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TEXT 17 karmano hy api boddhavyam
SYNONYMS  karmanah--working
order; hi--certainly; api--also; boddhavyam--should
be understood; boddhavyam--to be understood; ca--also; vikarmanah--forbidden
work; akarmanah--inaction; ca--also; boddhavyam--should
be understood; gahana--very difficult; karmanah--working
order; gatih--to enter in to.
TRANSLATION The intricacies
of action are very hard to understand. Therefore one should know properly
what action is, what forbidden action is, and what inaction is.
PURPORT If one is serious
about liberation from material bondage, one has to understand the distinctions
between action, inaction and unauthorized actions. One has to apply oneself
to such an analysis of action, reaction and perverted actions because it
is a very difficult subject matter. To understand Krsna consciousness and
action according to the modes, one has to learn one's relationship with
the Supreme; i.e., one who has learned perfectly knows that every living
entity is the eternal servitor of the Lord and that consequently one has
to act in Krsna consciousness. The entire Bhagavad-gita is directed
toward this conclusion. Any other conclusions, against this consciousness
and its attendant reactions, are vikarmas, or prohibited actions.
To understand all this one has to associate with authorities in Krsna consciousness
and learn the secret from them; this is as good as learning from the Lord
directly. Otherwise, even the most intelligent person will be bewildered.
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