Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
रागद्वेषविमुक्तैस्तु विषयानिन्द्रियैश्चरन् ।
आत्मवश्यैर्विधेयात्मा प्रसादमधिगच्छति ॥६४॥
rāga-dveṣa-vimuktais tu
viṣayān indriyaiś caran
ātma-vaśyair vidheyātmā
prasādam adhigacchati
Word for word (synonyms)
- rāga
- attachment
- dveṣa
- detachment
- vimuktaiḥ
- by one who has been free from such things
- tu
- but
- viṣayān
- sense objects
- indriyaiḥ
- by the senses
- caran
- acting
- ātma-vaśyaiḥ
- one who has control over
- vidheyātmā
- one who follows regulated freedom
- prasādam
- the mercy of the Lord
- adhigacchati
- attains
Translation
One who can control his senses by practicing the regulated principles of freedom can obtain the complete mercy of the Lord and thus become free from all attachment and aversion.
Purport
It is already explained that one may externally control the senses by some artificial process, but unless the senses are engaged in the transcendental service of the Lord, there is every chance of a fall. Although the person in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness may apparently be on the sensual plane, because of his being Kṛṣṇa conscious, he has no attachment to sensual activities. The Kṛṣṇa conscious person is concerned only with the satisfaction of Kṛṣṇa, and nothing else. Therefore he is transcendental to all attachment. If Kṛṣṇa wants, the devotee can do anything which is ordinarily undesirable; and if Kṛṣṇa does not want, he shall not do that which he would have ordinarily done for his own satisfaction. Therefore to act or not to act is within his control because he acts only under the direction of Kṛṣṇa. This consciousness is the causeless mercy of the Lord, which the devotee can achieve in spite of his being attached to the sensual platform.
What this verse teaches
Attaining prasāda
- Themes
- Self-control
This verse in a ladder 1
In thematic compilations 1
- One can obtain complete mercy of the Lord (2.64 rāga-dveṣa-vimuktais tu...)
Śrīla Prabhupāda lectures 2
- Bhagavad-gītā 2.59–69 1966-04-18 · New York
- Bhagavad-gītā 2.62-72 1968-12-16 · Los Angeles
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