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Bhagavad-gītā 3.18
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 18
- नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन ।
- न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्चिदर्थव्यपाश्रयः ॥१८॥
- naiva tasya kṛtenārtho
- nākṛteneha kaścana
- na cāsya sarva-bhūteṣu
- kaścid artha-vyapāśrayaḥ
nanever — never; evacertainly — certainly; tasyahis — his; kṛtenaby discharge of duty — by discharge of duty; arthaḥpurpose — purpose; nanor — nor; akṛtenawithout discharge of duty — without discharge of duty; ihain this world — in this world; kaścanawhatever — whatever; nanever — never; caand — and; asyaof him — of him; sarvaamong all living beings-bhūteṣuamong all living beings — among all living beings; kaścitany — any; arthapurpose — purpose; vyapāśrayaḥtaking shelter of — taking shelter of.
A self-realized man has no purpose to fulfill in the discharge of his prescribed duties, nor has he any reason not to perform such work. Nor has he any need to depend on any other living being.
A self-realized man is no longer obliged to perform any prescribed duty, save and except activities in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Kṛṣṇa consciousness is not inactivity either, as will be explained in the following verses. A Kṛṣṇa conscious man does not take shelter of any person—man or demigod. Whatever he does in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is sufficient in the discharge of his obligation.