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TEXT 25 labhante brahma-nirvanam
SYNONYMS  labhante--achieve;
brahma-nirvanam--liberation in the Supreme; rsayah--those
who are active within; ksina-kalmasah--who are devoid of all sins;
chinna--torn off; dvaidhah--duality; yata-atmanah--engaged
in self-realization; sarva-bhuta--in all living entities; hite--in
welfare work; ratah--engaged.
TRANSLATION One who is
beyond duality and doubt, whose mind is engaged within, who is always busy
working for the welfare of all sentient beings, and who is free from all
sins, achieves liberation in the Supreme.
PURPORT Only a person
who is fully in Krsna consciousness can be said to be engaged in welfare
work for all living entities. When a person is actually in the knowledge
that Krsna is the fountainhead of everything, then when he acts in that
spirit he acts for everyone. The sufferings of humanity are due to forgetfulness
of Krsna as the supreme enjoyer, the supreme proprietor, and the supreme
friend. Therefore, to act to revive this consciousness within the entire
human society is the highest welfare work. One cannot be engaged in first-class
welfare work without being liberated in the Supreme. A Krsna conscious
person has no doubt about the supremacy of Krsna. He has no doubt because
he is completely freed from all sins. This is the state of divine love.
A person
engaged only in ministering to the physical welfare of human society cannot
factually help anyone. Temporary relief of the external body and the mind
is not satisfactory. The real cause of one's difficulties in the hard struggle
for life may be found in one's forgetfulness of his relationship with the
Supreme Lord. When a man is fully conscious of his relationship with Krsna,
he is actually a liberated soul, although he may be in the material tabernacle.
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