Chapter 18. Conclusion--The Perfection of Renunciation
TEXT 56
sarva-karmany api sada
kurvano mad-vyapasrayah
mat-prasadad avapnoti
sasvatam padam avyayam
SYNONYMS
sarva--all;
karmani--activities; api--although; sada--always;
kurvanah--performing; mat--under My; vyapasrayah--protection;
mat--My; prasadat--mercy; avapnoti--achieves; sasvatam--eternal;
padam--abode; avyayam--imperishable.
TRANSLATION
Though engaged
in all kinds of activities, My devotee, under My protection, reaches the
eternal and imperishable abode by My grace.
PURPORT
The word mad-vyapasrayah
means under the protection of the Supreme Lord. To be free from material
contamination, a pure devotee acts under the direction of the Supreme Lord
or His representative, the spiritual master. There is no time limitation
for a pure devotee. He is always, twenty-four hours, one hundred percent
engaged in activities under the direction of the Supreme Lord. To a devotee
who is thus engaged in Krsna consciousness the Lord is very, very kind.
In spite of all difficulties, he is eventually placed in the transcendental
abode, or Krsnaloka. He is guaranteed entrance there; there is no doubt
about it. In that supreme abode, there is no change; everything is eternal,
imperishable and full of knowledge.
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