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TEXT 8-9 naiva kincit karomiti
pralapan visrjan grhnann
SYNONYMS  na--never;
eva--certainly; kincit--anything; karomi--I do; iti--thus;
yuktah--engaged in the divine consciousness; manyeta--thinks;
tattva-vit--one who knows the truth; pasyan--seeing; srnvan--hearing;
sprsan--touching; jighran--smelling; asnan--eating;
gacchan--going; svapan--dreaming; svasan--breathing;
pralapan--talking; visrjan--giving up; grhnan--accepting;
unmisan--opening; nimisan--closing; api--in spite
of; indriyani--the senses; indriya-arthesu--in sense gratification;
vartante--let them be so engaged; iti--thus; dharayan--considering.
TRANSLATION A person
in the divine consciousness, although engaged in seeing, hearing, touching,
smelling, eating, moving about, sleeping and breathing, always knows within
himself that he actually does nothing at all. Because while speaking, evacuating,
receiving, opening or closing his eyes, he always knows that only the material
senses are engaged with their objects and that he is aloof from them.
PURPORT A person in
Krsna consciousness is pure in his existence, and consequently he has nothing
to do with any work which depends upon five immediate and remote causes:
the doer, the work, the situation, the endeavor and fortune. This is because
he is engaged in the loving transcendental service of Krsna. Although he
appears to be acting with his body and senses, he is always conscious of
his actual position, which is spiritual engagement. In material consciousness,
the senses are engaged in sense gratification, but in Krsna consciousness
the senses are engaged in the satisfaction of Krsna's senses. Therefore,
the Krsna conscious person is always free, even though he appears to be
engaged in things of the senses. Activities such as seeing, hearing, speaking,
evacuating, etc., are actions of the senses meant for work. A Krsna conscious
person is never affected by the actions of the senses. He cannot perform
any act except in the service of the Lord because he knows that he is the
eternal servitor of the Lord.
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