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TEXT 18 karmany akarma yah pasyed
SYNONYMS  karmani--in
action; akarma--inaction; yah--one who; pasyet--observes;
akarmani--in
inaction; ca--also; karma--fruitive action;
yah--one
who; sah--he; buddhi-man--is intelligent;
manusyesu--in
human society; sah--he; yuktah--in the transcendental position;
krtsna-karma-krt--although engaged in all activities.
TRANSLATION One who sees
inaction in action, and action in inaction, is intelligent among men, and
he is in the transcendental position, although engaged in all sorts of
activities.
PURPORT A person acting
in Krsna consciousness is naturally free from the bonds of karma.
His activities are all performed for Krsna; therefore he does not enjoy
or suffer any of the effects of work. Consequently he is intelligent in
human society, even though he is engaged in all sorts of activities for
Krsna. Akarma means without reaction to work. The impersonalist
ceases fruitive activities out of fear, so that the resultant action may
not be a stumbling block on the path of self-realization, but the personalist
knows rightly his position as the eternal servitor of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead. Therefore he engages himself in the activities of Krsna consciousness.
Because everything is done for Krsna, he enjoys only transcendental happiness
in the discharge of this service. Those who are engaged in this process
are known to be without desire for personal sense gratification. The sense
of eternal servitorship to Krsna makes one immune to all sorts of reactionary
elements of work.
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