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TEXT 12 yuktah karma-phalam tyaktva
SYNONYMS  yuktah--one
who is engaged in devotional service; karma-phalam--the results
of all activities; tyaktva--giving up; santim--perfect peace;
apnoti--achieves; naisthikim--unflinching; ayuktah--one
who is not in Krsna consciousness; kama-karena--for enjoying the
result of work; phale--in the result; saktah--attached; nibadhyate--becomes
entangled.
TRANSLATION The steadily
devoted soul attains unadulterated peace because he offers the result of
all activities to Me; whereas a person who is not in union with the Divine,
who is greedy for the fruits of his labor, becomes entangled.
PURPORT The difference
between a person in Krsna consciousness and a person in bodily consciousness
is that the former is attached to Krsna, whereas the latter is attached
to the results of his activities. The person who is attached to Krsna and
works for Him only is certainly a liberated person, and he is not anxious
for fruitive rewards. In the Bhagavatam, the cause of anxiety over
the result of an activity is explained as being due to one's functioning
in the conception of duality, that is, without knowledge of the Absolute
Truth. Krsna is the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead.
In Krsna consciousness, there is no duality. All that exists is a product
of Krsna's energy, and Krsna is all good. Therefore, activities in Krsna
consciousness are on the absolute plane; they are transcendental and have
no material effect. One is, therefore, filled with peace in Krsna consciousness.
One who is, however, entangled in profit calculation for sense gratification
cannot have that peace. This is the secret of Krsna consciousness--realization
that there is no existence besides Krsna is the platform of peace and fearlessness.
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