Bhagavad-gītā As it Is — Bhagavad-gītā Como Ele É EM PROCESSO << 18 - Conclusion – The Perfection of Renunciation >> << 18 - Conclusão – A Perfeição da Renúncia >> << VERSE 71 — VERSO 71 >> शरद्धावान अनसूयश च शृणुयाद अपि यॊ नरः सॊ ऽपि मुक्तः शुभाँल लॊकान पराप्नुयात पुण्यकर्मणाम śraddhāvān anasūyaś ca śṛṇuyād api yo naraḥ so ’pi muktaḥ śubhāḻ lokān prāpnuyāt puṇya-karmaṇām WORD BY WORD — PALAVRA POR PALAVRA śraddhā-vān faithful anasūyaḥ not envious ca and śṛṇuyāt does hear api certainly yaḥ who naraḥ a man saḥ he api also muktaḥ being liberated śubhān the auspicious lokān planets prāpnuyāt he attains puṇya-karmaṇām of the pious TRANSLATION — TRADUÇÃO And one who listens with faith and without envy becomes free from sinful reactions and attains to the auspicious planets where the pious dwell. PURPORT — SIGNIFICADO In the sixty-seventh verse of this chapter, the Lord explicitly forbade the Gītā’s being spoken to those who are envious of the Lord. In other words, Bhagavad-gītā is for the devotees only. But it so happens that sometimes a devotee of the Lord will hold open class, and in that class not all the students are expected to be devotees. Why do such persons hold open class? It is explained here that although not everyone is a devotee, still there are many men who are not envious of Kṛṣṇa. They have faith in Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If such persons hear from a bona fide devotee about the Lord, the result is that they become at once free from all sinful reactions and after that attain to the planetary system where all righteous persons are situated. Therefore simply by hearing Bhagavad-gītā, even a person who does not try to be a pure devotee attains the result of righteous activities. Thus a pure devotee of the Lord gives everyone a chance to become free from all sinful reactions and to become a devotee of the Lord. Generally those who are free from sinful reactions, those who are righteous, very easily take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The word puṇya-karmaṇām is very significant here. This refers to the performance of great sacrifices, like the aśvamedha-yajña, mentioned in the Vedic literature. Those who are righteous in performing devotional service but who are not pure can attain the planetary system of the polestar, or Dhruvaloka, where Dhruva Mahārāja is presiding. He is a great devotee of the Lord, and he has a special planet, which is called the polestar. << Previous Verso — Verso anterior | Next Verse — Próximo >>

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