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BG 3.5 (1972)

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please wait#div class="mw-parser-output"# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TEXT_5"#TEXT 5#/span##/h4# #div class="devanagari"# #dl##dd#न हि कश्चित्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत् ।#/dd# #dd#कार्यते ह्यवशः कर्म सर्वः प्रकृतिजैर्गुणैः ॥५॥#/dd##/dl# #/div# #div class="verse"# #dl##dd#na hi kaścit kṣaṇam api#/dd# #dd#jātu tiṣṭhaty akarma-kṛt#/dd# #dd#kāryate hy avaśaḥ karma#/dd# #dd#sarvaḥ prakṛti-jair guṇaiḥ#/dd##/dl# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="SYNONYMS"#SYNONYMS#/span##/h4# #div class="synonyms"# #p##i#na#/i#—nor; #i#hi#/i#—certainly; #i#kaścit#/i#—anyone; #i#kṣaṇam#/i#—even a moment; #i#api#/i#—also; #i#jātu#/i#—even; #i#tiṣṭhati#/i#—stands; #i#akarma-kṛt#/i#—without doing something; #i#kāryate#/i#—is forced to do; #i#hi#/i#—certainly; #i#avaśaḥ#/i#—helplessly; #i#karma#/i#—work; #i#sarvaḥ#/i#—everything; #i#prakṛti-jaiḥ#/i#—out of the modes of material nature; #i#guṇaiḥ#/i#—by the qualities. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TRANSLATION"#TRANSLATION#/span##/h4# #div class="translation"# #p#All men are forced to act helplessly according to the impulses born of the modes of material nature; therefore no one can refrain from doing something, not even for a moment. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="PURPORT"#PURPORT#/span##/h4# #div class="purport"# #p#It is not a question of embodied life, but it is the nature of the soul to be always active. Without the presence of the spirit soul, the material body cannot move. The body is only a dead vehicle to be worked by the spirit soul, which is always active and cannot stop even for a moment. As such, the spirit soul has to be engaged in the good work of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, otherwise it will be engaged in occupations dictated by illusory energy. In contact with material energy, the spirit soul acquires material modes, and to purify the soul from such affinities it is necessary to engage in the prescribed duties enjoined in the #i#śāstras#/i#. But if the soul is engaged in his natural function of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, whatever he is able to do is good for him. The #i#Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam#/i# affirms this: #/p# #dl##dd#tyaktvā sva-dharmaṁ caraṇāmbujaṁ harer#/dd# #dd#bhajann apakvo 'tha patet tato yadi#/dd# #dd#yatra kva vābhadram abhūd amuṣya kiṁ#/dd# #dd#ko vārtha āpto 'bhajatāṁ sva-dharmataḥ.#/dd##/dl# #p#"If someone takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, even though he may not follow the prescribed duties in the #i#śāstras#/i# nor execute the devotional service properly, and even though he may fall down from the standard, there is no loss or evil for him. But if he carries out all the injunctions for purification in the #i#śāstras#/i#, what does it avail him if he is not Kṛṣṇa conscious?" #b#(SB 1.5.17)#/b# So the purificatory process is necessary for reaching this point of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Therefore, #i#sannyāsa#/i#, or any purificatory process, is to help reach the ultimate goal of becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious, without which everything is considered a failure. #/p# #/div# #/div# please wait#div class="mw-parser-output"# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TEXT_5"#TEXT 5#/span##/h4# #div class="devanagari"# #dl##dd#न हि कश्चित्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत् ।#/dd# #dd#कार्यते ह्यवशः कर्म सर्वः प्रकृतिजैर्गुणैः ॥५॥#/dd##/dl# #/div# #div class="verse"# #dl##dd#na hi kaścit kṣaṇam api#/dd# #dd#jātu tiṣṭhaty akarma-kṛt#/dd# #dd#kāryate hy avaśaḥ karma#/dd# #dd#sarvaḥ prakṛti-jair guṇaiḥ#/dd##/dl# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="SYNONYMS"#SYNONYMS#/span##/h4# #div class="synonyms"# #p##i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=na&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#na#/i# — nor; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=hi&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#hi#/i# — certainly; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kaścit&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kaścit#/i# — anyone; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kṣaṇam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kṣaṇam#/i# — a moment; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=api&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#api#/i# — also; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=jātu&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#jātu#/i# — at any time; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tiṣṭhati&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tiṣṭhati#/i# — remains; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=akarma&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#akarma-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kṛt&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kṛt#/i# — without doing something; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kāryate&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kāryate#/i# — is forced to do; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=hi&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#hi#/i# — certainly; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=avaśaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#avaśaḥ#/i# — helplessly; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=karma&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#karma#/i# — work; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sarvaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sarvaḥ#/i# — all; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=prakṛti&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#prakṛti-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=jaiḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#jaiḥ#/i# — born of the modes of material nature; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=guṇaiḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#guṇaiḥ#/i# — by the qualities. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TRANSLATION"#TRANSLATION#/span##/h4# #div class="translation"# #p#Everyone is forced to act helplessly according to the qualities he has acquired from the modes of material nature; therefore no one can refrain from doing something, not even for a moment. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="PURPORT"#PURPORT#/span##/h4# #div class="purport"# #p#It is not a question of embodied life, but it is the nature of the soul to be always active. Without the presence of the spirit soul, the material body cannot move. The body is only a dead vehicle to be worked by the spirit soul, which is always active and cannot stop even for a moment. As such, the spirit soul has to be engaged in the good work of Kṛṣṇa consciousness; otherwise it will be engaged in occupations dictated by illusory energy. In contact with material energy, the spirit soul acquires material modes, and to purify the soul from such affinities it is necessary to engage in the prescribed duties enjoined in the #i#śāstras#/i#. But if the soul is engaged in his natural function of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, whatever he is able to do is good for him. The #i##b#Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam#/b##/i# #b#(SB 1.5.17)#/b# affirms this: #/p# #dl##dd#tyaktvā sva-dharmaṁ caraṇāmbujaṁ harer#/dd# #dd#bhajann apakvo 'tha patet tato yadi#/dd# #dd#yatra kva vābhadram abhūd amuṣya kiṁ#/dd# #dd#ko vārtha āpto 'bhajatāṁ sva-dharmataḥ#/dd##/dl# #p#"If someone takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, even though he may not follow the prescribed duties in the #i#śāstras#/i# or execute the devotional service properly, and even though he may fall down from the standard, there is no loss or evil for him. But if he carries out all the injunctions for purification in the #i#śāstras#/i#, what does it avail him if he is not Kṛṣṇa conscious?" So the purificatory process is necessary for reaching this point of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Therefore, #i#sannyāsa#/i#, or any purificatory process, is to help reach the ultimate goal of becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious, without which everything is considered a failure. #/p# #/div# #/div#
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