Dedicated to my spiritual master His Divine Grace Abhaya Charan Bhaktivedanta Swami 'Srila Prabhupada'
Introduction
karma-jam buddhi-yukta hi
phalam tyaktva manisinah
janma-bandha-vinirmuktah
padam gacchanty anamayam
Bg 2.51
By thus engaging in devotional service to the Lord, great sages or
devotees free themselves from the results of work in the material world. In
this way they become free from the cycle of birth and death and attain the
state beyond all miseries [by going back to Godhead].
Place without miseries
The liberated living entities
belong to that place where there are no material miseries. The Bhagavatam
(10.14.58) says:
samasrita ye pada-pallava-plavam
mahat-padam punya-yaso murareh
bhavambudhir vatsa-padam param
padam
padam padam yad vipadam na tesam
"For one who has accepted
the boat of the lotus feet of the Lord, who is the shelter of the cosmic
manifestation and is famous as Mukunda, or the giver of mukti, the ocean of the
material world is like the water contained in a calf's footprint. param padam,
or the place where there are no material miseries, or
Vaikuntha, is his goal,
not the place where there is danger in every step of life."
Material world - A miserable place
Owing to ignorance, one does not know that this
material world is a miserable place where there are dangers at every step. Out
of ignorance only, less intelligent persons try to adjust to the situation by
fruitive activities, thinking that the resultant actions will make them happy.
They do not know that no kind of material body anywhere within the universe can
give life without miseries. The miseries of life, namely birth, death, old age
and diseases, are present everywhere within the material world. But one who
understands his real constitutional position as the eternal servitor of the
Lord, and thus knows the position of the Personality of Godhead, engages
himself in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. Consequently he
becomes qualified to enter into the Vaikuntha planets, where there is neither
material, miserable life nor the influence of time and death. To know one's
constitutional position means to know also the sublime position of the Lord.
One who wrongly thinks that the living entity's position and the Lord's
position are on the same level is to be understood to be in darkness and
therefore unable to engage himself in the devotional service of the Lord. He
becomes a lord himself and thus paves the way for the repetition of birth and
death.
Conclusion
One who, understanding that his position is to serve, transfers
himself to the service of the Lord, at once becomes eligible for Vaikunthaloka.
Service for the cause of the Lord is called karma-yoga or buddhi-yoga, or in
plain words, devotional service to the Lord.
Ys in service of Srila Prabhupada
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