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TEXT 22-25 sri-bhagavan uvaca
udasina-vad asino
sama-duhkha-sukhah sva-sthah
manapamanayos tulyas
SYNONYMS  sri-bhagavan
uvaca--the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; prakasam ca--and
illumination; pravrttim ca--and attachment; moham--illusion;
eva ca--also; pandava--O son of Pandu; na dvesti--does
not hate; sampravrttani--although developed; na nivrttani--nor
stop development; kanksati--desires; udasina-vat--as if neutral;
asinah--situated; gunaih--by the qualities; yah--one
who; na--never; vicalyate--is agitated; gunah--the
qualities; vartante--is situated; iti evam--knowing thus;
yah--one who; avatisthati--remains; na--never; ingate--flickering;
sama--equal; duhkha--in distress; sukhah--in happiness;
sva-sthah--being situated himself; sama--equally; losta--a
lump of earth; asma--stone; kancanah--gold; tulya--equally
disposed; priya--dear; apriyah--undesirable; dhirah--steady;
tulya--equally; ninda--in defamation; atma-samstutih--in
praise of himself; mana--in honor; apamanayoh--dishonor;
tulyah--equally; tulyah--equally; mitra--friend; ari--enemy;
paksayoh--in parties; sarva--all; arambha--endeavor;
parityagi--renouncer; guna-atitah--transcendental to the
material modes of nature; sah--he; ucyate--is said to be.
TRANSLATION The Blessed
Lord said: He who does not hate illumination, attachment and delusion when
they are present, nor longs for them when they disappear; who is seated
like one unconcerned, being situated beyond these material reactions of
the modes of nature, who remains firm, knowing that the modes alone are
active; who regards alike pleasure and pain, and looks on a clod, a stone
and a piece of gold with an equal eye; who is wise and holds praise and
blame to be the same; who is unchanged in honor and dishonor, who treats
friend and foe alike, who has abandoned all fruitive undertakings--such
a man is said to have transcended the modes of nature.
PURPORT Arjuna submitted
the three different questions, and the Lord answers them one after another.
In these verses, Krsna first indicates that a person transcendentally situated
neither envies anyone nor hankers for anything. When a living entity stays
in this material world embodied by the material body, it is to be understood
that he is under the control of one of the three modes of material nature.
When he is actually out of the body, then he is out of the clutches of
the material modes of nature. But as long as he is not out of the material
body, he should be neutral. He should engage himself in the devotional
service of the Lord so that his identity with the material body will automatically
be forgotten. When one is conscious of the material body, he acts only
for sense gratification, but when one transfers the consciousness to Krsna,
sense gratification automatically stops. One does not need this material
body, and he does not need to accept the dictations of the material body.
The qualities of the material modes in the body will act, but as spirit
soul the self is aloof from such activities. How does he become aloof?
He does not desire to enjoy the body, nor does he desire to get out of
it. Thus transcendentally situated, the devotee becomes automatically free.
He need not try to become free from the influence of the modes of material
nature.
The next
question concerns the dealings of a transcendentally situated person. The
materially situated person is affected by so-called honor and dishonor
offered to the body, but the transcendentally situated person is not affected
by such false honor and dishonor. He performs his duty in Krsna consciousness
and does not mind whether a man honors or dishonors him. He accepts things
that are favorable for his duty in Krsna consciousness, otherwise he has
no necessity of anything material, either a stone or gold. He takes everyone
as his dear friend who helps him in his execution of Krsna consciousness,
and he does not hate his so-called enemy. He is equally disposed and sees
everything on an equal level because he knows perfectly well that he has
nothing to do with material existence. Social and political issues do not
affect him because he knows the situation of temporary upheavals and disturbances.
He does not attempt anything for his own sake. He can attempt anything
for Krsna, but for his personal self he does not attempt anything. By such
behavior one becomes actually transcendentally situated.
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