Chapter 18. Conclusion--The Perfection of Renunciation
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siddhim prapto yatha brahma
tathapnoti nibodha me
samasenaiva kaunteya
nistha jnanasya ya para
SYNONYMS
siddhim--perfection;
praptah--achieving; yatha--as; brahma--the Supreme;
tatha--so; apnoti--achieves; nibodha--try to understand;
me--from Me; samasena--summarily; eva--certainly;
kaunteya--O son of Kunti; nistha--stage; jnanasya--of
knowledge; ya--which; para--transcendental.
TRANSLATION
O son of
Kunti, learn from Me in brief how one can attain to the supreme perfectional
stage, Brahman, by acting in the way I shall now summarize.
PURPORT
The Lord describes
for Arjuna how one can achieve the highest perfectional stage simply by
being engaged in his occupational duty, performing that duty for the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. One attains the supreme stage of Brahman simply
by renouncing the result of his work for the satisfaction of the Supreme
Lord. That is the process of self-realization. Actual perfection of knowledge
is in attaining pure Krsna consciousness; that is described in the following
verses.
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