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TEXT 29 jara-marana-moksaya
SYNONYMS  jara--old
age; marana--death; moksaya--for the purpose of liberation;
mam--unto Me; asritya--taking shelter of; yatanti--endeavor;
ye--all those; te--such persons; brahma--Brahman;
tat--actually that; viduh--they know; krtsnam--everything;
adhyatmam--transcendental; karma--fruitive activities; ca--and;
akhilam--entirely.
TRANSLATION Intelligent
persons who are endeavoring for liberation from old age and death take
refuge in Me in devotional service. They are actually Brahman because they
entirely know everything about transcendental and fruitive activities.
PURPORT Birth, death,
old age and diseases affect this material body, but not the spiritual body.
There is no birth, death, old age and disease for the spiritual body, so
one who attains a spiritual body, becomes one of the associates of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead and engages in eternal devotional service,
is really liberated. Aham brahmasmi: I am spirit. It is said that
one should understand that he is Brahman--spirit soul. This Brahman conception
of life is also in devotional service, as described in this verse. The
pure devotees are transcendentally situated on the Brahman platform, and
they know everything about transcendental and material activities.
Four kinds
of impure devotees who engage themselves in the transcendental service
of the Lord achieve their respective goals, and by the grace of the Supreme
Lord, when they are fully Krsna conscious, they actually enjoy spiritual
association with the Supreme Lord. But those who are worshipers of demigods
never reach the Supreme Lord in His supreme planet. Even the less intelligent
Brahman-realized persons cannot reach the supreme planet of Krsna known
as Goloka Vrndavana. Only persons who perform activities in Krsna consciousness
(mam asritya) are actually entitled to be called Brahman, because
they are actually endeavoring to reach the Krsna planet. Such persons have
no misgivings about Krsna, and thus they are factually Brahman.
Those who
are engaged in worshiping the form or arca of the Lord or who are
engaged in meditation on the Lord simply for liberation from material bondage,
also know, by the grace of the Lord, the purports of Brahman, adhibhuta,
etc., as explained by the Lord in the next chapter.
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