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TEXT 31 ye me matam idam nityam
SYNONYMS  ye--those;
me--My;
matam--injunctions; idam--this; nityam--eternal function;
anutisthanti--execute regularly; manavah--humankind;
sraddha-vantah--with
faith and devotion; anasuyantah--without envy; mucyante--become
free; te--all of them; api--even;
karmabhih--from
the bondage of the law of fruitive action.
TRANSLATION One who executes
his duties according to My injunctions and who follows this teaching faithfully,
without envy, becomes free from the bondage of fruitive actions.
PURPORT The injunction
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, is the essence of all Vedic
wisdom, and therefore is eternally true without exception. As the Vedas
are eternal, so this truth of Krsna consciousness is also eternal. One
should have firm faith in this injunction, without envying the Lord. There
are many philosophers who write comments on the Bhagavad-gita but
have no faith in Krsna. They will never be liberated from the bondage of
fruitive action. But an ordinary man with firm faith in the eternal injunctions
of the Lord, even though unable to execute such orders, becomes liberated
from the bondage of the law of karma. In the beginning of Krsna
consciousness, one may not fully discharge the injunctions of the Lord,
but because one is not resentful of this principle and works sincerely
without consideration of defeat and hopelessness, he will surely be promoted
to the stage of pure Krsna consciousness.
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