Chapter 2. Contents
of the Gita Summarized
TEXT 50
buddhi-yukto jahatiha
ubhe sukrta-duskrte
tasmad yogaya yujyasva
yogah karmasu kausalam
SYNONYMS
buddhi-yuktah--one
who is engaged in devotional service; jahati--can get rid of; iha--in
this life; ubhe--in both; sukrta-duskrte--in good and bad
results; tasmat--therefore; yogaya--for the sake of devotional
service; yujyasva--be so engaged; yogah--Krsna consciousness;
karmasu--in
all activities; kausalam--art.
TRANSLATION
A man engaged
in devotional service rids himself of both good and bad actions even in
this life. Therefore strive for yoga, O Arjuna, which is the art of all
work.
PURPORT
Since time immemorial
each living entity has accumulated the various reactions of his good and
bad work. As such, he is continuously ignorant of his real constitutional
position. One's ignorance can be removed by the instruction of the Bhagavad-gita
which teaches one to surrender unto Lord Sri Krsna in all respects and
become liberated from the chained victimization of action and reaction,
birth after birth. Arjuna is therefore advised to act in Krsna consciousness,
the purifying process of resultant action.
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