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TEXT 15
ihate bhagavan iso
na hi tatra visajjate
atma-labhena purnartho
navasidanti ye nu tam
SYNONYMS
ihateengages in activities of creation, maintenance and annihilation; bhagavanthe Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna; isahthe supreme controller; nanot; hiindeed; tatrain such activities; visajjateHe becomes entangled; atma-labhenabecause of His own gain; purna-arthahwho is self-satisfied; nanot; avasidantiare disheartened; yepersons who; anufollow; tamthe Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is full in opulence by His own gain, yet He acts as the creator, maintainer and annihilator of this material world. In spite of acting in that way, He is never entangled. Hence devotees who follow in His footsteps are also never entangled.
PURPORT
As stated in Bhagavad-gita (3.9), yajnarthat karmano nyatra loko yam karma-bandhanah: work done as a sacrifice for Visnu has to be performed, otherwise work binds one to this material world. If we do not act in Krsna consciousness we shall be entangled, like silkworms in cocoons. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, appears in order to teach us how to work so that we will not be entangled in this material world. Our real problem is that we are entangled in materialistic activities, and because we are conditioned, our struggle continues through punishment in material existence in one body after another in different forms of life. As the Lord says in Bhagavad-gita (15.7):
The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal, fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the six senses, which include the mind. The living entities are actually minute forms who are part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. The Supreme Lord is full in everything, and the small particles of the Lord are also originally qualified like Him, but because of their minute existence, they are infected by material attraction and thus entangled. We must therefore follow the instructions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and then, like Krsna, who is never entangled by His material activities of creation, maintenance and annihilation, we will have nothing for which to lament (navasidanti ye nu tam). Krsna personally gives instructions in Bhagavad-gita, and anyone who follows these instructions is liberated.
Following Krsnas instructions is possible when one is a devotee, for Krsna instructs that one should become a devotee. Man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru: Always think of Me and become My devotee. Worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. (Bg. 18.65) Always thinking of Krsna means chanting the Hare Krsna mantra, but unless one is an initiated devotee he cannot do this. As soon as one becomes a devotee, he engages in Deity worship (mad-yaji). A devotees business is to offer obeisances to the Lord and the spiritual master constantly. This principle is the recognized way to come to the platform of bhakti. As soon as one comes to this platform, he gradually understands the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and simply by understanding Krsna one is liberated from material bondage.
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