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TEXT 28 yesam tv anta-gatam papam
SYNONYMS  yesam--whose;
tu--but; anta-gatam--completely eradicated; papam--sin;
jananam--of the persons; punya--pious; karmanam--previous
activities; te--they; dvandva--duality; moha--delusion;
nirmuktah--free from; bhajante--worship; mam--Me;
drdha-vratah--with determination.
TRANSLATION Persons who
have acted piously in previous lives and in this life, whose sinful actions
are completely eradicated and who are freed from the duality of delusion,
engage themselves in My service with determination.
PURPORT Those eligible
for elevation to the transcendental position are mentioned in this verse.
For those who are sinful, atheistic, foolish and deceitful, it is very
difficult to transcend the duality of desire and hate. Only those who have
passed their lives in practicing the regulative principles of religion,
who have acted piously and who have conquered sinful reactions can accept
devotional service and gradually rise to the pure knowledge of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. Then, gradually, they can meditate in trance on
the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is the process of being situated
on the spiritual platform. This elevation is possible in Krsna consciousness
in the association of pure devotees who can deliver one from delusion.
It is stated
in the Srimad-Bhagavatam that if one actually wants to be liberated
he must render service to the devotees; but one who associates with materialistic
people is on the path leading to the darkest region of existence. All the
devotees of the Lord traverse this earth just to recover the conditioned
souls from their delusion. The impersonalists do not know that forgetting
their constitutional position as subordinate to the Supreme Lord is the
greatest violation of God's law. Unless one is reinstated in his own constitutional
position, it is not possible to understand the Supreme Personality or to
be fully engaged in His transcendental loving service with determination.
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