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TEXT 26 na buddhi-bhedam janayed
SYNONYMS  na--do
not; buddhi-bhedam--disrupt the intelligence; janayet--do;
ajnanam--of
the foolish; karma-sanginam--attached to fruitive work; josayet--dovetailed;
sarva--all; karmani--work;
vidvan--learned; yuktah--all
engaged; samacaran--practicing.
TRANSLATION Let not the
wise disrupt the minds of the ignorant who are attached to fruitive action,
they should not be encouraged to refrain from work, but to engage in work
in the spirit of devotion.
PURPORT Vedais ca
sarvair aham eva vedyah: That is the end of all Vedic rituals. All
rituals, all performances of sacrifices, and everything that is put into
the Vedas, including all direction for material activities, are
meant for understanding Krsna, who is the ultimate goal of life. But because
the conditioned souls do not know anything beyond sense gratification,
they study the Vedas to that end. Through sense regulations, however,
one is gradually elevated to Krsna consciousness. Therefore a realized
soul in Krsna consciousness should not disturb others in their activities
or understanding, but he should act by showing how the results of all work
can be dedicated to the service of Krsna. The learned Krsna conscious person
may act in such a way that the ignorant person working for sense gratification
may learn how to act and how to behave. Although the ignorant man is not
to be disturbed in his activities, still, a slightly developed Krsna conscious
person may directly be engaged in the service of the Lord without waiting
for other Vedic formulas. For this fortunate man there is no need to follow
the Vedic rituals, because in direct Krsna consciousness one can have all
the results simply by following the prescribed duties of a particular person.
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