprsto
mayi sannyasta-karmana
jitva sudurjayam mrtyum
amrtatvaya mam bhaja
gaccha-go; kamam-as you wish; maya-by Me; aprstah-sanctioned; mayi-to Me; sannyasta-completely surrendered; karmana-with your activities; jitva-having conquered; sudurjayam-insurmountable; mrtyum-death; amrtatvaya-for eternal life; mam-unto Me; bhaja-engage in devotional service.
TRANSLATION
Now, being sanctioned by Me, go as you desire, surrendering all your activities to Me. Conquering insurmountable death, worship Me for eternal life.
PURPORT
The purpose of saṅkhya philosophy is stated herein. If anyone wants real eternal life, he has to engage himself in devotional service or Krsna consciousness. To become free from birth and death is not an easy task. Birth and death are natural to this material body. Sudurjayam means very, very difficult to overcome. The modern so-called scientists have no sufficient means to understand the process of victory over birth and death. Therefore, they set aside the question of birth and death; they do not consider it. They simply engage in the problems of the material body, which is transient and sure to end.
Actually, human life is meant for conquering the insurmountable process of birth and death. That can be done as stated here. Mam bhaja: one must engage in the devotional service of the Lord. In Bhagavad-gita also the Lord says, man-mana bhava mad-bhaktah: "Just become My devotee. Just worship Me." But foolish so-called scholars say that it is not Krsna whom we must worship and to whom we must surrender; it is something else. Without Krsna's mercy, therefore, no one can understand the saṅkhya philosophy or any philosophy which is especially meant for liberation. Vedic knowledge confirms that one becomes entangled in this material life because of ignorance, and one can become free from material embarrassment by becoming situated in factual knowledge. Saṅkhya means that factual knowledge by which one can get out of the material entanglement.
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