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Bhagavad-gītā 4.23
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 23
- गतसङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः ।
- यज्ञायाचरतः कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते ॥२३॥
- gata-saṅgasya muktasya
- jñānāvasthita-cetasaḥ
- yajñāyācarataḥ karma
- samagraṁ pravilīyate
gataof one unattached to the modes of material nature-saṅgasyaof one unattached to the modes of material nature — of one unattached to the modes of material nature; muktasyaof the liberated — of the liberated; jñānasituated in transcendence-avasthitasituated in transcendence — situated in transcendence; cetasaḥwhose wisdom — whose wisdom; yajñāyafor the sake of Yajña (Kṛṣṇa) — for the sake of Yajña (Kṛṣṇa); ācarataḥacting — acting; karmawork — work; samagramin total — in total; pravilīyatemerges entirely — merges entirely.
The work of a man who is unattached to the modes of material nature and who is fully situated in transcendental knowledge merges entirely into transcendence.
Becoming fully Kṛṣṇa conscious, one is freed from all dualities and thus is free from the contaminations of the material modes. He can become liberated because he knows his constitutional position in relationship with Kṛṣṇa, and thus his mind cannot be drawn from Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Consequently, whatever he does, he does for Kṛṣṇa, who is the primeval Viṣṇu. Therefore, all his works are technically sacrifices because sacrifice aims at satisfying the Supreme Person, Viṣṇu, Kṛṣṇa. The resultant reactions to all such work certainly merge into transcendence, and one does not suffer material effects.